Episode 77: Manifest Destiny

Ryan and Matt consider the discourse of authenticity that attends Lorde’s new album, Pure Heroine, and offer a close reading of the elegiac, anxiety-ridden track “We Can’t Stop” off of Miley (née Destiny Hope) Cyrus’s Bangerz.

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Syllabus

• Tennis Court by Lorde
• We Can’t Stop by Miley Cyrus
• The Musical Talmud: Party in The USA from Overthinking It
• Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen