Charlene Kaye

Charlene Kaye

From The Comedian's Comedian Podcast by Stuart Goldsmith

April 2, 2026 · 1h 22m · Episode 506

About this episode

Charlene Kaye discusses her experiences as a musician and comedian, including her new show and the intersection of music and comedy.

Charlene Kaye is a musician and comedian based in New York who has toured the world, opening for bands like the Arctic Monkeys and Metallica. You may have seen her "Every Taylor Swift Song" skit which now sits at out 100 million views - or in her two cover bands, Guns N’ Hoses (all-girl GNR) and Labiahead (all girl Radiohead). She's now back with her new show Diversity Shredder , including dates at London's Underbelly . In this episode we discuss: why Tenacious D and Flight of the Conchords works so well is the feeling of being a rockstar and a comedian the same thing? does being successful in one creative field help starting in stand-up building her first stand-up show from a notebook about her mum performing to incompatible fan bases hacking algorithms through retention loops and hook writing how a Taylor Swift parody changed everything and we find out if Charlene is happy... Join the Insiders Club at Patreon.com/ComComPod where you can instantly WATCH the full episode and get access to 15 minutes of exclusive extras including: how ego shows up differently in music vs comedy when your safety net becomes part of the act and turning real-life tension into art 👉 Sign up to the…

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Goldsmith

Guest: Charlene Kaye

Topics covered

  • music
  • comedy
  • creativity
  • performance
  • entertainment

Keywords

  • Charlene Kaye
  • comedy
  • music
  • Diversity Shredder
  • stand-up
  • Taylor Swift
  • performance
  • creativity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arctic Monkeys, Metallica, Guns N’ Hoses, Labiahead

Books & works: Every Taylor Swift Song, Diversity Shredder

Places: London, Underbelly

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