POP THEORY

WOW, what a week it has been for music! In this episode, the boys discuss all the new music that was released this past week as well as upcoming announcements including: Caroline Polachek’s deluxe version of “Desire, I Turn Into You”, Kim Petras’ follow up to “Slut Pop”, J.Lo, Mariah Carey surprise-hopping on the remix of “yes, and?”, Dua Lipa’s “Training Season”, Usher’s Super Bowl performance, a...

On this episode, Zach & Jeff gave their final Usher Superbowl predictions and took a trip down memory lane revisiting some of his favorite works.  The boys also discuss J.Lo's upcoming visual album "This Is Me...Now" and her affinity for teasing songs from projects only to never release them, the new single from Kylie Minogue and Sia, Kim Petras' "Slut Pop" sequel, and Brandy's birthday.&...

This week POP THEORY recaps the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. What a Night! The boys highlight the ‘Big 4’ award winners (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist), talk about their favorite (and least favorite) performances of the night, surprise special guest appearances, the continual public embarrassment of Beyoncé at award shows… and much more! 

Filling in for Jeff tonight is the one and only Camille Adams - dietitian, singer, and self-proclaimed "Big Fat BARB!"  We left no stone unturned as we discussed the soon-to-be infamous feud between Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion, the post Britney book comeback of Justin Timberlake, the ICONIC lineup for the Lovers & Friends Fest, and even take a couple guesses at what Usher might ha...

This week on POP THEORY: Zach recaps and reviews Madonna’s Celebration Tour in Detroit (including a special highlight of her song “Frozen”), the boys talk about Jack Harlow and Ariana Grande fighting for the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, The Coachella 2024 lineup + Jeff’s experience with going last year, Kali Uchis’ latin music and her latest project “ORQUíDEAS”, J.Lo’s upcoming film + album,...

This week the boys talk all about the highly anticipated release of Ariana Grande’s new single “yes, and?”, Britney Spears’ iconic debut album “…Baby One More Time” turning 25 Years old and have a candid discussion on Kali Uchis during an all new segment of “Songs We Don’t Talk About Enough”.

Can you believe 1999 is now 25 YEARS OLD?! Miss XCX really said it best after all: “I Just want to go back… back to 1999”. From Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la vida Loca” to TLC’s iconic “No Scrubs”, it’s no question that this year was STACKED with legendary hits. Tune in as the boys recap this iconic year for music and countdown #43 - #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year End chart.

Can you believe 1999 is now 25 YEARS OLD?! Miss XCX really said it best after all: “I Just want to go back… back to 1999”. From Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la Vida Loca” to TLC’s iconic “No Scrubs”, it’s no question that this year was STACKED with legendary hits. Tune in as the boys recap this iconic year for music and reexamine the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1999.  (PS: Stay tuned for...

This week the boys talk about how putting “U” into a song title makes it instantly a BOP, Nicole Scherzinger’s solo career deserving much better (including her song “Whatever U Like”), Songs written for other artists that ended up becoming smash hits, Sia’s questionable film career, Zach’s close run-in with Janet Jackson at a local hair salon, “Grown Woman” finally being released to streaming plat...

This week the boys share their candid thoughts on Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated “Pink Friday 2” and celebrate Beyoncé's iconic self-titled album turning 10 years old. Topics of conversation this episode include: Nicki Minaj and the state of the music industry in 2023, the RENAISSANCE film, POP THEORY being Destiny’s Child stans, Jeff’s dreams being crushed by the “This is the Remix” album, comp...

This week the boys talk about the anticipation of Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday 2"  album as well as Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE film, Kelly Rowland's brief, but memorable acting career,  Missy Elliott's "This Is Not a Test!" turning 20 (can you believe?!), the Mean Girls re-boot, David Archuleta being more famous than Lady Gaga at one point in time, a heated discussion on Taylor's 'reputation' e...

From breaking the TENSION to asking people if they knew that there was a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard— you can’t deny 2023 had some memorable music moments! This week the boys take a trip down memory lane and re-cap their 2023 Apple Music Replay (or ‘wrapped’ for you Spotify listeners out there) , including their top 5 artists, top 5 albums and top 10 songs (plus some honorable mentions).

This week the boys recount their favorite Y2K holiday pop classics, Mariah Carey's "Merry Christmas One And All!" Tour, Willa Ford’s illustrious music career, Patti LaBelle’s earth shattering performance of “This Christmas”, Jennifer Paige's impact, and celebrate the birthday of the iconic “X” album by Kylie Minogue.

Join POP THEORY on a very special bonus episode as the boys celebrate and discuss Dua Lipa’s new single “Houdini” and re-cap some of the 2023 Grammy nominations including: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist.

This week POP THEORY discusses the 1989 (Taylor's Version) re-release + the new vault tracks, Zach's personal definition of "rock music", The 24th birthday of Mariah Carey's Rainbow album + a deep dive into the all of the songs, the 26th anniversary of Spiceworld and Jeff's take on what what a rainbow would sound like sonically. Don't miss out on a special anniversary themed " Songs We Don't Talk...

It's Britney, Binch! This week the boys highlight and recap Britney Spears' highly anticipated memoir " The Woman in Me". Get ready for a very special Britney episode as Zach and Jeff take you down a journey of iconic and underrated Britney Spears discography, discuss their candid thoughts and feelings around the book, how Cara Cunningham was RIGHT all long, Blackout being Britney's spookiest albu...

Wel. Come.... to our Pod. Cast... ( cue the Caroline Polachek )! Follow pop music enthusiasts, Jeff Beach and Zach Rickel ( aka @afunctioninggay on Instagram ®), as they go on an unhinged deep dive of all things POP music. This week the boys talk about their serendipitous meeting and each of their formative pop music upbringings (including the birth of @afunctioninggay) , Zach's "Desert Island" mu...