TikTok bops and the transformation of pop

Here are links to the things we mentioned:

• It’s been a long time since we talked about pop music
• RIP CJYR, radio station of Karen’s youth
• Also RIP Video Hits and Good Rockin’ Tonite
• Billboard Hot 100
• Hit Parade on one-hit wonders
• One Hit Wonderland by Todd in the Shadows
• Mothica
• Mothica’s duck kettle 
• Laxed [SIREN BEAT] by Jawsh 685
• Jason Derulo’s Savage Love, which made Todd in the Shadows’s worst hit songs of 2020
• Eyes Blue Like The Atlantic
• Eyes Blue Like The Atlantic, Pt. 2
• The Powfu hit with the beabadobee hook 
• Lil Nas X, who is not a one-hit wonder, loves Fenty, and designs fashion
• Megan Thee Stallion #bodychallenge
• The Karens episode, where we talked about internet shorthand 
• Example of TikTok outfit transitions 
• List of TikTok music trends
• If the world was ending, you’d come over, right? No.
• Hayloft on TikTok
• Space Girl by Frances Forever
• Our feelings on TikTok are more nuanced than before

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