Aisha Harris

Aisha, you just said the key words there, which is like Boots Riley's music and movies can be didactic, but they are also weird.

And I think that combination really, really works for him.

I mean, Sorry to Bother You goes in directions that...

I did not see it going.

He's just super, super audacious.

But there's also in a lot of his work is this undercurrent of playfulness and joy and silliness.

And I'm right there with you with this one.

Some music.

An album I'm excited about.

I think it is perfectly timed to come out on June 12th.

It's the new album by Olivia Rodrigo.

It's called You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.

And look, I don't turn to Olivia Rodrigo for blazingly original music.

I turn to Olivia Rodrigo for pastiches of sounds I love.

performed with wit and verve and humor and style and incredibly catchy choruses.

The first single from this record is already out.

It's called Drop Dead, which is a very Olivia Rodrigo title, complete with no capitalization.

But then when you listen to the song, it is not an Olivia Rodrigo kiss-off song.

It is the exact opposite.

It is a swoony, swoony, swoony love song.