The Spinoff and Spark proudly present Pod On The Couch, a weekly podcast exploring music and the people that make it. This episode: Henry Oliver talks to Kate Robertson and Calum Henderson about some recent pop music highlights.

Spinoff Music editor Henry Oliver talks to contributor Kate Robertson and staff writer Calum Henderson about Lorde’s Melodrama, Selena’s ‘Bad Liar’, all the ex-One Directioners with solo projects, the weirdness that is Katy Perry these days, the pop perfection of Carly Rae Jepsen, the start of the infinite Prince reissues, and more…

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Listen to some of the songs we talked about here:

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