Melissa Kirsch

It's Friday, December 27th. John, Lindsay, John, thanks for being here. Hi.

It's Friday, December 27th. John, Lindsay, John, thanks for being here. Hi.

Thank you. Okay, so we're going to take a little trip through the music of 2024, and I thought it would be good to start off with this song. So this is 360 from Charli XCX's album, Brat. Charli XCX was one of a bunch of young women who had huge moments in pop this year. John Pirellas, Brat was your number one album of 2024. Tell us why. Because the music is...

Thank you. Okay, so we're going to take a little trip through the music of 2024, and I thought it would be good to start off with this song. So this is 360 from Charli XCX's album, Brat. Charli XCX was one of a bunch of young women who had huge moments in pop this year. John Pirellas, Brat was your number one album of 2024. Tell us why. Because the music is...

Lindsay, it wasn't just that people loved these songs. Brat became this, like, culture-wide phenomenon, right? How did that happen?

Lindsay, it wasn't just that people loved these songs. Brat became this, like, culture-wide phenomenon, right? How did that happen?

She's reflecting a mood very well, but you don't feel the mood?

She's reflecting a mood very well, but you don't feel the mood?

So you buy brat as a cultural phenomenon more than you do as a musical phenomenon.

So you buy brat as a cultural phenomenon more than you do as a musical phenomenon.

I think this might be the time.

I think this might be the time.

Well, Lindsay, what does that mean, the daily is brat?

Well, Lindsay, what does that mean, the daily is brat?

Okay, let's hear from another young female artist whose music seemed to be everywhere this year.

Okay, let's hear from another young female artist whose music seemed to be everywhere this year.

I didn't know Chapel Roan's name before 2024, and she ended up being one of the artists I listened to the most this year. John Caramonica, can you talk a little bit about where Chapel Roan came from and how she got so big?

I didn't know Chapel Roan's name before 2024, and she ended up being one of the artists I listened to the most this year. John Caramonica, can you talk a little bit about where Chapel Roan came from and how she got so big?

Well, John Perales, people really identified with Chapel Roan, the human being, right? Like they really connected with her as a person. What do you think it is about her that made people connect with her?

Well, John Perales, people really identified with Chapel Roan, the human being, right? Like they really connected with her as a person. What do you think it is about her that made people connect with her?