DJ Louie XIV
Louie is a DJ, writer and pop music obsessive who has played in venues across the world and clients that include Vanity Fair Magazine, Zac Posen, The New Yorker, Fendi, Twitter, Louis Vuitton, and The Met.
Appears in 224 Episodes
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 2 (with Paper's Joan Summers)
For the second installment in our four-part series on Kylie Minogue, Paper’s Joan Summers joins Pop Pantheon to discuss Kylie’s commercial crash out in the '90s and gl...
Country New Music Speed Round (with Jewly Hight) (Patreon Preview)
Nashville Public Radio's senior music writer Jewly Hight joins Russ to help break down country music's continued boom. Russ and Jewly chat about the aftermath of Beyon...
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 1 (with Michael Cragg)
For the first in our four-part series on Kylie Minogue, Michael Cragg returns to Pop Pantheon to help unpack the origins of a zenith superstar of global pop, Kylie Min...
Lady Gaga's Joanne: Track-By-Track (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ go track-by-track on Lady Gaga's fifth studio album, 2016's Joanne. A departure from the s...
The 10 Greatest Canadian Pop Stars of All Time (with Carly Lewis)
Writer and editor Carly Lewis joins Russ to rank their respective top 10 Canadian pop stars of all time. Carly and Russ discuss why Canada has produced so many success...
Justin Bieber Surprises With Swag, Plus New Music From Cardi B, Drake, Katseye & More (with Troy McEady) (Patreon Preview)
Friend of the pod Troy McEady returns to Pop Pantheon All Access for a super sized New Music Speed Round. Troy and Russ give their first impressions of Justin Bieber's...
PARIS HILTON & LINDSAY LOHAN (with Nora Princiotti)
Hit Girls author Nora Princiotti returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss two infamous celebrities turned fleeting pop divas of the early 2000s, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Loh...
Kesha Finds Her Independence on Period (with Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos) (Patreon Preview)
Kesha released her sixth studio album on Friday – notably, her first as an independent artist. Friend of the pod Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone joins Russ to break d...
Reacting To Unpopular Opinions about Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Chappell Roan + more (with Reanna Cruz)
We put out another call for our audience's most unpopular pop opinions and boy did you deliver. Switched on Pop producer Reanna Cruz joins Russ to field unpopular pop ...
Lorde Deconstructs Herself on Virgin (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Lorde's long-awaited fourth studio album, Virgin, dropped this past Friday and finds the New Zealand sava...
Are Miley Cryus, Drake, The Weeknd, & Ed Sheeran Moving Up Or Down in the Pop Pantheon?
Louie and Russ gather for an installment of "Step Up, Step Down," where they discuss recent career developments for Miley Cyrus, Drake, The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion...
Haim Works Harder Than Ever on I Quit (with Alex Frank) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Sister auteurs Haim returned on Friday with their 4th studio album, I Quit. Writer and editor Alex Frank ...
ELTON JOHN: PART 2 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield returns to Pop Pantheon for the second and final part in our Elton John series. Rob and Louie pick up on Elton’s career after his initial...
ELTON JOHN: PART 1 (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield makes his Pop Pantheon debut for our special two-part Pride series on one of the most iconic queer figures in pop history, Elton John. Lo...
It's Addison Rae's World. We're Just Living in It (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Tik Tok Influencer turned gay pop fan cause célèbre Addison Rae dropped her debut album, Addison, last Fr...
The Best Pop of 2025 You Might Have Missed (with Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul)
Rolling Stone staff writer Larisha Paul returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss the best pop songs you might have missed so far in 2025. Larisha and Russ talk about what it...
Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter Tour, Taylor Swift's Masters & Miley Cyrus' Something Beautiful (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ get together to talk Louie's night at Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter show in New Jersey, Taylor S...
The Best Pop of 2025 So Far (with Legends Only's Bradley Stern)
Host of the Legends Only podcast Bradley Stern returns to Pop Pantheon to discuss the best pop songs of 2025 so far. First, Louie and Bradley discuss the broader trend...
Hot 100 Dumpster Dive (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ dive deep into the trenches of the Hot 100 to figure out what the hell is going on with ma...
Listener Mailbag: Grammy Album of the Year Frontrunners, Gaga Copying Taylor(?!), & More!
Louie and Russ answer listener questions about the current 2026 Grammy Album of the Year Frontrunners, why Chappell Roan's "The Giver" underperformed, Max Martin's tra...
What Went Wrong on Lorde's Solar Power: A Track by Track Analysis (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, on the cusp of Lorde's forthcoming fourth studio album Virgin, due next month, Louie and Russ revisit her...
HAIM (with Ilana Kaplan)
Writer and editor Ilana Kaplan joins Pop Pantheon to discuss one of pop’s criminally under-appreciated secrets, Haim. Louie and Ilana unpack the sister trio’s origins ...
What Will Be the Song of Summer 2025?
After debating the current chart fortunes of everyone from Kendrick Lamar to Benson Boone, Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga and a bevy of current-charting Tik Tok stars they'v...
Is Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department Misunderstood? (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Taylor Swift's eleventh studio album The Tortured Poets Department— a sprawling, 31 song, two disc, two+ ...
Britney Mailbag! (with Alim Kheraj)
In the wake of our epic Britney series, critic and writer of the Substack In the Zine Alim Kheraj joins Louie and Russ to answer all your burning follow up questions: ...
Lorde Returns, Katy Perry's Latest Flop & More (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, late last week, Lorde ushered in her much-anticipated new era by dropping her latest single, "What Was Th...
PITBULL (with Reanna Cruz)
Reanna Cruz joins Pop Pantheon to break down the rise of Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull. Reanna and Louie explore Pitbull's genesis in the cultural hub of Miami and hi...
Latin Pop Speed Round: Bad Bunny, Nathy Peluso & more (with Isabella Gomez Sarmiento) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento joins Russ to discuss the expansive world of latin pop, including Bad Bunn...
Where Are All the Queer Male Superstars? (with USC's Jason King)
Queer men are the backbone of modern pop fandom. And yet so few, even in 2025, get to the top of the mainstream pop star heap. Why is that? And how have queer male art...
Gagachella + new songs from Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus & more (with Nora Princiotti) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, The Ringer’s Nora Princiotti joins Russ to talk about Lady Gaga’s extraordinary Coachella performance. Th...