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Song Exploder

Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.

Episodes

Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro

Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth

The Marías - No One Noticed

Leon Thomas - Mutt

Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone."

Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)

Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)

"Playground Love" emerged from the collaboration between the French duo Air and director Sofia Coppola for her debut film, The Virgin Suicides. Seeking a contemporary sound that evoked a 70s aesthetic without relying on period-accurate music, Coppola commissioned Air to score the film, eventually requesting an original...

Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'

Jessie Reyez - Goliath

Key Change: Demi Adejuyigbe on The Strokes

Clipse - The Birds Don't Sing

Buckingham Nicks - Frozen Love

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

A-ha - Take On Me

Lady Gaga - Abracadabra

Key Change: David Chang on "I See a Darkness"

Ethel Cain - Nettles

Sam Fender - People Watching

Key Change: Jia Tolentino on "I Love You Always Forever"

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