Popcast (Deluxe): What’s an Industry Plant Anyway? Plus: Ariana Grande

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This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:

• Popcast’s win at the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards for best music podcast

• The 2024 Oscars, including Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” and Diane Warren’s reported meltdown

• The quick ascent of the downtempo R&B singer 4batz and what the “industry plant” conversation that he’s triggered gets wrong

• The new Ariana Grande album, “Eternal Sunshine,” and how it’s an impressive and modest comeback in advance of her star turn in the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked”

• Reports from the opening nights of the Olivia Rodrigo and the Zach Bryan tours

• New songs from Yung Lean and Yaya Bey

• Snack of the week

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