And The Update Is…Drake, AI, and a $5.4 Billion Question
Jun 5, 20265m0
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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan
Hosted by And The Writer Is · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 298 episodes
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About this podcast
Every week, we sit down with an acclaimed and venerable songwriter to intimately discuss what happens behind closed doors in the music industry. There are millions of singers, thousands of artists, and only 40 top songs per genre at a time... this podcast is about the people who make them. Produced by Joe London & Ross Golan in association with Big Deal Music & Mega House Music. And The Writer Is... ™ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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And The Writer Is hosts And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan, a music show with 298 episodes published.
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And The Update Is...Universal's Big Week: AI, TikTok While Drake Dominates
May 29, 20266m0
And The Update Is…a weekly beat on the industry . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep. 251: Myles Smith | Stargazing, Therapy, and The Secret Cost of Success
May 26, 20261h 44mEp. 2510
Today's guest is a rising star who's risen so fast he's not really rising anymore — he's just a star. From a bedroom in Luton playing $50 nylon-string covers and open mics playing for 4 people... Three years later: a bil
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And The Update Is... AI Covers, Drake’s New Era & Why Michael Jackson Is STILL Charting in 2026
May 22, 20266m0
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Ep. 250: Niall Horan | Outlasting Pop's Biggest Band, "Dinner Party" & More
May 19, 20261h 30m0
Today's guest came up in the biggest band in the world at seventeen, watched it pause at twenty-two, and built a solo career almost no one in his position has ever managed to sustain. From success, to tragedy, and back..
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And The Update Is...Pop Stars, Lawsuits & Billion-Dollar Moves
May 15, 20265m0
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Rewind: Jack Antonoff | How to Pick the Artists Who'll Define Your Career
May 12, 20261h 12m0
Today's guest is a Grammy Producer of the Year who's tied with Babyface for the only three-in-a-row run in the award's history — and whose real story isn't the trophies, the radio, or the run of hits. It's the decision h
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And The Update Is…May the 4th Be With the Charts: Hits, Headlines & Industry Chaos
May 8, 20264m0
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Ep. 249: Rick Beato | Songwriters Got Poorer. AI Is Next. So Where Is Music Going?
May 5, 20261h 25mEp. 2490
Today's guest is a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, interviewer, producer, and songwriter. He is also one of the most influential independent music voices online. His real story isn't the channel he built after a 9
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And The Update Is...No Fakes Act, Trademark Protection, and Today's ChartToppers
May 2, 20264m0
And The Update Is…a weekly beat on the industry . This week Ross dives into No Fake Act, Justin Bieber's comeback to charts since Coachella, Country & KPOP chart toppers & more. Tune into this weeks episode of ATWI with
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Ep. 248: Rogét Chahayed | From Pianist to Sicko Mode, Kiss Me More & APT.
Apr 28, 20261h 38m0
Today's guest is a prolific producer behind Sicko Mode, Broccoli, Bad at Love, Kiss Me More, Laugh Now Cry Later, First Class, and APT. — but whose real story isn't the catalog. It's how most of those songs happened by a
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And The Update Is...The Charts Are Country. The Industry Is AI. Now What?
Apr 24, 20263m0
Every week, And the Writer Is brings you the most important news moving through the music industry — straight, sharp, and no fluff. This week Ross Golan opens the weekly And The Writer Is… news update (week of April 20,
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How Dan Nigro Builds Superstars | Ep. 195 | Rewind
Apr 23, 20261h 15m0
Today's guest is the Grammy Producer of the Year who built the two biggest pop breakthroughs of the last five years back to back — and whose real story isn't about the hits. It's about the three years he spent making not
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And The Update Is… Live Nation Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, D4VD Arrested for Murder, Udio Pays Up on AI
Apr 17, 20262m0
Every week, And the Writer Is brings you the most important news moving through the music industry — straight, sharp, and no fluff. This week: a jury ruled Live Nation and Ticketmaster violated antitrust laws and operate
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Ep. 247: Billy Corgan | How He Built Smashing Pumpkins Into a 30-Million Album Empire
Apr 14, 20262h 9mEp. 2470
Today's guest is the architect of alternative rock who sold 30 million albums and defined the sound of an entire generation — but whose real story begins after the hits stopped mattering to him. From the suburbs of Chica
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And The Update Is… Rap Lyrics Banned in Court, AI Deals Stalling, and a $64B UMG Bombshell
Apr 10, 20263mEp. 1S1
Every week, And the Writer Is brings you the most important news moving through the music industry — straight, sharp, and no fluff. This week: Maryland just passed the RAP Act, making it illegal to use rap lyrics as cour
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Ep. 246: Dermot Kennedy | How an Irish Busker Became a Worldwide Phenomenon
Apr 7, 20261h 20mEp. 2460
Today's guest is the Irish troubadour who sold out arenas across the world and built one of the most durable careers in modern music, entirely on his own terms. From Dublin street corners and busking for strangers to hea
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Ep. 245: Madison Beer | Becoming Yourself with the World Watching
Mar 31, 20261h 21mEp. 2450
Today’s guest is one of the most quietly enduring artists in modern pop — a songwriter and performer who’s spent over a decade growing up in public, learning how to separate perception from identity. She was discovered o
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Ep. 244: Melanie Martinez | How to Protect Your Creative Spirit in a Commercial World
Mar 24, 20261h 13mEp. 2440
Today’s world builder builds worlds worldwide to make her own universe! Dark and whimsical meets bubblegum grunge when this artist broke out on the scene to create her own cult following. When doors didn’t open, she buil
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Ep. 243: Charlie Puth Pt. 2| The Long Road to Becoming Yourself
Mar 17, 20261h 32mEp. 2430
Today’s guest is one of the defining voices in modern pop — a songwriter, producer, and artist behind some of the biggest records of the last decade. His songs have been streamed billions of times worldwide. He came to L
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