For "Hot Takes" episode 56, Skelly and Shiro called upon vapor-adjacent up-and-comer Popcultr! With a background in dubstep production and audio engineering, Popcultr has put out a handful of tight, clean chillwave-meets-vaporwave releases and has played several live shows within the scene, including Utopia District's tape swap events and Virtual Memory live shows as well. If you take a raincheck on this episode, you'll never get to hear about the unique vocal techniques Popcultr utilizes for his studio and live output, the team's thoughts on leftfield sample usage in vaporwave, the degree to which a DJ should prepare for their live sets. The episode seemed to end before it began, as the threesome covered such subject matter as getting over writer's block and knowing when a song is complete. Skrillex and Linkin Park love? Rooming with Enraile and Molo360? Unauthorized bootlegs of vaporwave albums!? If you don't tune in to "Hot Takes", you'll never get to hear about it!

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