People who say there are no such things as Guilty Pleasures are wrong. Or that is what Johann Wald thinks, anyway. We dig into the guilt factor of music on today’s The Weekly Review, with new albums from Miley Cyrus and Bad Bunny in the line of fire. Plus Mar Vallverdú tells us about the bimbofication of society. So remember: If you subtract the guilty factor, you take the pleasure away.

BTS, the biggest boy band in existence, have delivered a third batch of new songs in 2020, inspired by everyone's least favourite pandemic on BE. They also received the first Grammy nomination. So why the hell are we comparing them to The Crown? And who cares about awards ceremonies anyway? CJ from the UK BTS Army joins us to discuss BTS fandom and BE.

Ben Cardew, Mar Vallverdú and Johann Wald filter the sands in search of golden nuggets in the world of music, film and the lines we have to that massive thing we call the internet. In this week’s episode we’ll be talking about the female pioneers in electronic music featured in the recent In Edit festival’s high-lit documentary, Sisters With transistors. Plus The XX singer / guitarist turned solo star Romy tells us about some of her favourite music-making machines and we examine the Karen Metal phenomenon.

Kylie Minogue releases an album called Disco and AC/DC return with a new helping of their Antipodean grind: yes, it is business as usual for the team at The Weekly Review, which means we examine the state of rock music in 2020, via Miley Cyrus and Machine Gun Kelly, and examine the pros and cons of giving listeners exactly what they want.

This week on The Weekly Review we ask ourselves, Is Pop a Safe Space? We’ll be reviewing examples of chart-dominating pop stars who have ended up in therapy, experienced peril within the industry or have struggled with mental health. But it won’t all be tragic and dark. We’ll also be talking about Ariana Grande’s sexually-charged new album, Positions. Plus Louise Sansom from Hidden Track tells us about her label.

It’s a pandemic-bubbling trashcan out there so who wouldn’t want to escape to their own world? Team The Weekly Review certainly would. This week, we look at artists who have created their own worlds, including an interview with Marie Laurence (FKA Brat Star). Gorillaz’ Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, naturally, is our album of the week.

It’s good to cry, which is why Team Weekly Review is looking at sad bangers his week, while our album du jour comes from James Blake. What music do we listen to when we’re sad? And what does Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel have to do with it all? Johann Wald, Mar Vallverdú and Ben Cardew investigate all.

The year may have paused the celebrations but talent never sleeps. We talk to Uwade Akhere, who guests on Fleet Foxes’ Shore, as well as with the album’s engineer, Beatriz Artola. Beabadoobee’s debut is our Album of the Week and Mar Vallverdú brings us a selection of new musical names we shouldn’t miss.

The release of a new BLACKPINK album and HBO miniseries We Are Who We Are sends The Weekly Review team spiralling back to their teens, via Savage X Fenty. Plus, we salute the power of Teen Vogue, aka “the young person's guide to saving the world”.

Is there hope? And where on earth can you find it? The Weekly Review sets out on a quest for light among the lingering gloom of 2020. Can we find it underwater, with Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher? Is it in Greenwich Village, where Fleet Foxes lurk? Or is hope to be found in throwing out our smartphones, as The Social Dilemma seems to want us to do? Johann Wald, Mar Vallverdú and Ben Cardew are your adventurers in optimism.