A great artist to me is about so much more than just the music.It's the world building, the visuals, and artistry that truly make someone iconic.

Artists like Lana Del Rey, David Bowie, or Lady Gaga have developed entire artistic personas. Even outside of pop, we have artists like Tyler the Creator have an entire unique character they create for each album.

But trying to create an entire world when you're still a new artist can be SUCH a challenge when you haven't had years worth of albums, music videos, or press like magazine covers to build that visual identity.

So I wanted to sit down with a new artist who I thought was doing that BRILLIANTLY--  ⁨@remylovesu⁩  to show how to bring that piece of worldbuilding and artistic persona to life

#remybond #lanadelrey #musicpodcast #musicreview

What makes a great artist? To me its about so much more than just music. It's the ethos, the visuals, the writing, worldbuilding, and how they tap into culture.Those things seem so much easier to do when you have a big record label, funding for your music videos, or an entire team around you-- but how does a New Artist do those things?Well we sat down with @nataliejane to talk about exactly that! Discussing her journey as a homegrown artist on the internet to the release of her debut album, "The World I didn't Want" which just came out last week! 0:00 - Intro2:27 - Artistic Fantasy vs Reality4:45 - Intrusive Thoughts8:23 - The World I Didn't Want14:00 - Fallin'17:39 - How U Been?20:30 - Girls Will Be Girls26:03 - AVA27:30 - Visuals37:30 - Butterflies38:45 - Anyone but Myself

It seems like the internet has had a LOT to say about Taylor Swift this past week...From the release of her album Life of a Showgirl, the diss track about Charli XCX, and releasing 28 vinyl variants in the first 2 days...I made a Tiktok about this, and lost 1,000 followers in a day. It was so crazy that it really got me thinking about this downfall of honest music journalism, and how stan culture has created such an argumentative environment where no one wants to here any sort of disagreement. Going as far as to be mean and try to "punish" someone for simply expressing an opinion different from their own#taylorswift #charlixcx #albumreview

Why does everything feel like ragebait now?

From the Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle Ad Campaign, crazy tiktok foods, debate shows, toxic fandoms, and ragebait marketing.

EVERYTHING feels like extremism, and we have completely lost the idea of nuance. To like some things, dislike some things, and still be a fan.

Now it feels like everything is a team sport-- where you have to endlessly defend your team. Instead of actually trying to have a conversation and learn from one another

0:00 - Intro

2:38 - Bonus Episode

4:16 - The History of Ragebait Marketing

7:53 - The Psychology of Ragebait

12:22 - The Rise of Extremism

14:30 - Sydney Sweeney American Eagle

17:59 - Why Bigotry Doesn't Work

24:13 - Jubilee

27:50 - Innocent Ragebait

33:04 - Why Ragebait Marketing Always Fails

37:37 - Charlie Kirk

#videoessay #sydneysweeney #leftist #charliekirk

Welcome back to Nicky at Night!!!This week we sit down with the one and only @kingprincess to discuss her new album "Girl Violence", writing "Fantastic" for the Arcane Sound Track, and what it was like to start acting in the show 9 Perfect Strangers.

I was most fascinated by the theme of this album all together. How women who love each other so deeply, can sometimes use that connection as this tool of emotional warfare

#kingprincess

Rico Nasty has always been her own muse

From blowing up during the early days of Soundcloud, pioneering her own sound, and collaborating with some of the greats like Doja Cat, Kali Uchis, Doechii, Fred Again, and SO many more

The one things guiding Rico Nasty has always been taste. In this week's episode of Nicky at Night-- we sit down with Rico Nasty to talk about exactly what it means to be a genreless artist today.

0:00 - Intro

7:13 - The Soundcloud Era

13:11 - Collaborations

18:15 - Tia Tamera

23:10 - Swamp Btches

25:49 - Lethal

26:33 - On the Low

28:45 - Smile

32:40 - Crash

34:26 - Writing Music

#riconasty #femalerap

Wanted to switch things up a bit with a little personal video :)Will be back to regular content starting next week! But this week I hit my 10 year mark from starting therapy and I was really reflecting on how it changed my life, and how holding on to some of these things I discussed with my therapist truly changed my world view0:00 - Intro1:26 - Actions over Words2:33 - You cannot heal in the same place that hurt you3:34 - Life is coming FROM you5:15 - You will never regret taking a chance on yourself6:50 - Loyalty over Love8:08 - Failure is a part of progress9:17 - It's not that deep10:37 - Uncertainty over Certain Misery11:56 - The Price of Having Standards13:14 - Focus on tomorrow#selfhelppodcast #therapy #motivationalquotes

We are witnessing the death of the male popstar...

We went from YEARS of The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Usher, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Harry Styles... and then just none.

After the rise of Harry Styles, we have yet to see a single male rise to the upper echolon of pop music in nearly a DECADE

However, in 2025 it FINALLY feels like we have some contenders. Sombr, Role Model, Conan Gray, and Troye Sivan have all started to have some of their biggest songs to date.

So what changed? And what does a male artist need to break through in 2025?

FOLLOW SAM  ⁨@Popsamcam⁩ 

0:00 -Intro

5:00 - What is a Male "Popstar"?

11:39 - What makes a successful Male Artist?

18:07 - The 3 things that Make or Break a New Artist

20:57 - What are the Pop Boys missing?

27:55 - Sombr29:58 - How can Pop Boys evolve?

31:54 - The Men closest to getting it

36:26 - Omar Apollo

38:13 - Conan Gray

40:57 - The Pop Boys Not Doing it For Me

#musicindustry #sombr #rolemodel #harrystyles #musicmarketing

Do we have an epidemic of loneliness? Or just an epidemic of undatable men...Situationships, toxic exes, "talking stages" lasting for months-- it seems like EVERYONE is having trouble with dating these days. Especially among Gen ZIt is definitely something I have been struggling with, and our guest this week Amelia Moore is certainly no stranger to heartbreak, so we sat down to talk about all things relationships, dating, performative men, and how situations like these have inspired her music.

#performativemale #relationshipadvice #datingsucks #performativemen #relationshippodcast

Is it just me or does it feel like EVERYONE’s love life is a disaster these days?

Situationships. Talking stages. Low-effort texting. Going back to your ex…It’s like we’d rather stay stuck in something we KNOW is bad for us than risk being alone.

Why? Because connection—even when it’s toxic—is still connection. And we are addicted to it.

The dopamine rush of attention. The illusion of intimacy. The validation of being chosen—even if it’s only temporarily.

We crave the high of a connection more than the health and consistency of that connection.

So we go back. Even when we know better...So how did we become addicted to connection? And how can we break that spell? Well what better guest to have than @Aidan Bissett ⁨who just put out an entire album exploring this exact topic.

You may know him from songs like More Than Friends, Tripping Over Air, and Ultraviolet– but “shut up and love me” goes much deeper into these feelings of heartbreak and our addiction to connection…

#aidanbissett #indiemusic #heartbreaksong #epidemicofloneliness