Breaking Down Drake’s Three-Album Surprise

Breaking Down Drake’s Three-Album Surprise

jon caramanica Welcome to “The New York Times Popcast,” your swollen knuckles of weekly culture chat. I’m Jon Caramanica, and I’m the critic. I’m Joe Coscarelli. I am the reporter. It’s “Iceman” weekend, which is to say, it’s bigger than “Iceman.” It’s bigger than just a weekend. We’re here for …

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Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories

Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories

The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories. And that was exhausting. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which racked up hundreds of millions of streams and helped propel him to the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, was the ferocious culmination of his battle, via quickly released singles, with …

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