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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 discussion of:
The imperfect rollout of Dua Lipa’s latest album, “Radical Optimism,” and how the narrative around it became poisoned before it was even released
Dua Lipa’s career of smooth and frictionless pop
The current pop marketplace favoring eccentricity, humor and meme-ability
What it will take for Dua Lipa to break free of her cycle
The struggle of making movies about pop music, including “Back to Black,” the new biopic about Amy Winehouse and “The Idea of You,” about a divorced woman who falls for an aging boy band star
Snack of the week
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