Pop Pantheon Live: Britney’s Memoir, Music + Legacy

She’s so lucky, she’s a star. But Britney Spears has charted one of the most challenging, complex paths through the music business since the dawn of pop. Following the release of Britney’s new memoir, The Woman in Me, Pop Pantheon podcast host DJ Louie XIV (he/him) has gathered an all-star panel of guests to discuss Britney’s life and music LIVE. Louie will be joined onstage by Dean of the USC Thornton School of Music Jason King (he/him), Beyond The Blinds podcast host (and Britney superfan) Troy McEady (he/him), and podcaster and journalist Kirbie Johnson (she/her) to tackle how Britney’s public narrative has impacted her legacy as the definitive pop superstar of her generation, discuss her innovative music and parse apart where she sits in the current pop firmament. And stick around after the show for a special Britney edition of Gorgeous Gorgeous, a pop party for queer and trans hotties by DJ Louie and friends! Buttery Popcorn Co. will be onsite starting at 6:15 p.m. to serve up some fresh POPcorn and North Figueroa Bookshop will be selling Britney's new memoir along with other pop culture picks!

This event is part of Studios Presents - a series of live podcast events and tapings, featuring the best of LAist Studios as well as curated podcasts from other creators.

ABOUT JASON KING
Jason King is the dean of the Thornton School of Music at USC and the former Chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU. A Canadian-American scholar, journalist, author, musician, performer, producer, songwriter, radio and video host, and event curator, Jason has written about music for publications like Pitchfork, Vibe, The Village Voice, Spin, Billboard and Vice. He was also the curator and host of NPR’s 24/7 streaming radio channel dedicated to soul and R&B music called NPRandB and has hosted podcasts for CNN and Spotify. Jason is also an inaugural member of the Hip-Hop council at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and he serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Popular Music Studies. He is currently writing and producing music documentaries. Jason previously appeared on Pop Pantheon episodes covering Madonna, Little Richard and the rise of disco.

ABOUT TROY MCCEADY
Troy McEady is a student of all things pop culture with steel-trap memory. He’s the co-host of the wildly popular podcast Beyond The Blinds and the former host of the Dunzo! podcast. A self-proclaimed Britney Spears historian, Troy has covered Britney’s life and career for years as a podcaster. He has previously appeared on Pop Pantheon episodes covering Britney’s 2007 album Blackout, the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV’s Total Request Live.

ABOUT KIRBIE JOHNSON 
Kirbie Johnson is an on-camera host, producer, writer and reporter. She is co-founder and producer of Gloss Angeles, a top 10 fashion and beauty podcast on Apple and a contributor to publications like Air Mail Look, Allure, Cosmo, Byrdie, The Cut and more. Her expertise and personality has landed her interviews with Rihanna, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Viola Davis, Kim Kardashian West and Ariana Grande. Kirbie loves her rescue dog, Quinn, all things Disney, Halloween, boy bands, Vanderpump Rules and Britney Spears.

ABOUT DJ LOUIE XIV + POP PANTHEON
Pop Pantheon is the podcast where DJ Louie XIV and guests over analyze 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.

DJ Louie XIV is a DJ, writer and pop music obsessive who has played in venues across the world and for clients that include Vanity Fair Magazine, Zac Posen, The New Yorker, Fendi, Twitter, Louis Vuitton, and The Met. Catch his resident party Gorgeous Gorgeous in both New York and L.A.

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