About this episode

Russ and Pitchfork's Walden Green discuss the most underrated pop songs of 2026 so far.

Russ is joined by Pitchfork's Walden Green to countdown their lists of the most underrated pop songs of the year so far. Check out a playlist of Russ and Walden's favs Buy tickets to Gorgeous Gorgeous Pride in LA on 6/19 and NY 6/26 Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram Follow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Russ

Guest: Walden Green

Topics covered

• underrated pop songs
• music countdown
• 2026 music
• Pop Pantheon
• Pride events

Keywords

• pop music
• underrated songs
• music commentary
• 2026
• playlist

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pitchfork

Places: LA, NY

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