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This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:
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The new song from the Beatles, “Now and Then,” which deploys technological advancements to build an original recording from pre-existing parts, and the implications of artificial intelligence for restoring or re-enacting works by dead musicians
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A recent Taylor Swift academic conference
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The potential rise of minimalism in pop music
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The costume of rural authenticity in Americana and roots-adjacent pop music, in both musical and sartorial choices
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How the legacies of less-critically-acclaimed musicians are shaped following their deaths, as encapsulated by the recent posthumous coverage of Jimmy Buffett and Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth
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Snack of the week
