Biggest Pop Stars Podcast: Drake Efficiency Development Plan

This Valentine’s Day, Drake launched his first new album since prior to his 2024 feud with Kendrick Lamar modified the whole lot about his occupation outlook and general narrative — the PartyNextDoor full-length team-up $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. Whilst the general verdict at the album and what it could (or would possibly now not) do for Drake’s general trajectory continues to be out, the set and its early reception each make it transparent that Drake’s time as a big mainstream act is some distance from over — but in addition that he nonetheless has a excellent quantity of labor to do in getting again to the place he used to be as a pop superstar at his 2010s height.

In this week’s episode of the Biggest Pop Stars podcast, we provide Drake some steerage in recapturing his outdated greatness, by way of hanging him on our first-ever Pop Megastar Efficiency Development Plan. Host Andrew Unterberger and common visitor Kyle Denis each and every be offering 3 motion pieces for Drake to apply, within the hopes of having his efficiency stage again as much as corporate usual. Will have to he steer clear of positive pattern assets? Will have to he enlist some new collaborators? Will have to he simply move away altogether for a time frame? We speak about most of these concepts and extra, with a purpose to help our No. 4 Biggest Pop Megastar of the twenty first Century in getting again not off course for the again part of the 2020s.

We additionally hop across the pop panorama to hide what used to be but every other busy weekend on the planet of dad stardom. We speak about one of the most best pop superstar moments (and largest ignored alternatives) from the 2 cultural occasions that ruled the weekend — the NBA’s All-Megastar Weekend, and NBC’s prolonged birthday celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Saturday Night time Are living — and likewise temporarily percentage ideas at the new deluxe version of Sabrina Chippie’s Quick n’ Candy and primary style from the lately introduced collaborative album between Selena Gomez and manufacturer fiancé Benny Blanco. And naturally, you’ll’t have a dialogue about pop stardom in early 2025 with out some Kendrick Lamar communicate, so we quilt our Biggest Pop Megastar of 2024‘s giant weekend — one he ruled with out in reality even doing that a lot.

Test it out above — in conjunction with a YouTube playlist of one of the most maximum memorable moments from the packed weekend in pop stardom, all of which can be mentioned within the podcast — and subscribe to the Biggest Pop Stars podcast on Apple Tune or Spotify (or anyplace you get your podcasts) for weekly discussions each Thursday about all issues associated with pop stardom!

And when you’ve got the money and time to spare, please believe donating to any of those reasons within the battle for trans rights:

Transgender Legislation Heart

Trans Lifeline

Gender-Asserting Care Fundraising on GoFundMe