It’s time to talk about Sour. We’re diving into the many conversations (lyrical, musical, literal) happening between Taylor and Olivia Rodrigo in the context of the bops-only album Sour — talking through Taylor’s lineage in today’s music industry, giving a quick song-by-song review of Sour in the context of Red, and a draft pick to design our ultimate breakup playlists using both albums. Sidebars this week: Alyson Stoner and the Disney industrial complex, HSMTMTS, teenage girl supremacy, Tik Tok democratizing music, Avril Lavinge’s album art, and Y2K culture.

Find our respective draft picks here and here.

And find the articles we referenced here and here.