🎙 Welcome to Episode 13 of How It’s Related!
Pop goes the bracket! This week, Adam and Mike dive into the world of glitter, hooks, and heartbreak to assemble the ultimate Pop Music Bracket—a 16-artist showdown that somehow includes both the Backstreet Boys and Phil Collins.

Can Mariah Carey out-sing Elton John? Does Lady Gaga belong in the same conversation as Madonna? And how many boy bands are too many boy bands?

It’s the most chaotic list of pop icons you’ll ever hear—deliberately unhinged, aggressively nostalgic, and weirdly heartfelt.

• Adam unveils 50 names and somehow narrows it to 16. Kind of.

• Categories include:
  💿 Pop Divas
  🎤 One-Man Pop Machines
  🎶 Dancefloor Icons
  🎸 Pop Bands & Duos
  👬 Boy Bands
  🌍 Global Crossovers

• The undeniable 8:
  Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, Bruno Mars, Backstreet Boys

• New Kids on the Block sneak into the convo. So do Hall & Oates. But not Mandy Moore. Never Mandy Moore.

• Is Elton John even pop? Or is he just “not Megadeth”?

• The Backstreet Boys vs. everyone else—Adam makes a shockingly strong case.

• Mike has never said the words “O-Town” until today.

• Does Phil Collins count as pop because of Tarzan? Yes. Yes, he does.

• No Kelly Clarkson? No Shakira?

• Peter Gabriel gets debated and discarded.

• Sledgehammer gets one final shout-out before getting left behind.

• Adam stands by his decision to leave Billie Eilish off the bracket. (For now.)

⭐ “Bracketology equals 16”—Adam tries to explain the rules again.
⭐ A rant about Rob Schneider that makes zero sense and never circles back.
⭐ The Jonas Brothers are extremely pop—but are they bracket worthy?
⭐ Adam’s first concert was New Kids on the Block and somehow… it tracks.
⭐ “If you don’t like it… start your own podcast!”

📊 Who’s YOUR pop icon?
Did we snub Beyoncé? Should ABBA be higher? Is Taylor Swift overrated or the G.O.A.T.?

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