Taylor, Adele & Silk Sonics broken hearts club (with Brittany Luse)

Published: Nov. 23, 2021, 10 a.m.

This week we are having a blast feeling really sad. Guest Brittany Luse, cohost of the acclaimed podcast For Colored Nerds, joins Nate and Charlie to dig into this fall's slate of breathtaking breakup albums from Adele, Kacey Musgraves, Summer Walker, and Mitski.\n\nSome have been calling this confluence of releases, "sad girl autumn," but the melancholy moment goes beyond gender, with even Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak's leaning into the lachrymose on their album An Evening With Silk Sonic. \n\nOn top of all this, Taylor Swift has stormed the charts with her re-recording of her hit album Red and the ten-minute version of fan-favorite breakup song "All Too Well."\n\nWe take the opportunity to mine this gold rush of emotions and diagnose every type of heartbreak on the radio dial.\n\nSongs discussed:\nTaylor Swift - All Too Well (Taylor's Version)\nSummer Walker - Throw it Away\nSilk Sonic - Put On a Smile\nAdele - Easy On Me\nMitski - The Only Heartbreaker\nKacey Musgraves - Justified\n\nMore\nListen to Brittany's podcast For Colored Nerds\nWatch Guy Winch's talk How To Fix a Broken Heart\nWeep along to our playlist of breakup albums\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices