This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:

• How “The Tortured Poets Department” has aged with the passing of one week since its release

• The huge commercial success of the first week of “The Tortured Poets Department”

• The contemporary expectations of immediate album reviews

• How Swift’s pandemic albums “folklore” and “evermore” introduced a new generation of hardcore fans

• Jon and Joe’s picks for the best songs from “The Tortured Poets Department”

• The rise of a pair of pop’s middle-class stars, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter

• Carpenter’s emergence into the shadow of Dua Lipa

• The success of “Espresso”

• Chappell Roan’s meteoric six-month rise and her relationship to drag culture

• Roan’s diaristic and specific songwriting

• Songs of the week from Tommy Richman, Cash Cobain (featuring Bay Swag and Ice Spice) and Shaboozey

• Snack of the week

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