Getty Image Steven and Ian open with a quick conversation about fireworks and fireworks-adjacent emo music. Then they dive into the outcry from Lorde fans about the faulty “transparent” CD edition of her latest album, Virgin. Steven is excited to see CD discourse go mainstream, though he worries that this bad publicity might turn people off to the format. After that, they discuss the AI band The Velvet Sundown, which has already racked up 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify in just a few weeks. They also talk about the recent Glastonbury Festival and speculate on why European music festi...

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