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the music shack
by Rae and Jack
welcome into the music shack where we discuss the incredible talent of Taylor Swift and a group of extraordinary indie pop artists paving the way. Delving into the stories and mesmerizing music of artists like Maisie Peters, Baby Queen, Gracie Abrams, Lizzy McAlpine, Phoebe Bridgers, and more. Get ready for insightful discussions, interviews, and updates on these remarkable artists and let the melodies guide us on this exciting adventure! art by: @oliviasartstuff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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we listened to SABRINA CARPENTER’S ‘MAN'S BEST FRIEND' and here are our thoughts…
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE where we are exploring sabrina carpenter's new album 'man's best friend', sharing our thoughts, favourite and least favourite tracks and most importantly, how we think it holds up to the rest of her discography while also discussing the...
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TAYLOR SWIFT - THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL FIRST REACTION & THOUGHTS, + Everything YOU Need To Know!
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE and my gosh there's so much to chat about!! join us as we share our first thoughts on taylor swifts new album 'the life of a showgirl' we are going to be walking through it all, the tracklist, collabs with sabrina carpenter, the variations and...
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KENDRICK LAMAR AND SZA 'GNX TOUR' REVIEW... do dual concerts work?
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you our thoughts on Kendrick Lamar and SZA's recent uk GNX tour, covering both SZA's 'LANA (deluxe) version of SOS and Kendrick's GNX albums. We get into a little chat discussing both our experiences alongside if having...
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experiencing CAROL ADES for the FIRST TIME... first listen & reaction
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR FIRST REACTION to Carol Ades! previous voice contestant turned pop star!. come walk through an experience with us as rae shares with jack her favourite artist at the minute, and hears his first thoughts! have you...
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Our FIRST thoughts and REACTION to LORDES's NEW ALBUM 'VIRGIN'
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! today we're reviewing and sharing our thoughts on LORDE's NEW ALBUM 'VIRGIN' ! giving a rundown of our favourite tracks, overall reaction and so much more. Let us know your opinions in the comments below! did you love it? did you hate it?, well here's our thoughts....
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experiencing ESME EMERSON for the FIRST TIME... *first listen & reaction*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR FIRST REACTION to a duo that are massively a reason to why i began searching out the new and different, and now i get to share that with Rae!! and it's... @esmeemersonband the brother-sister duo, are redefining...
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where is the song of the summer?
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE! today we're having a lil' chat about authenticity in the music industry after the discussion of benson boone goes global, and with recent virality from the likes of brendan abernathy the question is, is anyone authentic or is everyone an industry...
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Taylor Swift Bought Her Masters, so What's Next? [TS12 & REP/DEBUT TV] 👀
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE! one we're SO GASSED to bring you, taylor has bought her masters back and has recovered EVERYTHING and we are so HYPED, today we will chat you over, a bit about the deal alongside what will come next, whether that be the REP TV/Debut TV or the long...
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our FAVOURITE albums of 2025!
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ WE'RE SOOO BACK!!! welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE! things have changed, so we thought we would fill you in about how our tastes have changed alongside what we have been loving and listening to throughout 2025! while sharing our thoughts on everything going on in the industry…
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BRUTALLY rating your FAVOURITE *NEW* albums *clairo, gracie abrams, griff & more*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE hhiiii today we're bringing you our opinions and thoughts on all the recent albums and single releases. We review albums from Clairo with her release of 'charm', Gracie Abrams with the release of 'The Secret of Us', griff with the release of...
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we continue to clown for reputation tv + new support acts, Gracie Abrams EU/UK tour & VIP packages...
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WO WO WO WOOO today we're clowning... again. please release rep tv so we can stop this pain. catch and join us as we talk about things from new outfits, the v&a exhibition plus we chat about our dream supports and who we believe will be…
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experiencing BER for the FIRST TIME... *first listen & reaction*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR FIRST REACTION to someone who through the years i have heard SOO much about from rae and finally got the opportunity to sit down and listen to their discography! it's BER!! someone who has such an inventive way…
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LONG-TERM SWIFTIE SES TAYLOR SWIFT FOR THE 1ST TIME - EDI N1, N2 & N3 SURPRISE SONGS, MOMENTS AND FUN + ERAS TOUR IS OVER?
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! cannot believe I'm writing to you all finally after this day has happened, I'm honestly just grateful and beyond excited to share my experience as well as my excitement surrounding the experience, being surrounded by my people, the crazy surprise songs and honestly...
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our REACTION & THOUGHTS to the NEW TTPD SET and ALL the CHANGES it brought... *eras tour 2.0*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you our thoughts and reaction to the NEW tortured poets department set at the eras tour, and all the changes it brought. our upset at the songs cut and hype to the songs added, as well as our thoughts on the new outfits...
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experiencing CHLOE SLATER for the FIRST TIME... *first listen & reaction*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR FIRST REACTION to quite possibly the most exciting artist who's finally getting the recognition they deserve after so much work trying to get their music seen. Chloe Slater, Bournemouth born, manchester based...
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BRUTALLY rating your NEW favourite albums + our thoughts on Billie Eilish x Taylor Swift Drama
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE hhiiii thank you for your patience as we took a little bit of a health break, forever grateful for everyone who has joined us over this break and stuck with us before this, today we're bringing you our opinions and thoughts on all the recent…
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album reaction: TAYLOR SWIFTs 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY' *THOUGHTS & DEEP-DIVE*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE (an episode I'm now naming the ehm episode because my gosh apparently its all i can say, will remove this word from my vocab because MY GOSH) and BACK with the second episode of breaking down and giving our thoughts on Taylor Swift's New Studio...
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we listened to TAYLOR SWIFT's 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT' & here is our breakdown/thoughts...
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE AND OH MY GOSH IT'S OUR TIME, OUR SUPERBOWL HAS ARRIVED... and just wow, we are bringing you are reaction of taylor swift's 11th studio album under the name of the tortured poets department today, due to the large amount of tracks on both…
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is OLDER by Lizzy Mcalpine a MASTER CLASS in production & story-telling? *our breakdown & thoughts*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR REACTION to LIZZY MCALPINE'S 3rd studio album 'OLDER' who might have possibly just given us the most amazingly produced and written album as overall story and project that we've seen in a while, her lyricism and...
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LAST thoughts on 'The Tortured Poets Department' WHAT DOES ✌️ MEAN? & time to STOP doing SIGNED CDs?
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you our FINAL thoughts and theories on taylor swift's 'the tortured poets department' with all we know, from the lyrics being revealed to the apple music puzzles and playlists and WHAT THE HECK DOES ✌️ MEAN?!?!?!?!??! I...
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experiencing LIZZY MCALPINE for the FIRST TIME... *first listen & reaction* feat. tears/crying
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR FIRST REACTION to the legendary artist under the name of Lizzy Mcalpine who is chopping up and changing the industry both with the quality of music she produces and has done in the past but also with tours and...
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GUTS GALLERY toronto went *HORRIBLY WRONG* and WHY we AGREE with Billie Eilish calling everyone out
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you our experience at the guts tour gallery and olivia rodrigo concert in Toronto aswell as our thoughts surrounding the billie eillish 'vinyl' drama that has been sparked on social media this week aswell as ranking our...
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we had the WORST concert EXPERIENCE EVER & our thoughts on NEW BEYONCÉ/DUA LIPA album announcements!
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you our thoughts on the new news of beyoncé's new album announcement 'cowboy carter' as well as dua lipa's 'radical optimism' but mostly going in to explain rae's most recent HORRIBLE concert experience stay tuned. it's...
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experiencing ARIANA GRANDE'S 'ETERNAL SUNSHINE' *reaction & review*
some audio/sync issues but will be cleared for next ep. thank you for everything and for all the support on the last episode really thank you. hope you love this one!! shout out @DianaGarland for providing us with a truly heart-healing sample on this album. *music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our...
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experiencing CHAPPELL ROAN for the FIRST TIME... *first listen & reaction*
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you OUR FIRST REACTION to the legendary artist under the name of Chappell Roan who is chopping up and changing the industry with their unique styling and beautiful lyricism and story telling, mashing up the genres to...
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WHY LIZZY MCALPINE is REDEFINING tours, GUTS TOUR (we're obsessed) & TTPD THEORY, MASHUPS + MORE
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our NEW EPISODE WOOO today we're bringing you all our thoughts and theories with new variations for the tortured poets department, our reaction to all the mashups, surprise song rule change and who could forget TAY BRINA!!! aswell as why we think Lizzy Mcalpine…
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we were SO WRONG with our grammy 2024 predictions... [grammy 2024 winners reaction]
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our GRAMMY REACTION FOR 2024 WOOO here we are gonna be breaking down our thoughts and reactions to both our predictions and the winners of each category aswell as giving our two pence about all the drama and messiness of the night! let us know your thoughts…
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SWIFTIES REACT TO TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM 'THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT' + TRACKLIST/THEORIES
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to episode 22 of the music shack and somehow it's lined up but A TAYLOR SWIFT NUMBER WITH A NEW TAYLOR SWIFT ALBUM WHAT?!??!?! this is our reaction, thoughts and theories aswell as just our excitement towards taylor swift's new upcoming project 'the tortured poets...
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Taylor Swift to PLAY @ SUPERBOWL 2025 HALFTIME SHOW, TikTok vs UMG & lizzy mcalpine teases new album...
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to episode 21 of the music shack where this week we're discussing all things SuperBowl UHHH OMG NO WAY. just kidding it's all things SuperBowl and taylor swift, while we also give our opinion on the latest situation between UMG and TikTok and how this can affect...
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our 2024 grammy predictions will SHOCK you!
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to our GRAMMY PREDICTIONS FOR 2024 WOOO here we are breaking down our thoughts and opinions as well as giving our predictions for who we hope/think will win each category during the grammys, let us know your thoughts below. hope you enjoy! ♡ 🎧 Spotify:...
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addressing MEAN GIRLS movie HATE, why stan wars NEED to STOP & noah kahan announces NEW collabs
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ welcome in! to episode 20 of the music shack where this week we're discussing all things from musical theatre with the mean girls the musical film release and our thoughts on the hate to new music by noah kahan and siv jakobsen and our opinion on stan wars and why it needs to...
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SZA's SOS to BEAT Midnights at GRAMMYs, SL*T Music Video? & we're not sure about Ariana's yes, and?
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ the time has come... WE HAVE RETURNED!! wooooo and are ready to get running the question is are you ready for it?... in today's ep we talk about all things we've missed, our spotify wrapped, how we feel the grammy's will go and how we possibly could have had a sl*t music video…
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we listened to MAISIE PETERS 'THE GOOD WITCH' DELUXE tracks & here are our thoughts...
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ the time has come... the hidden deluxe tracks have been revealed and released and WE .... THEM! oh you don't know if we love or hate them? will need to watch the video to find out! We're both huge fans and supporters of maisie and wanted to give our best and real review of the...
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we saw the eras tour movie & this is how it went... + the maisie peters concert experience | Music Shack Episode 17
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things ERAS TOUR MOVIE!! woo woo from our experiences to our thoughts and excitement and sadness about the songs that were cut but at the same time what surprise songs were chosen aswell...
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gracie abrams vip experience, meeting baby queen, eras tour movie premiere & is this the end of easy life? | Music Shack Episode 16
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things gracie abrams and our experiences attending the shows in both glasgow and london n2 aswell as our acoustic show songs and surprise songs! we also both had the opportunity of…
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gracie abrams good riddance eu/uk tour, maisie peters 'the good witch' deluxe drama, eras tour movie releasing world wide & new boygenius | Music Shack Episode 15
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things gracie abrams with her uk/eu leg of the good riddance tour kicking off and both jack and rae will be attending and will have updates next episode so to find out how we got on…
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1989 taylor's version vault puzzle/track reveal, eras tour movie, album delays & guts world tour drama | Music Shack Episode 14
*music shack ˙ᵕ˙* ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things to do with the eras tour movie and all the thoughts surrounding the SAG-AFTRA strikes and why this as a project is allowed to exist, we also share our thoughts and theories on why...
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Our FIRST thoughts and REACTION to Olivia Rodrigo's NEW ALBUM 'GUTS' | Music Shack Episode 13
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things to do with olivia rodrigo and our FIRST thoughts on her new sophomore album 'GUTS' we will run through each of the tracks and our thoughts and theories behind them. while we also…
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celebrating 10 years of ariana grande's 'yours truly', 2 years of maisie peters 'you signed up for this' & new miley cyrus/selena gomez | Music Shack Episode 12
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from the yours truly deluxe by the one and only ariana grande how has it already been 10 years!! insane. we also have our thoughts on the new miley cyrus & selena gomez projects…
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ariana grande - 'yours truly (deluxe)' scooter braun drama, thoughts on new gretta ray/reneé rapp & you're not a real swiftie if you do this | Music Shack Episode 11
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from ariana grande's return with 'yours truly (deluxe)' announcement! we also got a reveal of 2 of the other alternate 1989 tv covers just waiting for the pink variant and they are...
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olivia rodrigo's bad idea right? & london event drama, maisie peters toronto experience & 1989 tv 2? | Music Shack Episode 10
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from the lovely olivia rodrigo ranging from her new single 'bad idea right?' where we give our thoughts and opinions to the recent London event drama as well as rae's experience...
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discussing 1989 tv theories, our karma delusion continues, taylena vault track? + new carly rae jepsen & grace enger | Music Shack Episode 9
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from noah kahan with his new tour dates revealed for a second leg to eu/uk after selling out the first in seconds, we also have some updates on the stressful axs ticket reselling…
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3 years of folklore, beabadoobee & chelsea cutler deep dive, gracie abrams concert drama & thoughts on harry styles | Music Shack Episode 8
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from harry styles and our thoughts on how and if he has mastered show interactions, our first thoughts and listens of the amazing artists that are beabadoobee and Chelsea cutler, my...
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celebrating 3 years of gracie abrams 'minor', noah kahan x post malone collab & eras tour vip seat problems | Music Shack Episode 7
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode, we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from our fav gal gracie abrams with her celebrating 3 years of minor and sabrina carpenter celebrating 1 year of emails i can't send as well as giving our thoughts on the brand new...
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we got eras tour tickets!, our speak now tv thoughts, i can see you mv & vampire reaction | Music Shack Episode 6
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from speak now taylors version, to the vault tracks were we analyse and breakdown our favourite songs and changes in lyrics + our ranking, to our reaction to the new and exciting i…
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analysing maisie peters 'the good witch', eu/uk era tour dates & olivia reveals new album 'guts' | Music Shack Episode 5
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from maisies new amazing album the good witch where we analyse and breakdown the album song by song and giving our thoughts and final rating and ranking on it, while also talking…
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attending a sabrina carpenter & sza concert, good riddance deluxe & vampire theories | Music Shack Episode 4
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from jacks experience attending both a sabrina carpenter concert and sza concert, we are also going over our thoughts on the new deluxe album of good riddance from the amazing gracie...
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our experience at taylor swift eras tour, olivia rodrigo 2 & baby queen 'dream girl'! | Music Shack Episode 3
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode we introduce you to the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from raes experience attending the eras tour in detriot, olivia rodrigo's sour hotline message being updated, baby queen's new music drop 'dream girl' down to our stance on the…
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speak now vault tracks, new eras tour dates & is the industry overworking artists? | Music Shack Episode 2
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode we introduce you into the music shack where this week we are discussing all things from speak now leaks, to baby queen secret concerts, how to fix the ticket reselling problem and is the music industry pushing artists too hard? happy pride month ♡ 🎧 Spotify:...
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you’re losing me destroyed us and has tiktok ruined concerts | Music Shack Episode 1
music shack ˙ᵕ˙ ↪ in this episode we introduce and welcome you into the music shack where we are hoping to use this space to connect and discuss the incredible talent of Taylor Swift and a group of extraordinary indie pop girls. Delving into the stories and mesmerizing music of artists like…
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welcome into the music shack where we discuss the incredible talent of Taylor Swift and a group of extraordinary indie pop artists paving the way. Delving into the stories and mesmerizing music of artists like Maisie Peters, Baby Queen, Gracie Abrams, Lizzy McAlpine, Phoebe Bridgers, and more. Get ready for insightful discussions, interviews, and updates on these remarkable artists and let the melodies guide us on this exciting adventure!
art by: @oliviasartstuff
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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welcome into the music shack where we discuss the incredible talent of Taylor Swift and a group of extraordinary indie pop artists paving the way. Delving into the stories and mesmerizing music of artists like Maisie Peters, Baby Queen, Gracie Abrams, Lizzy McAlpine, Phoebe Bridgers, and more. Get...
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