Episode 18: The Kesha Spesha

Kesha's solo comeback Praying is a song that strikes at the heart of how pop is made and where the power lies. It also raises the question of whether authenticity is a prerequisite when listening to highly emotive songs. Source material for this discussion includes Amanda Petrusich's excellent piece for the New Yorker: And John Seabrook's highly recommended book The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory. Elsewhere in this week's podcast, there's a J-Hus challenge, some bickering over Rita Ora lyrics and an argument over Katy Perry, Calvin Harris and whether songs written as a patchwork quilt of little ideas still work. Popjustice's review of Liam Payne's new single is here: And we've made a Songs of the Summer playlist, to be updated with new suggestions as they come along: Laura's most-listened-to song this week is "Equestrian" by Omni and Fraser's is “ALIENS” by Coldplay. As ever, all of this week's notable tracks are in our rolling Spotify playlist: You can email us on unbreakmychartpod@gmail.com, or tweet us:

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Episode 18: The Kesha Spesha is an episode from Unbreak My Chart by Audioboom.

This episode is 44:44 long.

This episode was published on Jul 10, 2017.

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