CHECK OUT PART 2 OF THIS WEEK'S EPISODE — REVIEWING DRAKE’S A.I.-assisted KENDRICK DISS — HERE: https://youtu.be/3CmNFRCMeGA This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on: 00:00 Introduction 00:40 The new Taylor Swift album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” and Swift’s “imperial era” 6:52 How the album addresses her rumored relationship with Matty Healy of the 1975 11:23 A possible face-off between this album and Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” at next year’s Grammys 16:19 “The Tortured Poets Department” as a detailed recitation of Swift’s life over the past 2 years 19:00 The production choices of Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner 32:37 How the album alludes to the work of the 1975 and Healy 52:13 Swift’s resentfulness streak Follow Jon: https://twitter.com/joncaramanica https://www.instagram.com/joncaramanica Follow Joe: https://twitter.com/joecoscarelli https://www.instagram.com/joecoscarelli/ Listen to every Popcast ever https://www.nytimes.com/popcast Every episode of Popcast (Deluxe) on YouTube https://tinyurl.com/PopcastDeluxe Popcast Discord! https://tinyurl.com/PopcastDiscord Popcast Facebook! https://tinyurl.com/PopcastFacebook Popcast t-shirts & stickers http://itsthepopcast.myshopify.com Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video Credits “Popcast (Deluxe)” is hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli. Produced by Sawyer Roque. Edited by Jamie Hefetz. Social media production by Pat Gunther. Photo edited by Amanda Webster. Thumbnails by Lindsey Flood. Special thanks to Nell Gallogly, Pedro Rafael Rosado, Caryn Ganz, Leslye Davis and Nina Lassam.