[#272] SWEDISH MACHINE MUSIK: Max Martin, Taylor Swift, and Pop-as-Cultural Technology Against Us (Livestream) (Patreon)
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Dimitri and Khalid explore the hegemonic career of Swedish pop producer/songwriter Max Martin, the hollowness of Swift/Martin's "The Life of a Showgirl", ABBA and the birth of the Swedish Sound, Denniz PoP and the Cheiron Records hit factory in 1990s Stockholm, the neo-nazi past of Ace of Base, boy band sicko Lou "Big Poppa" Pearlman, sinister Dr. Luke, the tyranny of "melodic math", the "Cultural Technology" philosophy that birthed K-Pop, and more...