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It’s time for the Popcast mailbag, in which we have questions from listeners and readers on all the maximum pressing topics in music.

In this week’s episode, the hosts, adding New York Times pop critic Jon Caramanica and pop journalist Joe Coscarelli, as pop music editor Caryn Ganz, respond to your mind and concerns:

That of Doechii, the young rap star turning viral fame into pop success

Olivia Rodrigo’s role as a non-secular consultant to the eccentric pop stars of the time, such as Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter

The coherence of Lady Gaga’s album, “Mayhem”

The ongoing legal situation between Newjeans and Hybe

The most recent taunts and music through Ye, formerly Kanye West

And if wonderful pain is inextricable from wonderful art, according to a recent interview with Iver

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