Following renewed controversy around Roisin Murphy over comments about transgender people, criticism from artists including The Blessed Madonna and CMAT, and a growing divide between Murphy and the LGBTQ+ community that helped shape her career, this episode explores a larger question.

What happens when an artist becomes estranged from the community that gave their work meaning?

From queer club culture and collective memory to the politics of belonging and audience, this episode examines how music is shaped not only by the people who create it, but by the communities who embrace it.