It’s our first episode of the year and we had to start it off right (Remoy doesn’t think so) with a game! Your hosts are joined by the illustrious German Villegas, podbrother and host of Modern Manhood, to play our new game Paroles de Patriarchy!

• Samantha does a “dramatic reading” of a few songs spanning genres and eras, and German and Remoy guess what they are. But most importantly, they answer the question, are these songs masking or unmasking masculinity?
• German lives up to his reputation as a bonafide music-head, providing thoughtful insight about the performance of masculinity through the lens of these artists’ style and personas. He also drops some important historical context around music and masculinity.
  • How have artists subverted gender roles via music performance and did that permeate other areas of their lives as artists? The crew discusses!
• Samantha and German then take a deep dive into the performance of masculinity in music. Is it different from genre to genre? Are there parallels between the MASKulinity-tech influencer pipeline we talked about earlier this season and the bravado of men’s musical performances? We’d love to hear what you think, so be sure to shoot us a note.
• Finally, German preps us for the new season of Modern Manhood, “Man Vs Machine.” Listen till the end to hear the dope trailer.

Referenced on this episode:

• Bikini Kill
• One of our artist picks opens up about mental health
• "I Made My ADHD Into My Strength": Understanding The Link Between Rap & Neurodivergence
• Cash's masculine vulnerability
• The Beastie Boys’ Feminist Evolution
• One of our picks helped mainstream male emotion

COMPANION PIECES:

• A Man’s World? How Music and Masculinity Got a Makeover
• The Year Pop’s Men Dismantled Their Masculinity