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Name 3 Songs
by W!ZARD Studios
Take a deep dive into the real-world impact of music and pop culture in our daily lives. Co-hosts Sara Feigin and Jenna Million set out to make a difference in the way fans and consumers understand and engage with celebrities, the media, and online discourse. Also find exclusive interviews with rising artists about the challenges they face in today's society. For detailed show notes on each episode, visit name3songs.com. This is a music commentary podcast based on in-depth research and the personal opinions of the hosts.
Episodes
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In Good Company with Jayden Hammer [INTERVIEW]
In this episode of In Good Company, Sara talks to musician Jayden Hammer about learning to trust herself as an artist, producing her own music, finding her voice, touring with Avenged Sevenfold, and figuring out how to make music without getting too caught up in being perfect. She also gets into...
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In Good Company with Medium Build [INTERVIEW]
An interview with Medium Build about his new album, The King of Having Fun. Diving into self discovery, recovery, mental health, fandom and so much more See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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[INTERVIEW] Finding Your Voice Over a Decade of Creating with Lostboycrow
We sat down with Lostboycrow, also known as Chris Blair, to explore his creative journey over the past decade. Chris shares how personal growth and life experiences have shaped his music. We deep dive into his experiences with the ever-changing music platforms, how getting into acting changed his...
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[INTERVIEW] Toxic Masculinity in Dating and Self Discovery with Duckwrth
In this episode, we dive deep into the transformative power of vulnerability and authenticity in music with Duckwrth. We explore how Duckwrth's latest album, "All American F*ckboy," serves as a raw and introspective journey, challenging societal norms and personal boundaries. We unpack how toxic...
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[INTERVIEW] The Pressures of Being a "Girl Group" with Trousdale
We love when we get to sit down and have a conversation with smart, thoughtful women, and that’s exactly what this interview with Trousdale is. The girls of Trousdale, Quinn, Georgia, and Lauren, met while in a competitive music program in college. They started making music together and something...
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[INTERVIEW] The Pros & Cons of the Internet with Late Night Drive Home
This week we’re starting our interview series with El Paso, Texas indie-rock band Late Night Drive Home who just put out their debut record, as i watch my life online, a concept record about, you guessed it, growing up in the first real era where using the internet wasn’t an option. Our…
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What Is Selling Out? A History of Sell Outs, How Turnstile is Expanding Hardcore, and Why Community Matters
Bands throughout history have been labeled as “sellouts,” from Bob Dylan and Metallica to Black Flag and Nirvana. We’re taking a closer look at what selling out even is. “Selling out” has meant different things to different eras of music – adopting a new audience, going outside the bounds of your...
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Feminism in the Media from Spice Girls to Barbie: Interview with Sophie Gilbert, author of 'GIRL ON GIRL: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves'
This week on Name 3 Songs Fangirl Nonsense is taking us to Glastonbury festival, looking at The 1975's incredible headline set, Paul Mescal making out with Gracie Abrams, Louis Tomlinson allegedly liking a Larry Stylinson Reel, and multiple acts speaking out for the people of Palestine. We're…
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Sabrina Carpenter Challenges Sexist Stereotypes + Fletcher and JoJo Siwa Redefine Their Sexualities
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡WE’RE BACK BABY! We’re filling you in on everything that’s been happening and all the ways we’ll be back in your podcast feels and socials once again. ⚡Sabrina Carpenter announced her new album Man’s Best Friend to be released just 359 days after Short and Sweet, but…
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We Saw What The Grammy’s Can Be When DEI Is Prioritized
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Each year when the Grammy Awards roll around, we typically have an episode that critiques the award ceremony for being vastly out of touch with popular culture: Beyonce is snubbed for Album of the Year, BTS is used as a bait tool for viewership, Best New Artist…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with bby
We’re getting candid in our interview with bby. The members of bby found each other on the internet after cultivating their individual musical abilities playing for revered underground London acts. Post-covid, they upgraded to “real life” meet-ups to develop their own gritty alternative sound....
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with mercury
We’re getting candid in our interview with mercury. Mercury is an alternative rock band and project led by Nashville-based Maddie Kerr. Now 22, Kerr grew up playing music since she was a kid, and honed in her sound while playing with various friends through her teen years. We talk to Maddie about...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Isabel Dumaa
We’re getting candid in our interview with Isabel Dumaa. The rising LA-based artist just released her new EP Just My Nature featuring breakout single “Quarter Life Crisis.” Now 21, Dumaa began singing and songwriting at age 10. At age 12, her moms booked her first ever studio session to record...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Angélica Garcia
We’re getting candid in our interview with Angélica Garcia. Angélica Garcia is a pop experimentalist who pulls from her Mexican and Salvadoran heritage to make art that speaks to the experience of growing up between cultures as a Hispanic-American. Her latest album Gemelo, meaning “twin” in...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid With Emei
We’re getting candid in our interview with Emei. Emei built her career from the ground up, performing since she was a child in music theater and even as a star on Chinese reality TV. After receiving notoriety on TikTok for her 2022 single “Late to the Party,” Emei has built a world around her...
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Chappell Roan’s Overnight Fame, Burnout, and Backlash + Election Exhaustion
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: Shawn Mendes speaks about his sexuality for the first time. Damiano David of Maneskin releases his debut album, and it’s giving… Harry Styles. ⚡ We’re taking a deep dive on the arc of Chappell Roan’s career this year – from the explosive moments at...
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The Loss of Liam Payne + Replay of Grieving As a Fangirl: From Death to Disbandment
We thought it would be helpful, after the tragic loss of Liam Payne, to have a brief discussion about how we're feeling in regards to this loss and also give y'all a replay of our 2022 episode about grieving as a fangirl. We will be discussing the heinous way the press handled the loss of Liam in...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Jonah Marais
We’re getting candid in our interview with Jonah Marais. Jonah Marais is a pop singer who got his start in the boy band Why Don’t We in 2016. The band reached massive career milestones over six years before announcing their hiatus in 2022. Now, Jonah is setting out on his own path as a solo…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Cosmo's Midnight
We’re getting candid in our interview with Cosmo’s Midnight. Cosmo’s Midnight is the Australian twin duo Cosmo and Patrick Liney who bring grooves and electronic music together. Their third studio album Stop Thinking and Start Feeling was written between Sydney, London, and LA, featuring...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with meija
We’re getting candid in our interview with meija. meija, aka Jamie Sierota, grew up performing in the family band Echosmith. He left the band at 20 years old to start a family and be a songwriter and producer. After some time away from the spotlight, he started his own artist project – meija. His...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
We’re getting candid in our interview with Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. Teen Jesus are a 4-piece punk band from Australia, who recently signed to Mom + Pop Records. The band just released an extended version of their album, titled I Love You, Too, and features collabs from The Linda Lindas…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Master Peace
We’re getting candid in our interview with Master Peace. Master Peace is the artist moniker for London-based Peace Okezie who makes self-proclaimed “electroclash” music for dancing. Earlier this year Master Peace released his debut album and won an award for Ivor Novello’s Rising Star. With huge...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Friko
We’re getting candid in our interview with Friko. Friko is the duo Nike Kapetan and Bailey Minzenberger hailing from Chicago’s long lineage of DIY and indie rock music. Their debut album Where We’ve Been, Where We Go From Here came out earlier this year and sees the band merging elements of...
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How Charli xcx’s Brat Became a Cultural Phenomenon
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: Pop music is SO back. Both Sabrina Carpenter and Addison Rae have release the most perfect pop songs. Sabrina is giving us sugar coated mellow drama while Addison is channeling Lana Del Rey and Britney Spears on “Diet Pepsi.” ⚡ We’re exploring how...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Bay Faction
We’re getting candid in our interview with Bay Faction. Born out of an online message board, Bay Faction emerged in the Boston DIY scene in 2015 with the debut of their self-titled record and quickly garnered a cult following. Following the band’s hiatus from 2020-2024, Bay Faction is now marking...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Paris Paloma
We’re getting candid in our interview with Paris Paloma. Paris Paloma is an English artist who made a name for herself with her 2023 song “Labour.” The song became a rallying cry for women, through its journal-like lyricism and dark folk-pop melodies detailing the women’s emotional labour under a...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Middle Part
We’re getting candid in our interview with Middle Part. We talk to Middle Part about the choice to open up about his depression in songwriting, knowing that someone out there is going through the same thing and how he utilized the image of a glass box as a metaphor for the extreme pressures and...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with The Wldlfe
We’re getting candid in our interview with The Wldlfe. The Wldlfe is a Nashville-based pop band composed of Jansen Hogan, Carson Hogan, & Jack Crane who have been creating since the band’s start in 2016. The Wldlfe is releasing their upcoming album Heaven is a place, 2024 on August 16 and touring...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Georgia Webster
We’re getting candid in our interview with Georgia Webster. Georgia Webster is a singer-songwriter, who’s song “Tell Your Mom” became an instant hit on TikTok in July 2020. Since then, she moved to Nashville to hone her songwriting and storytelling skills. Her 3rd EP SIGNS dropped at the end of…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Forest Claudette
We’re getting candid in our interview with Forest Claudette! We talk to Forest about the decision to open up about their non-binary gender identity in their music, being able to develop their artistry without the pressure to go viral, and how they use visuals as a world-building tool to enhance…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Bathe Alone
We’re getting candid in our interview with Bathe Alone. Bathe Alone is the dream-pop moniker of multi-instrumentalist Bailey Crone based in Atlanta, Georgia Working closely with collaborator and producer Damon Moon, the two push to new emotional depths utilizing sound design as a lens for...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with renforshort
We’re getting candid in our interview with renforshort. We talk to Lauren aka renforshort about how her recent songwriting reflects her emotional growth, fighting to be heard as a young woman in the music industry, and connecting with fans at an intimate EP release show. Renforshort is an indie…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Collin Walsh of Grayscale
We're getting candid in our interview with Grayscale's Collin Walsh. We discussed his journey with mental health, allowing himself to be more vulnerable in his songwriting, allowing Grayscale to grow musically and so much more! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
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Are Arena Tours Good for Artists or Fans?
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: Wallows are just silly goofy boys with Zach Sang! ⚡ The Black Keys recently canceled an arena tour in exchange for smaller venues. Fans are anxious the same thing could happen to Wallows. Meanwhile Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s arena tour is sold out…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Hannah Grae
We’re getting candid in our interview with Hannah Grae! Hannah Grae talks about how she’s grown as an artists since posting covers on Youtube as a teenager to releasing her mini album Nothing Lasts Forever, what she’s learned from female rock stars like Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morriset, and...
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Maya Henry's Fiction Novel + Harrison Butker’s Commencement Speech
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: Wallows covers Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and gives us absolutely nothing. Chet Hanks explains the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef to his father Tom Hanks over text. And… a giant conscious baby? ⚡ Maya Henry is releasing a fiction novel based on her...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Chanel Loren
We’re getting candid in our interview with Chanel Loren. We talk with Chanel Loren about finding her identity between two different home countries, learning to trust herself and use music as a tool to be more honest and vulnerable in expressing her emotions, and how her background in dance and...
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Drake/Kendrick Lamar Beef + Fan Safety at Shows
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: We saw Royel Otis live! Sabrina Carpenter turned 25 and someone gave her a cake with Leonardo Decaprio’s face. Nicholas Galitzine reveals he’s a spoon carver, but Jenna already knew this. Charli XCX is claiming her throne as an A-lister. ⚡ TRIGGER...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with poptropicaslutz!
We’re getting candid in our interview with poptropicaslutz! Christian and Nick from poptropicaslutz! talk about being 2007 music historians, how the two found their writing style during lockdown, and why they incorporate tongue and cheek lyrics. We also talk about how they prioritized the…
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[REPLAY] The Importance of Boy Bands to Pop Culture & Their Dark History with Maria Sherman
A replay of our 2021 episode with author and journalist Maria Sherman! Throughout history, boy bands have been a massively lucrative enterprise for the music industry, thanks to their main demographic of teen girls. Join us to really learn about the importance of boy bands to pop culture and…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Lime Cordiale
We’re Getting Candid in our interview with Lime Cordiale. Lime Cordiale is an Australian band comprised of brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach who played music together as teenagers and officially formed the band in 2009. The band has wracked up multi-millions of streams, known for their infectious...
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Capitalism And The Top 1% Of Artists + TTPD Follow Up
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: We are chomping at the bit to see the two horniest movies of the season: Challengers and The Idea of You. Billie Eilish is also on the cover of Rolling Stone giving TMI on her sexual life. ⚡ A week after Taylor released The Tortured Poets Department...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Hannah Wicklund
We're getting candid in our interview with Hannah Wicklund about the hardships of being a young female artist in a heavily male rock scene. How she was able to connect with a deeper feminine and emotional side of herself through taking time off the road and rediscovering her love of painting. And...
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Who Is ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ For?
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: We can’t stop thinking about Royel Otis’s cover of “Linger” by the Cranberries and neither can every 30 year-old man. Harry Styles’ Pleasing is doing a pop-up in Austin, Texas! Sara saw Quarters of Change in Washington DC. ⚡ On April 19, Taylor Swift...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with The Vices
We’re Getting Candid with The Vices about the importance of performing live and learning how to replicate that energy in the studio, how they’ve drawn influence from rock bands across the decades, and their decision to sing in English. Plus, we talk about how they recorded a live performance of...
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Jojo Siwa Leans Into The Sexual Pop Star Trope + Orville Peck/Willie Nelson Sing Gay Anthem
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Fangirl Nonsense: Dua Lipa is maybe a boring pop star? Chappell Roan owned Coachella. Barry Keoghan is spotted being a supportive boyfriend to Sabrina Carpenter. ⚡ Orville Peck and Willie Nelson teamed up for a gay cowboy anthem. Orville Peck is one of the few openly...
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Girl and Girl
We’re getting candid in our interview with Girl and Girl. We talk with Girl and Girl about how being theatrical helps singer Kai share difficult topic in his lyrics, how the band works together as a unit on stage to support Kai’s exuberant stage presence, and the way the band relates to Kai’s...
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Revisiting the Taylor Swift/Joe Alwyn Breakup 1 Year Later
It's been exactly a year since Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn's breakup hit the newsstands. Jenna's out sick this week so we're revisiting our discussion from April of 2023 to look back at the media and the world's reaction to Taylor and Joe parting ways. Also in this episode we were in the midst of…
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[INTERVIEW] Getting Candid with Jordan Suaste
We’re Getting Candid with Jordan Suaste about how he found his voice while growing up as one of the only queer kids in his school, connecting with fans after having his song “Body” go viral on TikTok, and using visuals and fashion as a form of self-expression. LA-based pop singer/songwriter…
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NYC Rock Music + Replay Of Reclaiming 30: A Pop Star Renaissance
This week on Name 3 Songs… ⚡ Jenna’s in NYC! In recent months Sara’s been digging into New York City’s alternative rock scene, which just might be at the precipice of Meet Me In The Bathroom 2.0. Since we’re both in the big apple, we’ve been experiencing music nightlife together, and want to…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Take a deep dive into the real-world impact of music and pop culture in our daily lives. Co-hosts Sara Feigin and Jenna Million set out to make a difference in the way fans and consumers understand and engage with celebrities, the media, and online discourse. Also find exclusive interviews with rising artists about the challenges they face in today's society.
For detailed show notes on each episode, visit name3songs.com.
This is a music commentary podcast based on in-depth research and the personal opinions of the hosts.
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W!ZARD Studios
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