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 208 Episodes
ARETHA FRANKLIN (with Mark Bego)
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul author Mark Bego joins Pop Pantheon to unpack the life and career of the greatest singer in American history, Aretha Franklin. Louie...
The Best Pop Music of 2023 (So Far) (with The Wall Street Journal's Myles Tanzer)
Editor at The Wall Street Journal Myles Tanzer joins DJ Louie to break down 2023 in pop music so far. The two debate the broader state of pop this year, both aesthetic...
Jessie Ware's That! Feels Good! & the State of the Disco Revival (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's episode of Pop Pantheon: All Access, Louie and Russ gather to discuss British pop star Jessie Ware's fifth studio album, the disco-homaging...
(Almost) One Year Of Renaissance: Where Does It Rank In Beyoncé's Catalog? (with Hunter Harris, Ira Madison III & Puja Patel)
Beyoncé's massive Renaissance World Tour kicks off next week in Stockholm, Sweden so DJ Louie got a veritable Beyhive of all stars— writer of the substack Hung Up Hunt...
How Tik Tok Has Changed Pop Stardom (with The New Yorker's John Seabrook)
The New Yorker's John Seabrook joins Pop Pantheon to discuss his recent exhaustive piece, "So You Want To Be a Tik Tok Star". John and Louie discuss how the social med...
Ariana Grande's Positions (with Steven J. Horowitz) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of this week's Pop Pantheon: All Access episode, Pop Pantheon's first guest ever (!!) Steven J. Horowitz is back to revisit the first artist ever featured...
FIFTH HARMONY (with Service 95's Brennan Carley)
In the third episode of our girl group trilogy, US Editor and Culture Director of Service 95 Brennan Carley joins the show to discuss the (very) brief rise and fall of...
What's Gone Wrong for Chlöe Bailey? (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of the latest episode of Pop Pantheon: All Access, Louie and Russ discuss the rollout for Chlöe Bailey's debut solo album, In Pieces, which debuted last w...
TLC (with The New Yorker's Doreen St. Félix)
The New Yorker’s Doreen St. Félix returns to Pop Pantheon for the second episode in our new girl group trilogy, digging into the crazy, sexy and cool career of one of ...
THE RONETTES, THE SHIRELLES, THE MARVELETTES & THE SHANGRI-LAS (with Dr. Jacqueline Warwick)
Author of the book Girl Groups, Girl Culture: Popular Music and Identity in the 1960s, Dr. Jacqueline Warwick, joins Pop Pantheon to kick off the first of a trilogy of...
Lana Del Rey's Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (with Shaad D'Souza)
As a follow-up to last week's Lana Del Rey deep dive, music critic Shaad D'Souza returns to the show to break down her ninth studio album, Did You Know That There's a ...
LANA DEL REY (with Kathy Iandoli)
In preparation for her ninth studio album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, dropping tonight, Kathy Iandoli joins Pop Pantheon to explore the enigm...
KACEY MUSGRAVES (with Who? Weekly's Bobby Finger)
Author and Who? Weekly co-host Bobby Finger joins Pop Pantheon to unpack the career of sly country agitator turned alt pop girlie Kacey Musgraves. Bobby and DJ Louie d...
Miley Cyrus' Endless Summer Vacation (with Shaad D'Souza) (Patreon Preview)
Miley Cyrus just dropped her 8th studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, last Friday, so critic Shaad D'Souza- our guest for our Miley episode and who reviewed the new ...
Do We Still Need Poptimism? (with Vulture's Jason P. Frank)
Vulture's Jason P. Frank joins DJ Louie to discuss the idea of "Poptimism", or the movement in musical critical discourse during the mid 2000s and 2010s that allowed f...
New Music Speed Round: Sam Smith, Ava Max, Lana, Ice Spice & More! (with Main Pod Girl's AJ Marks) (Patreon Preview)
Main Pod Girl's (and PP Discord fav!) AJ Marks joins DJ Louie to dissect and debate new songs from Sam Smith, Kelela, Ava Max, Ice Spice, Zara Larsson, Chloe & More!To...
JA RULE, NELLY, LUDACRIS & 50 CENT (with Jordan Sargent)
Writer and A&R person Jordan Sargent returns to Pop Pantheon to explore a definitive moment in establishing hip hop’s centrism in mainstream pop music – the early 2000...
The State of Streaming: How It's Impacted Pop Stars, Music & Us (with Trapital's Dan Runcie)
Trapital Host Dan Runcie joins DJ Louie to discuss the state of the streaming ecosystem. Dan and Louie dig into how streaming has impacted the nature of pop stardom by...
FRANK SINATRA (with You Must Remember This' Karina Longworth)
Critic, author and host of the podcast You Must Remember This Karina Longworth joins Pop Pantheon to help tell the story of patient zero for the concept of a “Pop Musi...
Was Rihanna's Halftime Show Good? (with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd) (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of our new Patreon episode available in full on Pop Pantheon: All Access, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd joins DJ Louie for a Monday morning recap of Rihanna'...
Rihanna Super Bowl Setlist Draft Extravaganza!! (with Lindsey Weber, Jason Lipshutz & Julianne Escobedo Shepherd)
Pop Pantheon All-Stars Lindsey Weber,Jason Lipshutz and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd join DJ Louie to preview Rihanna's epic return to music at Super Bowl LVII
We Need to Talk About The Grammys... (Patreon Preview)
In a preview of the new episode of Pop Pantheon: All Access, DJ Louie and Russ break down the 2023 Grammys, from Beyoncé’s infuriating, disheartening and all-too-famil...
THE WEEKND (with Anupa Mistry)
Writer and producer Anupa Mistry joins to discuss the greatest Anti-Hero of 21st Century Pop, The Weeknd. DJ Louie and Anupa tackle The Weeknd’s career, from his anony...
What Pantheon Rankings Have I Gotten Wrong?: Kesha, ABBA, Miley, Your Calls & More!
For this week's B-Side, we're reassessing all the Pop Pantheon rankings of the last year, including debates on Kesha, Miley, ABBA, Belinda Carlisle, Spice Girls and Mo...
MADONNA: PART 4 (with Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak) [Originally Published on 4/21/2021]
As a capstone to our Madonna series, we're re-running the fourth-ever episode of Pop Pantheon in which Pot Psychology's Rich Juzwiak joins DJ Louie to discuss later pe...
MADONNA: PART 3 (with Annie Zaleski)
Author and journalist Annie Zaleski returns to Pop Pantheon for part three of our Madonna series. DJ Louie and Annie tackle the “Earth Mother” period of Madonna’s care...
MADONNA: PART 2 (with The Clive Davis Institute's Jason King)
Clive Davis Institute chair Jason King returns to Pop Pantheon for part two of our Madonna series. DJ Louie and Jason tackle the imperial period of the Queen of Pop, f...
MADONNA: PART 1 (with Inside The Groove's Edward Russell)
For the first of our new three-part series on the Queen of Pop, Madonna, host of the podcast Inside the Groove Edward Russell joins DJ Louie to discuss Madge’s early y...