Dior Goodjohn is an exuberant human with a capital E. Sit her on the couch, she just goes, goes, goes, so it’s not surprising that she’s been modeling and acting since she was in single digits… and now she has her sights set on singing too.

We chat about being raised in West Hollywood, her Iranian roots, and of course her biggest role to date, as the spiky Clarisse La Rue, who’s evolving fast and getting more screen time as Disney’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians heads into season 2 (and 3).

Of course we get the skinny on her landing the coveted role, plus she lifts the lid on what it’s like working at Disney, her early years on Head of the Class, her character’s love life (it’s about to get interesting), why she likens herself to Rick Ross, and her memories playing young Santana on the set of Glee. Aaaaand, a lot more inbetween.

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Jessi’s back! It’s been a minute since we last talked to her and about a year since she was in the public eye in a serious way. She had to take a break, the situation got cleared up, but she’s still clearly feeling the repercussions — and here, for the first time, she sets the record straight. Now she’s back with her new EP P.M.S., kicking off with her addictive new single ‘Newsflash’ with Jadakiss.

She’s as fiery, funny, and unconventional as ever, but for all her feistyness the 36-year-old is vulnerable too and she’s keen to show this side of herself, not only in music, but in conversation. We talk about her childhood in Jersey, getting bullied and her subsequent glow up. Moving to Korea to make outside of the idol system, and winding up on reality show Unpretty Rapstar! She also discusses working with PSY (and other different labels), trying to make space for love (we fill her in on the existence of Raya and her brain is blown), plus so much more!

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Argentinian-born, Barcelona-based creative powerhouse Nathy Peluso joins us in the studio to talk about it all: her beginnings studying theatre and writing poetry for cash, on the spot on a typewriter on the streets of Barca, and how she moved from rapping to singing to her latest salsa EP, MALPORTADA, a genre that’s been a guiding force for her since childhood. We discuss her thoughts on what salsa purists might think, male rappers getting riled up when she swooped in and snagged the Latin Grammy for ‘Aprender a Amar’ back in 2024 (she’s won four in total).

We also get into her love for Phil Collins and his connection to the album she scrapped before 2024’s Grasa (will it ever see the light of day?!), how she lost and found her pleasure center, the difference between salsa sung by men vs women, plus did she just get married in Vegas?!

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A very welcome return to the couch for Kevin Jonas, who after Nick and Joe, is finally entering the solo scene with his single ‘Changing.’ He joins us to discuss the new Jonas Brothers movie, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, plus the future of the band, Nick’s new solo work, how they make it all work after 20 years in the game, what it was like for them to get back together, and the response from fans now. Plus Kevin talks about the tough times with his brothers, that time they got dropped (so crazy!), what it was like stepping on the set of the rebooted Camp Rock, and staying relevant with the next gen.

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Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless came by to talk about her new Christmas EP "Taylor Momsen's Pretty Reckless Christmas," filming the Grinch and reuniting with Jim Carrey after 25 years while honoring Sound Garden and the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, the band's new song "For I Am Death," and more!

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Chapters:

01:24 - Growing Up with Rock & Roll

03:02 - Acting Career & Gossip Girl

04:23 - Forming The Pretty Reckless

08:36 - “Where Are You Christmas” & The Grinch

10:11 - Creating the Christmas EP

15:32 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Soundgarden

17:20 - Reuniting with Jim Carrey

18:43 - Christmas, Warped Tour, and Touring Stories

21:17 - The Pretty Reckless Christmas EP

22:44 - Writing Double-Meaning Christmas Songs

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Little Miss came by talk about their new single "Little Miss," going from 6 to 4, rebranding away from VCHA, potential fandom names and their experience on A2K!

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Chapters:

01:38 K-Pop Training & Performance Focus

02:49 Creative Control & Songwriting Process

04:44 Little Miss & Musical Direction

07:03 Group Relationship & Bond

07:58 Defining Moment as Four Members

09:59 Rebranding & Name Change

14:58 Future Music & Album Plans

19:42 Personal Stories & Emotions in Music

21:43 Korean Culture & Training Experience

23:43 Monthly Evaluations & Feedback

25:01 Audition Stories & K-Pop Dreams

28:29 Career Realizations & Turning Points

38:34 Leadership & Group Dynamics

42:53 Public Reception

45:47 Fandom Name

50:59 Staying Grounded & Role Models

53:06 Finding Their Sound

55:09 Dream Venues & Future Goals

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It’s a been a minute — or six years — since we last caught up with Rita Ora and a lot has happened: she got married (to director Taika Waititi), she release an album (2023’s You & I), she’s hosted so many TV shows, and really gone deep with the acting (Queen of Hearts in The Descendants, opposite Brandy no less). We talk about all this plus her early years from interning at a London record studio to getting signed by Jay Z and moving to NYC, not to mention her dance roots, this new era and — oh my god — collaborating with Taika on (amongst other projects) a musical inspired by the hilarious catastrophe that was Fyre Festival with music by, wait for it, Adele (and her longtime collaborator/songwriter Paul Epworth). And this is just the tip of the iceberg because the Kosovan-born, British-raised, 36-year-old, multi-hyphenate extraordinaire has experienced so much. And she’s got some tips for turkey roasting. So nice to have her back.

Chapters:

01:24 - Early Career & UK Music Scene

06:51 - Dance Music Roots & Club Culture

13:19 - Working with Avicii & "Lonely Together"

16:32 - Creative Process & Studio Setup

18:28 - Pushing Artistic Boundaries

21:45 - The Song "Joy" & TV Soundtracks

27:45 - Relationship with Partner Taika Waititi & Creative Synergy

31:01 - Fyre Festival Musical Project

42:00 - Taika Waititi & Music Videos

45:44 - New Era: "All Natural" & Artistic Identity

49:07 - Overcoming Anxiety & Personal Growth

52:01 - Looking Ahead: Future Projects & Inspiration

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It’s only been 18 months since we last had Allie X on the couch talking about her third album Girl with No Face, but she’s already back with her new, fourth record, Happiness Is Going to Get You — a quasi-concept things of wonder, a repetitive piano note which begins the album and rings out as its closing coda. A record that centers around the time traveling hirsute character that is Infant Marie, with songs that examine male emotional repression, reuniting with oneself, a shitty uncle as a metaphor for the music industry, and so much more.

We talk about all this plus Allie X versus Allie Hughes, the beauty and sadness of trying to stay naive, songwriting for others, hard truths, suffering for one’s art, and most importantly how Allie is going to teach Zach how to sing. Oh and that reality show she was on in Canada called How to Solve a Problem Like Maria with Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Marcus King is back with us to unpack the making of Darling Blue — his first reunion with the Marcus King Band since 2018, and a heartfelt ode to the mountains of his home, his roots, his wife, his struggles, and everything in between.

The 29-year-old’s as laidback, candid, and funny as ever. He talks about what he learned from Tyler Childers, panic attacks, depression, and microdosing, the appeal of tough love and his spitfire wife Briely (and covering her in honey), being the black sheep of Nashville, and so much more. Make sure to check him out at Stagecoach next May!

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Last time we had Noah in the studio was 2022 so there’s a lot to catch up on.

We talk about her deeply collaborative, deluxe version of Americana-country album, I WANT MY LOVED ONES TO GO WITH ME — which features collabs with everyone from Fleet Foxes to Bill Callahan, Blake Shelton to Ella Langley, and her brother Braison and her dad Billy Ray and even her grandad. We talk about all this plus working with her bestie Orville Peck who jumps in on pod via phone, stepping into a co-production role, her fiancé Pinkus, her horse Constantine (and his ashes), plus two rounds of tonsillectomy — one of which punctured her lung!

Noah also opens up about her journey with therapy and Borderline Personality Disorder dealing with loss and fear of abandonment, giving her parents grace and understanding, and working with XXXtancion. She’s as beautifully candid and funny and forthright as ever.

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Chapters:

01:18 Embracing Country Music

02:32 Collaborations & Album Highlights

03:25 Producing the Record

06:00 Orville Peck's EP & Song “Acha”

12:08 Inspiration Behind “Love Is a Canyon”

13:21 On Songwriting & Family

17:58 Family, Music, and Generational Stories

20:07 Writing with Siblings

21:59 Borderline Personality Disorder & Recovery

29:52 Fear of Abandonment & “Way of the World”

34:15 Letter to Blake Shelton & “New Country”

36:50 Working with Icons & Genre Fluidity

41:42 Performing at the Opry & Ryman

48:46 Horses, Grief, and Healing

53:40 Album Cover & Legacy

54:00 Ponyo Theme Song Reprise

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Hot on the heels of our interview with Audrey Nuna — the singing voice of Mira in KPop Demon Hunters — we’ve got Ejae in the hot seat. Her journey to become the singing voice of Rumi is pretty different. The Korean-American singer spent 11 years as a trainee and was dropped before she debuted, ultimately finding her way into songwriting, via Tisch School of Arts, and even returning to the very KPop company who dropped her to pen hits for other acts like Red Velvet, Twice, and Le Sserafim.

We get the skinny on what it was really like being K-pop trainee, why she was dropped, what Tisch was like (her classmates included Lauv, Phoebe Ryan, and Fletcher), and how she broke into songwriting, eventually leading to her writing the pop juggernaut that is ‘Golden’ (Grammy nominated!), not to mention a bunch of the other songs on the soundtrack. And let’s just say writing for film is very different than writing for a pop group.

Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna, and Ejae have only recently started performing live together and Ejae’s still getting her feet wet when it comes to the stage — it can be panic-inducing — so we also get into that, plus her debut solo single ‘In Another World,’ and so much more!

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Chapters:

05:00 Growing Up Between Korea & America

10:00 Writing "Psycho" for Red Velvet

12:34 Dreams of Being Korean Beyoncé

15:00 The Birth of "Golden"

17:45 Why SM Entertainment Dropped Her

20:00 The Dark Side of Fame

22:10 From NYU to Songwriting Career

25:00 Performing Live & Stage Fright

27:30 First Song Ever Written Gets Cut

30:00 Hard Work Finally Pays Off

33:15 Writing for K-Pop Demon Hunters

36:40 Balancing Fame & Mental Health

40:00 The Importance of Having No Ego

43:20 Dream Collaborations & Future Goals

45:00 Defining Success & Artistry

48:10 Representation for Asian Women in Music

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