How is a big hit made? A look at the evolution of Lil Nas X's Old Town Road and its latest remix
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Today, host Tom Power is joined by music journalist A. Harmony and songwriter, producer and rapper Rollie Pemberton (a.k.a Cadence Weapon) to talk about a new remix of Lil Nas X's Old Town Road, titled Seoul Town Road.
The fourth remix of the hit single, which just dropped yesterday, features RM of the massively popular Korean boy band BTS. So how does a song like Old Town Road get popular — and stay popular — for so long? And what does it tell us about the future of massive number one hits? The q This panel explores these questions.
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