Sonos Radio & Host Hanif Abdurraqib Welcome Carly Rae Jepsen For Object of Sound's First Mini-Series Finale, The Wonders of Songwriting

Today, with the release of a new episode featuring Carly Rae Jepsen, Sonos Radio podcast Object of Sound completes its three-part mini-series on The Wonders of Songwriting. In a first for the acclaimed music show, host Hanif Abdurraqib has explored the ways in which songs become songs. Through his previous two conversations with Ravyn Lenae and Nick Hakim, Abdurraqib has dug into one of his deepest curiosities as a poet, essayist and critic, emerging with a better understanding of where these artists' love of language comes from, how words turn into images and music, and how ideas change as they move from the page to the intangible space of melody and vibration, evolving through each musicians' individual process and many phases. 

As a longtime fan of Carly Rae Jepsen, the final installment of The Wonders of Songwriting marks a personal milestone amidst the dozens of culture-shaping guests that Hanif Abdurraqib has hosted on Object of Sound. "What I love about Carly Rae Jepsen as a songwriter is that she seems so committed to theme, and so committed to seeing an idea or an emotion through to its final conclusion," he explains. Together they talk at length about the masterful songwriting on her brand new album The Loneliest Time and how she called on friends to help her pick which of her hundreds of songs to include on it, as well as working with Rostam, and dislodging herself from the idea that she had to make sense of something for the listener, and being moved to tears by the music of James Taylor. The episode is also accompanied by Abdurraqib's specially-curated playlist of songs to cry to. 

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Following his discussions with Ravyn Lenae about patience, and Nick Hakim about intuition, Hanif Abdurraqib's conversation with Jepsen about trusting the listener wraps up The Wonders of Songwriting with what he says "feels like a really neat bow. Those three themes, I think if we trace them through any creative process, will not only be more generous to our audiences, but ourselves as creators, as writers, as thinkers, and as people who move through the world."

Approaching the midpoint of its fourth season, Object of Sound has welcomed Björk, Danielle Ponder and Madison Cunningham over the past month. Vulture just named the show's conversation with Yaeji one of the Best Podcast Interviews of the Year (So Far), and new episodes will continue to drop weekly on Fridays from now through December 16th. Blending the eclectic curation of freeform radio with textural storytelling, personal interviews and playlists, upcoming guests include Tegan and Sara, as well as a tribute to Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison, a pre-Thanksgiving special on The Last Waltz, and more to be announced. "This is not your average music-discussion podcast," says The New York Times. "Experiences of music become memoirs, of the host and of his guests. Abdurraqib's encyclopedic love and understanding of music is infectious, and applied with delicate care."

Object of Sound is one of Sonos Radio's flagship series. Bringing together more than 60,000 broadcast radio stations with over 100 exclusive, original stations and shows, Sonos Radio represents the broadest selection of radio available around the world. Additional programming includes a slate of brand new, artist-focused podcasts such as America's Dead - a journey to understand the Grateful Dead's endless impact on music, culture and consciousness - as well as Margo Price's Runaway Horses, featuring interviews with fellow trailblazers such as Bob Weir, Emmylou Harris, Amythyst Kiah, Swamp Dogg, Bettye LaVette and Lucius.