Harry Styles is quite good, Compilation albums are back, and Timothée Chalamet is wrong

Harry Styles has had a big week with the release of “Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.” and even if he doesn’t pay attention to reviews, there’s a vital one in this episode. Annie and Nick discuss the new album, as well as a myriad of other new releases including War Child Records’ compilation album HELP (2), Yebba, and Eliza. Elsewhere, Timothée Chalamet has made a massive error by dismissing ballet and opera, but one good to come from it is Annie wants to learn how to sing classical music – and she takes some inspiration from Madonna to show how ready she is for the challenge. And Nick recently revealed the song that made him cry as a 10-year-old and now he has some scientific answers as to why music can inspire such intense emotional reactions.

HOMEWORK: Listen to the HELP (2) album and/or get in touch if you think you can teach Annie and Nick to sing opera.

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SONGS

Harry Styles – Are You Listening Yet?

Harry Styles – Coming Up Roses

Harry Styles – Dance No More

Ezra Collective & Green Tea Peng – Helicopters

Wet Leg – Obvious

Fontaine’s D.C. – Black Boys on Mopeds

Arooj Aftab – Lilac Wine

Flying Lotus – Antelope Onigiri

Eliza – Pleasure Boy

Fever Ray – The Lake (Cinematic)

Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

ALBUMS

Harry Styles – Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. (aka KISSTO/KATTDO)

Yebba – Jean

Various Artists for War Child Records – HELP(2)

ELIZA – The Darkening Green

Flying Lotus – BIG MAMA

OPERAS

La Traviata

Carmen

7 Deaths of Maria Callas

Akhnaten

Rigoletto

Tristan und Isolde