Pop Pantheon is the podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guest overanalyze all your favorite pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon. Each episode, Louie and an esteemed guest provide in-depth and lively reflections on the career, music and legacy of a specific pop artist— everyone From Beyonce all the way down to Pia Mia. With over half a million downloads and counting, Pop Pantheon covers everything from album eras, legacy, and work to public personas, press coverage, and music videos, and culminates in a discussion about where that week's artist fits in the official Pop Pantheon, a system of five tiers Louie created to assess the cultural standing of pop stars, almost like fantasy football for pop fans.
Guests have included The New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino on Robyn, The New York Times' Lindsay Zoladz on Lady Gaga, The Ringer’s Rob Harvilla on Cyndi Lauper, Pitchfork’s Rawiya Kameir on Justin Bieber, The New Yorker’s John Seabrook on Max Martin, The Times' Joe Coscarelli on Selena Gomez, Billboard’s Jason Lipshutz on Lorde, Keep It’s Ira Madison III’s on Nicki Minaj, Pitchfork’s Cat Zhang, Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos, Hit Parade’s Chris Molanphy, Jezebel's Rich Juzwiak, Pitchfork’s Clover Hope, The Wall Street Journal Magazine’s Myles Tanzer, and more.
Who is 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.
Catch Louie at his currently monthly party, Gorgeous Gorgeous, at Resident DTLA.
