Best of 2023: Music
If you’re looking for a theme for popular music in 2023, I think it can actually be summed up by a song from 2011. Who run the world? Girls, y’all. Six out of the seven Grammy nominees for Album of the Year are women. The soundtrack to the Barbie movie – overwhelmingly featuring women artists – was THE album of the summer. Between Taylor Swift and Beyonce, was anyone else even touring this year? You get the drift. So it’s fitting that, for the Great Pop Culture Debate’s Best of 2023 Music episode, most of our panelists’ picks are albums by women – although we have a few men in the mix, because we are committed to equality. So join Andrea Guerrero, Eric Rezsnyak, Jake Lewis, and Jonny Minogue as they share their favorite albums, as the Great Pop Culture Debate presents the Best Music of 2023! Artists discussed include Olivia Rodrigo, Kim Petras, The War and Treaty, Sufjan Stevens, Gorillaz, Holly Humberstone, Chappell Roan, and more!
RELATED CONTENT
Top 10 Tracks Off the Barbie Soundtrack
Andrea Guerrero Pick #1: Olivia RodrigoGUTS
Eric Rezsnyak Pick #1: Kim PetrasFeed the Beast/Problematique
Jake Lewis Pick #1: The War and TreatyLover's Game
Jonny Minogue Pick #1: Sufjan StevensJavelin
Andrea Guerrero Pick #2: GorillazCracker Island
Eric Rezsnyak Pick #2: Baby QueenQuarter-Life Crisis
Jake Lewis Pick #2: Holly HumberstonePaint My Bedroom Black
Jonny Minogue Pick #2: Chappell RoanThe Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! For each panelist’s No. 1 picks, PLUS our honorable mentions, listen to the episode now! We absolutely saved the best for last.
Did we miss your favorite albums? Do you disagree with some of our picks? Leave a comment below.
Looking for selections from each of the nominated albums? Click here for our playlist.
Have a say in future episodes!
Finally, if you want to have a say in what episodes we tackle next, vote in our Topic Polls! And we would love to have you pick your faves in the polls currently open for your votes!
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter!
Every Monday we tell you about the new movies, TV shows, albums, and video games coming up this week, PLUS we spotlight podcast episodes, polls, and more! Subscribe today!
EPISODE CREDITS
Host: Eric Rezsnyak
Panel: Andrea Guerrero, Jake Lewis, Jonny Minogue
Producer: Bob Erlenback
Editor: Eric Rezsnyak
