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 255 Episodes
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS (with Troy McEady)
Troy McEady of Beyond The Blinds returns to Pop Pantheon to unpack the defining prefab American girl group of the 2000s, The Pussycat Dolls. Louie and Troy dig into PC...
Grammy Nominations Reactions + New Songs From Katy Perry & Hilary Duff (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ react to the 2025 Grammy nominations plus dissect new songs from Katy Perry and Hilary Duf...
The Best Max Martin Songs of All Time (with Aisha Harris, Molly Mary O'Brien, & Sam Murphy)
Max Martin is the biggest pop producer of all time, having crafted hits across three decades for everyone from Britney and Backstreet Boys to Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perr...
Our 2025 Grammy Predictions: Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter & More (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, in anticipation of the 2026 Grammy nominations which will be unveiled this Friday, Louie and Russ share t...
Listener Mailbag! Answering Your Questions about Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears & More
Louie and Russ answer your questions about Taylor Swift and interpolation credits, Katy and Miley's recent flops, their favorite lead Britney singles, how they first m...
Unpacking Lily Allen's West End Girl & Demi Lovato's It's Not That Deep (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ discuss new albums from Lily Allen and Demi Lovato and also dive into recent changes to th...
ERYKAH BADU (with Time's Taylor Crumpton)
Time's Taylor Crumpton returns to Pop Pantheon to explore the deeply personal and trenchantly political R&B of neo-soul earth mother Erykah Badu. Taylor and Louie disc...
Dissecting New Albums from Zara Larsson, Olivia Dean, and Audrey Hobert (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ discuss buzzy new albums from three very different pop girlies: Zara Larsson's Midnight Su...
Are Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, & Cardi B Moving Up or Down in the Pop Pantheon?
Louie & Russ play a game of Step Up, Step Down where they look at recent career moves by Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Doja Cat, Cardi B, and Lorde and decide if t...
Mariah Carey Does Just Enough on Here For It All (with Rich Juzwiak) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie is joined by friend of the pod, Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak, to break down Mariah Carey's 16th st...
Taylor Swift Season 1 Mailbag!
Louie and Russ are answering all of your questions about Season One of our Taylor Swift series which covered her early era and first three albums, 2006's debut, 2008's...
Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl Track by Track (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, what else could it be? Louie and Russ go extra long on Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, The Life of a Sh...
TAYLOR SWIFT PART 3: SPEAK NOW (with The Guardian's Laura Snapes)
The Guardian's deputy music editor Laura Snapes makes her Pop Pantheon debut for the conclusion of season one of our epic Taylor Swift super-series. Louie and Laura re...
Doja Cat's Vie + Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, Lorde's Ultrasound Tour & More (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ talk the announcement of Bad Bunny as next year's Super Bowl halftime show performer, Russ...
TAYLOR SWIFT PART 2: FEARLESS (with Stereogum's Tom Breihan)
Stereogum senior editor Tom Breihan returns to Pop Pantheon for the second episode of season one of Pop Pantheon’s epic Taylor Swift super-series. Louie and Tom touch ...
Cardi B's Am I the Drama? + Katy Perry's Lifetimes Tour and Super Bowl Predictions (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ talk their predictions for who will be next year's Super Bowl halftime performer and talk ...
TAYLOR SWIFT PART 1: DEBUT (with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield)
Rolling Stone’s Rob Sheffield returns to Pop Pantheon to kick off the first season of our sprawling, multi-year super series about the biggest pop star phenomenon of t...
Lady Gaga's Mayhem Ball + Justin Bieber's Swag & Jade's That's Showbiz Baby (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ get together to share their experiences of seeing Lady Gaga's epic Mayhem Ball World Tour,...
Main Pop Girl Power Ranking 2025 (with Reanna Cruz)
Louie, Russ, and returning champ Reanna Cruz discuss the year in main pop girls before each sharing their personal top five Main Pop Girl Power Ranking for 2025 and pu...
The Highs and Many, Many Lows of the 2025 VMAs (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, With performances from everyone from Doja Cat to Mariah Carey, and Lady Gaga and major awards for Ariana ...
Was There a Song of Summer?
Louie and Russ look back on 2025's wonky summer of pop music, discuss whether there was any true song of summer this year, and look at Billboard's definitive rankings ...
Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend + Taylor’s Getting Married! (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ talk briefly about the engagement news of the century before digging into Sabrina Carpente...
Pop Pantheon Live! Tortured Poets & the State of Taylor Mania (with Hunter Harris, Brittany Spanos, & Nora Princiotti) (Originally aired 4/23/24)
Pop Pantheon will return with new episodes next week! In the meantime, enjoy a taste of our Patreon channel, Pop Pantheon: All Access, with this live show about Taylor...
Justin Bieber's Purpose 10 Years Later (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer returns to Pop Pantheon ahead of the 10-year anniversary of Justin...
SECOND SPIN: CYNDI LAUPER (with Rob Harvilla)
Pop Pantheon is off until September but we didn't want to leave you high and dry! This episode on Cyndi Lauper from back in January 2022 is one of Louie's favorites. I...
Is Miley Cyrus' Bangerz a Classic Without Its Singles? (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Louie and Russ revisit Miley Cyrus' divisive 2013 blockbuster Bangerz, her most successful pop star era b...
Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, it's a true Pop Emergency! Earlier this week, Taylor Swift announced her forthcoming 12th studio album, T...
KYLIE MINOGUE: PART 4 (with Owen Myers, Sam Murphy, Michael Cragg, Joan Summers, & Katherine St. Asaph)
To conclude our epic four-parter, the time has come to rank Kylie Minogue in the official Pop Pantheon! Louie and Russ convene an international gay summit with friends...
Revisiting Doechii's Alligator Bites Never Heal (with Lakin Imani Starling) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, writer and producer Lakin Imani Starling joins Pop Pantheon ahead of the first anniversary of Doechii's m...
An Important Message for our Spotify Listeners
We have recently received a number of takedown notices from Spotify on behalf of an organization representing songwriters and publishers and indications that Spotify c...