Song Exploder
Song Exploder
Song Exploder
Song Exploder
Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.
Wednesday 18 November 2020 : Billie Eilish started releasing music when she was 14 years old. Her debut album came out last year, when she was 17. It debuted at Number 1...
Wednesday 11 November 2020 : This episode is a little different. It’s a re-issue of Phoebe Bridgers’ Song Exploder episode from January 2019, along with a brand new...
Wednesday 04 November 2020 : Deftones are a Grammy-winning band from Sacramento who’ve sold over ten million albums. Their ninth album, Ohms, came out this year, on...
Wednesday 21 October 2020 : Rapper Killer Mike and rapper/producer El-P first met in 2011. They both had established rap careers, but they entered a new era when they...
Wednesday 07 October 2020 : Dua Lipa is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter from London. Her second album, Future Nostalgia, came out in March 2020. It hit #1 on the...
Wednesday 23 September 2020 : Selena Gomez is a singer, songwriter, and actress, who’s spent most of her life in the public eye. She started her acting career as a...
Wednesday 16 September 2020 : On August 28, 2020, actor Chadwick Boseman died. He was only 43 years old. Unbeknownst to many, even some of his closest collaborators,...
Wednesday 09 September 2020 : Kelly Lee Owens is an electronic music producer and songwriter originally from Wales. She’s released two critically acclaimed albums and...
Wednesday 26 August 2020 : Black Pumas formed in Austin, Texas in 2017, when singer Eric Burton met producer Adrian Quesada. Their self-titled debut was released in...
Wednesday 12 August 2020 : The 1975 are a band from Manchester, England, made up of Matty Healy, Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George Daniel. They started playing...
Wednesday 29 July 2020 : Katie Crutchfield is a singer and songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. She’s been making music under the name Waxahatchee since 2010. Her...
Wednesday 15 July 2020 : Khruangbin is a band from Houston, Texas, who first formed in 2010. NME called them the "low key superstars" of psychedelic music. They’ve...
Wednesday 01 July 2020 : The Netflix original series Dark debuted in December 2017. It’s a really mysterious, mind-bending German science fiction show with a...
Wednesday 17 June 2020 : The rappers Prodigy and Havoc met when they were still in high school in New York. Havoc grew up in Queensbridge, the biggest public housing...
Thursday 04 June 2020 : Instead of a new episode this week, revisiting this episode originally published in May 2017. Please consider donating to local and national...
Wednesday 20 May 2020 : 100 gecs is a duo, made up of Laura Les and Dylan Brady. In 2016, they put out an EP called 100 gecs, and three years later, they released...
Wednesday 06 May 2020 : Laura Marling is a singer and songwriter from London. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist—she’s been nominated...
Wednesday 22 April 2020 : Tame Impala is the project of Kevin Parker, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Perth, Australia. Since putting his first...
Wednesday 08 April 2020 : FKA twigs is a singer, songwriter, and producer from London. She’s released three EPs and two albums. Her most album, Magdalene, came out...
Wednesday 25 March 2020 : Nathaniel Rateliff is a singer and songwriter from Colorado. He’s released four solo albums, and two with his band, the Night...
Wednesday 11 March 2020 : Eric Nam is a Korean-American pop singer from Atlanta. He’s currently lives in Seoul, South Korea, where he found fame as a K-pop star. He...
Wednesday 26 February 2020 : Sophie Allison makes music under the name Soccer Mommy. Her debut album came out in 2018, when she was 20 years old, and the New York Times...
Wednesday 12 February 2020 : Dan Snaith has been making Caribou records since 2001. He won Canada’s Polaris music prize in 2007, and this month, he’s releasing the...
Wednesday 29 January 2020 : When Laetitia Tamko started making the second Vagabon album, she really wanted to produce the entire thing on her own. It would be a new...
Wednesday 15 January 2020 : The song “Closing Time” by the American rock band Semisonic came out in March 1998. It hit #1 on the Alternative charts, and was...
Song Exploder
Song Exploder
Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish started releasing music when she was 14 years old. Her debut album came out last year, when she was 17. It debuted at Number 1...
Re-issue: Phoebe Bridgers - Scott Street
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This episode is a little different. It’s a re-issue of Phoebe Bridgers’ Song Exploder episode from January 2019, along with a brand new...
Deftones - Ohms
Explicit content
Deftones are a Grammy-winning band from Sacramento who’ve sold over ten million albums. Their ninth album, Ohms, came out this year, on...
Run the Jewels - JU$T
Explicit content
Rapper Killer Mike and rapper/producer El-P first met in 2011. They both had established rap careers, but they entered a new era when they...
Dua Lipa - Levitating
Explicit content
Dua Lipa is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter from London. Her second album, Future Nostalgia, came out in March 2020. It hit #1 on the...
Selena Gomez - Lose You to Love Me
Selena Gomez is a singer, songwriter, and actress, who’s spent most of her life in the public eye. She started her acting career as a...
Reissue: Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther
On August 28, 2020, actor Chadwick Boseman died. He was only 43 years old. Unbeknownst to many, even some of his closest collaborators,...
Kelly Lee Owens - On
Kelly Lee Owens is an electronic music producer and songwriter originally from Wales. She’s released two critically acclaimed albums and...
Black Pumas - Colors
Black Pumas formed in Austin, Texas in 2017, when singer Eric Burton met producer Adrian Quesada. Their self-titled debut was released in...
The 1975 - The Birthday Party
Explicit content
The 1975 are a band from Manchester, England, made up of Matty Healy, Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, and George Daniel. They started playing...
Waxahatchee - Fire
Katie Crutchfield is a singer and songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. She’s been making music under the name Waxahatchee since 2010. Her...
Khruangbin - So We Won't Forget
Khruangbin is a band from Houston, Texas, who first formed in 2010. NME called them the "low key superstars" of psychedelic music. They’ve...
Apparat - Goodbye (Theme from "Dark")
Explicit content
The Netflix original series Dark debuted in December 2017. It’s a really mysterious, mind-bending German science fiction show with a...
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. II
Explicit content
The rappers Prodigy and Havoc met when they were still in high school in New York. Havoc grew up in Queensbridge, the biggest public housing...
Reissue: Michael Kiwanuka - Black Man in a White World
Instead of a new episode this week, revisiting this episode originally published in May 2017. Please consider donating to local and national...
100 gecs - Money Machine
Explicit content
100 gecs is a duo, made up of Laura Les and Dylan Brady. In 2016, they put out an EP called 100 gecs, and three years later, they released...
Laura Marling - Song for Our Daughter
Explicit content
Laura Marling is a singer and songwriter from London. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist—she’s been nominated...
Tame Impala - It Might Be Time
Explicit content
Tame Impala is the project of Kevin Parker, a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Perth, Australia. Since putting his first...
FKA twigs - Mirrored Heart
Explicit content
FKA twigs is a singer, songwriter, and producer from London. She’s released three EPs and two albums. Her most album, Magdalene, came out...
Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright
Explicit content
Nathaniel Rateliff is a singer and songwriter from Colorado. He’s released four solo albums, and two with his band, the Night...
Eric Nam - Love Die Young
Eric Nam is a Korean-American pop singer from Atlanta. He’s currently lives in Seoul, South Korea, where he found fame as a K-pop star. He...
Soccer Mommy - Circle the Drain
Sophie Allison makes music under the name Soccer Mommy. Her debut album came out in 2018, when she was 20 years old, and the New York Times...
Caribou - Home
Dan Snaith has been making Caribou records since 2001. He won Canada’s Polaris music prize in 2007, and this month, he’s releasing the...
Vagabon - Water Me Down
When Laetitia Tamko started making the second Vagabon album, she really wanted to produce the entire thing on her own. It would be a new...
Semisonic - Closing Time
The song “Closing Time” by the American rock band Semisonic came out in March 1998. It hit #1 on the Alternative charts, and was...
