You're Cringing Me

It's the return of the HOT LOCAL SPEED ROUND. We have 8 new pop singles on the docket just BEGGING to be assigned labels on the HLS binary... plus a major(ly reviled) new pop album we need to discuss. There’s some reflection up top on the past week in culture and what’s to come. And as always, we save some of the mess for the Patreon pre-show.  After Witness-ing the Ariana Grande album backlash last week we have some questions: Where are the R&B fans? Did ‘Positions’ cement the end of tRaP-pOp? And if lyrics are relentlessly sexual, is it a concept album about sex? Hit play already and let’s talk.  Full TRACKLIST for this episode as a Spotify playlist. Singles by Lana, CocoRosie and friends, Erika de Casier, Bebe Rexha with Doja Cat, Oneohtrix Point Never with The Weeknd, Salem, Dua Lipa with Angele, Little Mix, AND Junglepussy with Gangsta Boo.  GET IN TOUCH: leave a comment at patreon.com/hotlocalsingles or send us a voice note at [email protected]