Sean Fennessey

Maybe it was the time of year when it was released.

I don't know.

The movie goes out of its way in a very similar way to the Taylor Swift movie to spend a lot of time on the faces of the young women at the show singing along.

And obviously, Billie is very inspirational to a lot of girls because she kind of rejects a lot of the expectations of a traditional pop star.

Which I like my daughter being exposed to that too.

I like the idea of showing that like Billie dresses the way that she dresses and does what she wants to do in that respect.

But the songs are still like pure pop songs.

Like they're pretty working in a very similar tone and style as...

you know, some combination of Charlie and Taylor and Chapel Roan and Sabrina and Dua Lipa and like, you know, it's all these kind of things mixed up in a blender.

So I don't know why it didn't hit, but it didn't really hit that hard.

Okay, we're going to introduce a new segment of the show.

This is Amanda's geopolitical corner.

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When was this?

And you thought to yourself, I want to read a fictionalized account of Putin's Kremlin?

You're a fascinating person.

And is that something, do you read Tom Clancy novels?

You do like these worlds.

Shadow Recruit, of course.