Danny L Harle is one of pop music's most quietly essential figures. A founding member of the PC Music collective, the British producer and composer has spent over a decade reshaping what pop can sound like — from the euphoric maximalism of his early solo work to becoming the trusted hand behind some of the most acclaimed records of the last few years. He's the executive producer of both of Caroline Polachek's landmark albums, Pang and Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, co-produced Dua Lipa's Radical Optimism (including "Houdini"), and has worked with Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen, PinkPantheress, Clairo, and Shygirl - among many others. His own debut album Harlecore arrived in 2021, and his follow-up Cerulean dropped earlier this year.

This week on The Pop Pod, I sit down with Danny to talk through his collaborations, his new album and what he considers to be a pop classic.