# Song Exploder

A podcast by Hrishikesh Hirway. Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.

Feed: https://feed.songexploder.net/SongExploder

## Latest episodes

- [Allison Russell - The Returner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/4043a93e03f1) (2026-10-21, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/136087c6-4bb5-494d-8d85-406e038c6dff/SongExploder323-AllisonRussell-Part1.mp3
- [DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/bb66462c5e5a) (2026-10-14, 17 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/e442f410-2bff-4106-8a44-4e6289ea056d/SongExploder91-DJShadow-Reissue-Part1.mp3
- [Elvis Costello - Alison](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/8754dff7c279) (2026-10-07, 28 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/9ea8a958-7aa2-4aa4-83bc-f82c76142c45/SongExploder322-ElvisCostello-Part1.mp3
- [Olivia Rodrigo - The Cure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/855412a5e8b0) (2026-09-23, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/0f788190-d9a3-4275-b70e-8292532f8878/SongExploder321-OliviaRodrigo-Part1.mp3
- [Natalie Merchant - Sister Tilly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/30e1d8855c89) (2026-09-16, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/4473f843-cbca-423a-b127-478270dcf109/SongExploder255-NatalieMerchant-Reissue-Part1.mp3
- [Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/b5ad0f6a353a) (2026-09-09, 30 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/428cc704-2571-43c7-bd6c-af1ef9918227/SongExploder320-PaulaCole-Part1.mp3
- [Charli XCX - Camera](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/57abb1e03034) (2026-08-19, 24 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/3e73ecf5-357c-499a-a3ac-76d6df6306b9/SongExploder319-Charli-XCX-Part1.mp3
- [Mitski - Your Best American Girl](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/c2a13fdb7d6f) (2026-08-05, 15 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/e5a3048b-9a7f-4755-9093-b0a296d88855/SongExploder83-Mitski-2026-REISSUE-PT1.mp3
- [Suki Waterhouse - Back in Love](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/61fef1131f63) (2026-07-22, 24 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/a7e4199e-3e35-4dd0-8164-c1a50688fd0d/SongExploder318-SukiWaterhouse-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Questlove on Prince](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/f19f737737dc) (2026-07-15, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/6bcfc20c-2406-4963-912a-fe2d13d6f43f/KeyChange15-Questlove-Part1.mp3
- [Metric - Victim of Luck](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/a12c00133f7a) (2026-07-08, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/c71864f6-d5bd-45dc-b0c5-50ddf0f41b20/SongExploder317-Metric-Part1.mp3
- [Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/4654dfaa019d) (2026-06-24, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/17c3b623-ef4d-46ca-a0c0-7e8d584f1d42/SongExploder316-HayleyKiyoko-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Tatiana Maslany on "Faceshopping" by Sophie](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/b005d7bc3b31) (2026-06-17, 20 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/0340f7e7-d4ed-4379-aced-534e9e2b93ec/KeyChange14-TatianaMaslany_Part1.mp3
- [Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/f3778c67cd53) (2026-06-10, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/b670e4d7-fa27-4358-b747-1c53358b0f56/SongExploder315-PaulMcCartney-Part1.mp3
- [Hot Chip - Boy From School](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/64b6c5209a2e) (2026-05-20, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/b7d39af5-7b4a-4106-8dda-92a6fe3adcef/SongExploder314-HotChip-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Emma Straub on ‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/d6c2f260b98e) (2026-05-13, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/4a05034e-e67f-4905-9211-be4ba118e1cd/KeyChange13-EmmaStraub-Part1.mp3
- [The xx - Crystalised](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/d76633e5f2e6) (2026-05-06, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/82ddfab0-0bf9-4e9f-a1e2-dcc58f9e1f1e/SongExploder313-TheXX-Part1.mp3
- [Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Father and Son](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/a86fe3a28651) (2026-04-22, 20 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/845366a6-4ed1-4512-90fd-592f516c33a1/SongExploder200-YusufCatStevens-Reissue-Part1.mp3
- [The Memory Palace: The Thundering Herd, The Vanishing American](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/7876458597fb) (2026-04-15, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/530850c9-bdd7-4650-9f83-c34e09345782/SongExploderBonus-TheMemoryPalace-Part1.mp3
- [Hurray for the Riff Raff - Alibi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/699f7fd1f8b8) (2026-04-08, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/a66e280d-42d9-44c1-944c-39dd91d8db76/SongExploder312-HurrayForTheRiffRaff-Part1.mp3
- [Jack Harlow - Say Hello](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/5c9428a2b6cb) (2026-03-25, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/ee7e385d-a720-4871-8c33-0f2036404275/SongExploder311-JackHarlow-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Baz Luhrmann on "Time After Time"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/732c33893be8) (2026-03-18, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/00562c35-1751-420c-9325-afdddabf8c8b/KeyChange12-BazLuhrmann-Part1.mp3
- [Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/b685db1a1c4b) (2026-03-11, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/11102292-eb0e-46a8-9a96-6313eb368818/SongExploder310-ThompsonTwins-Part1.mp3
- [Silvana Estrada - Como Un Pájaro](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/f8a468d7b87f) (2026-02-25, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/54a59f5c-e505-4b7e-9259-b83270028576/SongExploder309-SilvanaEstrada-Part1.mp3
- [Iron & Wine - Flightless Bird, American Mouth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/4c19beade68c) (2026-02-18, 29 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/d5c1d93d-744f-46cf-bfa6-9bdc6c130b4e/SongExploder243-IronAndWine-Reissue-Part1.mp3
- [The Marías - No One Noticed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/6cdcc118da91) (2026-02-11, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/7d8d7128-54e2-48d8-9f07-92a5732240e4/SongExploder308-TheMarias-Part1.mp3
- [Leon Thomas - Mutt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/ed50942e9de3) (2026-01-28, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/afdaed83-e403-423a-8113-cf91b7ffd364/SongExploder307-LeonThomas-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: John Green on "You'll Never Walk Alone"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/e434f00480e7) (2026-01-21, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/c43ad242-fc3c-4bcb-860a-a9b8e8e194fb/KeyChange11-John_Green-Part1.mp3
- [Hit-Boy and Nipsey Hussle - Racks In the Middle (feat. Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/2909eb0fb3bd) (2026-01-14, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/76e93efc-6c81-4a85-b1bf-dbd599e21869/SongExploder306-HitBoy-NipseyHussle-Part1.mp3
- [Air - Playground Love (feat. Gordon Tracks)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/540694c3f3c9) (2025-12-17, 26 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/fc74985c-5e9a-4e0d-aa51-9c047353f799/SongExploder305-Air-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Rian Johnson on Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/0b43fd0c3b8c) (2025-12-10, 24 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/194d7573-c8db-4380-98d0-a2da51e6fcaa/KeyChange10-RianJohnson-Part1.mp3
- [Jessie Reyez - Goliath](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/095699627369) (2025-12-03, 24 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/bf31e832-adc8-47c8-93f6-9724ddf61dde/SongExploder304-JessieReyez-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Demi Adejuyigbe on The Strokes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/baa5b6a286b1) (2025-11-19, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/4d0535fe-7a96-493c-87a8-9bc95aa579a2/KeyChange9-DemiAdejuyigbe-Part1.mp3
- [Clipse - The Birds Don't Sing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/40b8faaa4cd8) (2025-11-12, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/bca103b8-e3e1-4d30-aa84-deb0227ec9b0/SongExploder303-Clipse-Part1.mp3
- [Buckingham Nicks - Frozen Love](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/6aaf189064b9) (2025-10-29, 36 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/eeb31cf4-d291-406b-aeac-5b760ee0e874/SongExploder302-BuckinghamNicks-Part1.mp3
- [Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/9629fdf23295) (2025-10-22, 21 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/7c77256e-a404-4cda-9911-3758d10a2c5e/SongExploder150-FleetwoodMac-Reissue-Part1.mp3
- [A-ha - Take On Me](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/7643d617ea9c) (2025-10-15, 32 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/81fa749e-9f25-4249-b45b-80ca9fec5ae7/SongExploder301-A-ha-Part1.mp3
- [Lady Gaga - Abracadabra](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/176575c9c47f) (2025-10-01, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/43251972-8711-4897-9cf3-a289b42d51ba/SongExploder300-LadyGaga-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: David Chang on "I See a Darkness"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/9e6d98244572) (2025-09-24, 22 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/7948e34d-2ada-4633-9a6f-89a08507b7e8/KeyChange8-DavidChang-Part1.mp3
- [Ethel Cain - Nettles](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/e7bd403db6bf) (2025-09-17, 32 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/ea7e7ccd-1d42-410a-b6a2-ebb3938e4b46/SongExploder299-EthelCain-Part1.mp3
- [Sam Fender - People Watching](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/d3fa79b7c455) (2025-09-03, 33 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/e6c4d6cd-0dfb-4c3f-bca3-777bd2d0b058/SongExploder298-SamFender-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Jia Tolentino on "I Love You Always Forever"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/908f9e3f23a0) (2025-08-27, 18 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/32b2b0b8-106f-4e6f-b2f0-dfa1f7fa6024/KeyChange7-Jia_Tolentino-Part1.mp3
- [Jay Som - Tenderness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/62e727844c7a) (2025-08-20, 19 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/907ad5ed-946c-4f3c-b6dd-d545dfc4a9c3/SongExploder172-JaySom-Reissue-Part1.mp3
- [Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/bd469c118269) (2025-08-06, 32 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/107a3647-e6f9-4095-945e-10ccc812c500/SongExploder297-FallOutBoy-Part1.mp3
- [Gigi Perez - Sailor Song](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/402c7d75b8ed) (2025-07-23, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/d154be98-5910-43b3-b439-23f7f34c7f60/SongExploder296-GigiPerez-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Jason Schwartzman on the ‘Rushmore’ soundtrack](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/b6e1871e8d1e) (2025-07-16, 23 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/6c54bef1-ddcb-4dca-9f50-fae9a8bfb429/KeyChange6-JasonSchwartzman-Part1.mp3
- [Goo Goo Dolls - Iris](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/b6252abd26be) (2025-07-09, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/deb0722f-e700-4c52-b332-a5707444398e/SongExploder295-GooGooDolls-Part1.mp3
- [Little Simz - Free](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/741272bd93a2) (2025-06-25, 27 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/acf2666a-044a-4539-b891-fd94ff66e270/SongExploder294-LittleSimz-Part1.mp3
- [Key Change: Shirley Manson on Siouxsie and the Banshees](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/2d9bee1b9e65) (2025-06-18, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/7868ef24-94e9-4c6c-a391-d8b323735ef9/KeyChange5-ShirleyManson-Part1.mp3
- [Anohni - 4 Degrees](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/788236947/6638f1dbb0bb) (2025-06-11, 25 min): audio https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/93/0956a253-9420-420c-881d-9344067a1b1a/SongExploder293-Anohni-Part1.mp3

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