“I want new personnel” – Slayyyter (DJ POOLHOUSE’s treasured mutual)

HERE COMES THE BACKKLASH: On The Optics of Authenticity and The State of the Art of Pop

Poolhouse is delighted to welcome his ultra-charming Canadian homie and HERE COMES THE BACKKLASH Christmas Secretary (2024–2025), Kellock [@Kellockx], for another typically hyperkinetic edition of the show. In this pop spectacular, a product-theory–driven unspooling of the quantum secrets behind the mechanics of modern songcraft, the two go deep on everything from Slayyyter’s dark-trance white-trash inferno to Lady Gaga’s comeback calculus to freshman MVP Addison Rae’s clever reinvention of reinvention itself. Beneath the surface, there’s a lot percolating—and it all gets crystallized through Poolhouse and Kellock’s cutting-edge analysis. Plus: is monoculture officially dead? Has Kellock pivoted from sidekick to main character? Is Lorde the queen of klunk? Are Poolhouse and Demi Lovato cool for the summer? And what vision of the future emerges when we sift the shimmer detritus of the 2025 pop landscape?

Follow Kellock on X: https://x.com/kellockx

Complete show notes: https://backklash.substack.com/p/episode-82

Playlist: [link]

Australian Party Boy Interview (2018)

Kellock is on fire lately (prob due to the space lasers)

Stefani Germanotta Band - Live at the Cutting Room (2006)

ok, fine, she was thereTM … but this is a long ways from Club Luxx, hunny

Poolhouse & Cobalt Farmer on Gaga’s (allegedly) bloody backstory

I’m not Jamaican, but I know Jah’s plan: Ice Reggae’s something you will never understand

The Queen of Krunk on her new album:

She invented the remix:

HERE COMES THE BACKKLASH OFFICIAL SONG(S) OF THE SUMMER 2025: THE DARK TRANCE TRILOGY

* Slayyyter- BEAT UP CHANEL$

* Demi Lovato - Fast

* Kim Petras - Freak It

(I mean, sure, I guess)

PROGRAM NOTES

Episode Mixtape

KLF - Backklash Theme + Ace of Base - Dancer in a Daydream (DJ POOLHOUSE Edit)

Dr. Luke - Head Head Honcho (Bumper)

Miss Kittin + The Hacker - Life on MTV

Slayyyter – Beat up Chanel$ (DJ POOLHOUSE Dub)

Lorde - What Was That (DJ POOLHOUSE Dub)

Vitalic – Pony Pt. 2

Demi Lovato - Fast (DJ POOLHOUSE Dub) + Cool for the Summer (Rock Mix)

CHAPTERS

(0:00 ) - chill open

(1:44 ) - welcome backk, kellock

(15:19 ) - On The Optics of Authenticity and The State of the Art of Pop

(27:44 ) - Poppin Addie

(40:23 ) - Icy 90s Electronica Sunsplash

(51:05 ) - Methods of Mayhem

(1:01:55 ) - Polar Sour & the Queen of Klunk

(1:14:14 ) - You Want a Song of the Summer, I Want New Personnel

(1:27:07 ) - Kellock Quick Mix + Outro

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