This is Pop season 1

CTV
Mar 6, 2021

CTV
Mar 6, 2021

Summary The eight-part documentary series about pop music history features interviews with such artists as ABBA's Benny Andersson, Babyface, Boyz II Men, Brandi Carlile, Chuck D, Hozier, The Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell, T-Pain, and Shania Twain. [Premiered originally in Canada on CTV on 6 Mar 2021 and in the US on Netflix on 22 Jun 2021]

CTV
Mar 6, 2021

CTV
Mar 6, 2021

This is Pop

Season 1

Season Premiere: Mar 6, 2021

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Episode 1 • Mar 6, 2021 • 44 m

Auto-Tune

Love it or hate it, Auto-Tune has changed pop music. From Cher's "Believe" to Kanye West's "Love Lockdown," the sound has penetrated the globe and revolutionized music since its invention in 1997.

Episode 2 • Mar 13, 2021 • 44 m

Hail Britpop!

With grunge on the rise, UK band re imagine pop in their own playful images, sweeping up a scene in its wake as Oasis and Blur feud with laddish fury.

Episode 3 • Mar 20, 2021 • 44 m

Stockholm Syndrome

How did Sweden become music's stealth superpower? Map its pop trajectory with the arrival of Abba, Ace of Base and producer-songwriter Max Martin.

Episode 4 • Mar 27, 2021 • 44 m

The Boyz II Men Effect

The Philly Sound meet classic Motown in the impeccable crossover harmonies of Boyz II Men, whose string of smashes inspired a new wave of boy bands.

Episode 5 • Apr 3, 2021 • 44 m

When Country Goes Pop

From Starry outlaws to a "9 to 5" cup of ambition. The lines between country and pop blur with the ascent of Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Lil Nas X.

Episode 6 • Apr 10, 2021 • 44 m

The Brill Building in 4 Songs

A hit dedicated to another Brill Building songwriter, a strong earworm penned for a cartoon combo - these numbers powered a midcentury music factory.

Episode 7 • Apr 17, 2021 • 44 m

What Can a Song Do?

Can music change the world? Take the pulse of protest music while Hozier, MILCK, Chuck D, the Halluci Nation, Billy Bragg and other weigh in.

Episode 8 • Apr 24, 2021 • 44 m

Festival Rising

From the Human Be-In to Glastonbury, music festivals became a pop rite of passage as onstage electricity connects with an enormous crowd's energy.

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Ludwig Göransson

Self - Composer, Conductor, Arranger

Hozier

Self - Singer, Songwriter

T-Pain

Self - Rapper

Orville Peck

Self - Host

Wanya Morris

Self - Boyz II Men

Andy Kim

Self - Singer, Songwriter

Alex James

Cheese Farmer, Self - Bassist, Blur

Jack Casady

Self - Bassist, Jefferson Airplane

Neil Sedaka

Self - Legendary Singer, Songwriter

Jay McCarrol

Self - Host

Chuck D

Producer, Public Enemy, Self - Rapper

Shawn Stockman

Self - Boyz II Men

Dave Rowntree

Labour Party Councillor, Norfolk County, Self - Drummer, Blur

Harold Andy Hildebrand

Self - Inventor of Auto-Tune Pitch Correction Software

Eric Albronda

Played the Human Be-In, Self - Drummer, Blue Cheer

Shuja Haider

Self - Journalist

Michelle Phillips

Self - The Mamas and the Papas

Linda Perry

Producer, Self - Songwriter

Benny Andersson

Self

Nathan Morris

Self - Boyz II Men

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Decider

Jun 24, 2021

There’s nostalgia and memories of prom to be channeled for anyone of a certain age, of course. But this lead ep of This is Pop and what’s to follow are also offering fresh takes on a pretty wide subject.

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IndieWire

Jun 24, 2021

There’s a careful balance that keeps the show from veering too far into closed-off academic treatises or uncritical hagiographic superfandom.

By Steve Greene FULL REVIEW

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Top Cast

Ludwig Göransson

Self - Composer, Conductor, Arranger

Hozier

Self - Singer, Songwriter

T-Pain

Self - Rapper

Orville Peck

Self - Host

Wanya Morris

Self - Boyz II Men

Andy Kim

Self - Singer, Songwriter

Alex James

Cheese Farmer, Self - Bassist, Blur

Jack Casady

Self - Bassist, Jefferson Airplane

Neil Sedaka

Self - Legendary Singer, Songwriter

Jay McCarrol

Self - Host

Chuck D

Producer, Public Enemy, Self - Rapper

Shawn Stockman

Self - Boyz II Men

Dave Rowntree

Labour Party Councillor, Norfolk County, Self - Drummer, Blur

Harold Andy Hildebrand

Self - Inventor of Auto-Tune Pitch Correction Software

Eric Albronda

Played the Human Be-In, Self - Drummer, Blue Cheer

Shuja Haider

Self - Journalist

Michelle Phillips

Self - The Mamas and the Papas

Linda Perry

Producer, Self - Songwriter

Benny Andersson

Self

Nathan Morris

Self - Boyz II Men

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