Pop Pantheon
The podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests completely overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 319
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Grammy Nominations Reactions + Is "Disease" a Flop? + More (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ react to Friday's Grammy Nominations and score their predictions from last week's episode. Then, they play a game of "Step…
What Exactly is a "Flop"? (with Brittany Spanos & Chris Stedman)
Katy Perry's latest album 143 lit the internet ablaze for all the wrong reasons when it dropped earlier this year, mostly because of how wrong it got nearly everything and how hard it underperformed …
Our 2024 Grammy Nomination Predictions: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan & More (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, America is making it's most critical decision this week: who will be nominated for Grammys! Louie and Russ each share their predictions f…
KELIS (with Variety's Steven J. Horowitz)
Variety’s Steven J. Horowitz returns to Pop Pantheon to unpack the maddeningly underrated Kelis, who spent most of her career ahead of the curve and helped to carve out a new lane for alt-pop stardom…
NYC LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT! + Lady Gaga Returns plus New Music from Addison Rae and Halsey (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ are here to fight about Lady Gaga's new single, "Disease", the first offering from her forthcoming album, "LG7". They then…
Reacting to Your Unpopular Pop Opinions About Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears & More (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)
We put out a call for our audience's most unpopular pop opinions: hot takes you have that no one else seems to agree with but you know in your heart to be true. And boy, did we get some! Rolling Ston…
CHARLI XCX: PART 3 (with Shaad D'Souza)
Shaad D’Souza returns to Pop Pantheon for the conclusion of our three-part series on Charli XCX. Shaad and Louie unpack Charli’s 2020 lockdown album, the DIY How I'm Feeling Now, and 2022’s Crash, wh…
pop pantheon and it's about charli xcx's brat remix album featuring reanna cruz (patreon preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Brat Summer becomes Brat Autumn as Charli XCX drops a completely reimagined version of her blockbuster album from earlier this year, Brat…
CHARLI XCX: PART 2 (with Pitchfork's Anna Gaca)
Senior Editor at Pitchfork Anna Gaca returns to Pop Pantheon for the second in our three-part series on Charli XCX. Anna and Louie look back on Charli’s early link-ups with "hyperpop" innovator Sophi…
Folie à Deux is Bad. What's Next for Lady Gaga's Acting Career? (with Variety's Daniel D'addario) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Lady Gaga turned heads with her debut film role, her Oscar-nominated turn in 2018's A Star is Born, and many thought she might defy histo…
CHARLI XCX: PART 1 (with i-D's Owen Myers)
For the first in our new three-part series on Charli XCX, i-D’s Owen Myers returns to Pop Pantheon to chart the start of Charli’s iconoclastic and unlikely trail through pop. Owen and Louie trace Cha…
Live! Katy Perry's 143, Lady Gaga's Harlequin & The Millennial Diva Conundrum (with Molly Lambert, Molly Mary O'Brien, Jaelani Turner-Williams & Mikael Wood) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, last night live in Los Angeles, DJ Louie gathered with HeidiWorld's Molly Lambert, And Introducing's Molly Mary O'Brien, The Los Angeles …
The 10 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century (with Sam Murphy & Rich Juzwiak)
The Visceral and Meta Pleasures of Charli XCX and Troye Sivan's Sweat Tour (Patreon Preview)
Don't forget to grab tickets to our live show, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and The Millennial Diva Conundrum this Monday 9/30 at Dynasty Typewriter in LA! We'll be talking 143, Harlequin, and so much more!…
VMAs Recap: Chappell, Sabrina, Katy, Taylor & More! (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, The 40th Annual MTV Video Music Awards were held last night and featured marquee performances from It Girls like Sabrina Carpenter, GloRi…
Sabrina Carpenter Hits the Short 'n Sweet Spot (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Disney-star-turned-"Drivers License"-third-wheel-turned-ascendent-pop-girlie Sabrina Carpenter has been on quite a roll lately. Her most …
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter is a Genre Explosion (with Danielle Amir Jackson) (Originally Published on Patreon on 4/1/2024)
Happy Labor Day Weekend! Louie is still off on vacation so as a treat, we'…