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Hey, hey, hey. Welcome Back to episode 51 of Something Wrong with the Podcast. It's Julian. Welcome back. Happy New Year, everybody. I'm so sorry I missed last week. I, I have good reason. I'm still very much in the phase of restructuring my personal life and my new work life. Really, really trying to hammer down a healthy work life balance. And if you knew what time I was recording this episode, you would say you still have a long way to go. But I could not miss another week. My heart wouldn't, wouldn't let me go that far off the deep end. And I owe you a lot of great news. Obviously, I would love to talk about the Golden Globes. Everybody knows how much I am a particular, more particularly a film guy, but also I love some good TV shows as well. And then also there's a lot of shake up in hip hop. We'll get to Marrow's announcement being the new permanent host over at the morning show at Hot 97. And also the thing that I would probably love to start with actually is all of your favorite podcasters that don't know shit about artists and their release schedules. Honestly, that's where I want to start. And I think that there is so much truth to the assumption in Gray Area of a lot of the fans, the listeners, the audiences are doing a lot of the heavy lifting on the knowledge and creating deeper meaning than what the people on the microphones are saying with whenever in regards to when an artist is gearing up to roll out an album or when they're actually rolling out an album. And it's no secret that I have a good relationship with Cole's camp in particular. And you know, I am aware of other podcasts and how they're speaking about him and a couple other artists. Obviously I'm referring to the big three. And it just amazes me how confidently people will go on the microphone and just say a bunch of bullshit or just spew out the rumblings of a rollout from, like, years ago as if that's still today's, you know, business. But hey, you know, I guess a part of the lore of most of these podcasters is to cast the image that they are interconnected and deeply entrenched in these camps, when in fact, a lot of these camps cannot stand a lot of these people with microphones, myself included. I'm not saying I'm like the outsider here speaking from a higher place, but I, if you haven't noticed, on my personal show, tend to stay away from the rumor mill and spilling information from those people that I know within the music industry that are trusting me with, you know, rollouts and releases, one of which I had a great conversation with today, which I'm not going to disclose. The artist, and it's probably not who you're thinking, but again, it's not my job to place breadcrumbs or spoil things for people when it comes to creating their art. I think we are owe it to the artist to have them have their moment. I'm fortunate enough to be in a role where if there's anything I can do along the rollout process to enhance visibility or come up with creative or just give, you know, my just opinion on the sound itself, then I have been in the position to do so and I will continue to do so. But I think being in that position comes with the trust of the artist to know that nothing beyond what they want to come from those like, sessions and moments will. Will not be leaked or shared beyond the rooms and those conversations that are shared with the artists and their team. So I will leave it at that. Just be weary of who you trust when it comes to a lot of music information and just really the best thing that I'll do. I'll leave you with this. My word of advice on this topic is trust the artist. And if you know the right people to follow, if you know the managers, I know people, you know, the industry calls them super fans and people that are on the Reddit threads and trying to pull meaning and significance in every little tweet and every little story post, if that's your game, so be it. Have at it. That is. That's a fun little genre to go down, but I would always be the further the information gets removed from the artist. Just be wary of what you're hearing because a lot of what I've seen on the timeline is just so not accurate. And it's like. It's just like, it's embarrassing. But, you know, still pays the bills, keeps the lights on for a lot of those shows.
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Let's stay within music, but lighten the mood a little bit. Desus was announced as the new host for Hot 97 and I do think this is a great oh pardon me. Not Desus, Marrow. The other half. Shout out to Desus. Everybody thinks Desus just like disappeared and fell off the face of the earth. But Jesus leaned always into more of the writing side of the industry, which is predominantly more behind camera. So Jesus is working. Good for him. But no Marrow. The other half of Jesus and Marrow, the legendary podcasting duo, has taken the throne of Hot 97's Morning Host, which I do think for this program is a good move. I think they'll just let him cook creatively. I don't think they'll hit him with like a leash or you know, try to change who he is. I think New York has already proven to love who he is the way he is. So for them to try to put restrictions on that I think would be foolish. And you know, I don't think that they would do so. I would hope they wouldn't do so. It's interesting. When I was at Hot 97, mind you, this is 2018, Jesus and marrow was still a thing they were having. They were, you know, probably around their peak at that point. This is pre Showtime deal. They were always somebody that I thought would be great in the radio space, but seemed at the time so so much bigger crazy because like obviously the radio was zero in the morning. Like that's historically the bigger show. But the meteoric rise of Jesus and Marrow, I always thought that that was like be out of reach of what we were doing in the radio, which. Which seems so our archaic and behind the times in terms of what the people wanted like the Desus and Mero format. So to see him to go to this station now and kind of revitalize it, inject that. You know, Merrill's not young by any means, but inject that like youth audience that knows him from that show and is so like transferable from the local New York market to a greater market on. On the Internet, which I think is a really strong move. He has a, a great SEO, especially on the on YouTube streets and I think that they can leverage his, his, his likeness and the built in cache his already existing digital footprint to maximize that reach on YouTube. So I think it's a really strong move. By high 97. Curious to see formatting wise, who's the new DJ? I don't and maybe this is all something that's been announced and I could be behind on information. But who will be the resident dj? Who will be if at all a co host. What will the new segments look like? What formats will Marrow introduce? How much will he borrow from Desus and Marrow? Not just like linguistically but you know, they did have segments on that show. Are they. Is he at liberty to integrate those into this programming? 6 to 10 is an interesting time slot. Desus is, I keep saying, Jesus. Marrow is tasked with the tall order of waking up New York. You have somebody with a lot of energy, somebody that's well connected. I think he'll do a really good job of warming up the city, metaphorically speaking to the throughout the sunrise hours. And I think the city from the reception I've seen, including myself, is welcoming him with open arms. It's good to see him back on this, at this level, at this scale, which honestly is where I believe he should have been a long time ago in a seat such as this. So congrats to Maro and pretty cool to see where his career has taken him in this space. And good to know that Hot 97 seems to be in good hands and they're doing from what this looks like the right thing. So congrats to him. I'm really excited for this next chapter.
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Uh, this past weekend I had a really great relaxing weekend. I went to the moma Saturday with a good friend of mine whom I hadn't seen in a while and she's, she's a big art person as well. So we, we nerded out over art. Saw a lot of great exhibits from this one, from this, like, American artist who is like, Afro Caribbean and went to the Caribbean in, like, the 40s and did these, like, really dark, incredible pieces with like, these dull, muted colors on these, like, giant scale canvases. But we were talking about, like, art in the 40s and how inherently dark and just troubling. That as you're coming off like the dust bowl, the Depression, and then you're. When these pieces were created, you're in the thick of, like, months after the atom bomb with the bombs were dropped on Japan. Seemed like as close as we've gotten to the end of the world from this country, from civilization. So quick sidebar. But I just want to kind of blow through this because I'm leading up to the biggest event of the evening. So Saturday I do that. Have a great dinner with that. With that same friend and another couple. Friend of mine. Friends of mine at Charlie Bird, which Jay Z is an investor. And it's like a. It's a Italian restaurant, but it's like hip hop. A lot of hip hop music. A lot of Jay was playing. I'm eating, like, razor clams and having all this beautiful pasta while listening to the Black Album. It just feels like black. Luxury and wealth. It's. It's beautiful. I love when places like that don't try to class it up. They just play what people want to hear, which was really fun. They have. They played like, shit from, like, it's like, you know, in my lifetime, which is like, come on, It's. I want to be eating goddamn, like, great little neck clams to, you know, girls, girls, girls. It's incredible. But, sorry, quick tangent. Sunday, I go watch football at a friend's apartment. Great time. Also, I'm back in the gym getting my lift on. But then it's Golden Globes time. So here I go. I run back to my apartment. Time to put on the Globes. Because the new company I'm working for partnered with the Globes. And I actually worked on this project, which is quite fun, which you can check out doing your Googles. I updated my LinkedIn, so everybody wants to see where I work. You can go ahead and check that out. But this was like a quick turnaround in terms of when I got hired and contributed this project. So it was really cool. It was the first time a prediction market was integrated into an award show, which is sick. It was really cool to be a part of and see how it played out. But you know me, we can spend A lot of time on these categories and the winners. So let's start here. Let's start with the Big Dog, Best Motion Picture. Hamnet. Admittedly, I'm going to start by saying this. Of these nominees, we're looking at Frankenstein. Hamnet. It was just an accident. Sentimental Value, Sinners and the Secret Agent. I did not see Hamnet and I have not seen Sentimental Value. I've heard incredible things. I'm not here to pretend to form an opinion that I do not have. I will not talk about films critically that I haven't seen. I will say I've heard incredible things about both of them. Of those two, Sentimental Value is higher on my list of things to see. Mainly because Paul Thomas Anderson, writer and director of One Battle After Another, said that Sentimental Value was his favorite film of this cycle. So with his blessing, I really do want to see it. Congrats to Hamnet. Congrats to all those other nominees. Interesting that Hamnet won this. They were not the favorite according to the prediction odds. And also just like the fans, like, you know, just speculatively as well. So for them to win this, I'm really got to look into it and I want to see. I want to see it and understand why and form that opinion on myself. Best Motion Picture, musical or comedy. We had Blue Moon, Bogonia, Marty supreme, no other choice. Nouvelle Vague in One Bell After Another, which was the winner? One Bell After Another goes without saying. I've said this before on this program. Still to me, the best film of this year. I will say no other choice. I've had this conversation over the weekend. I did see no other choice. No other choice. After One Battle after Another in Marty supreme or a coin flip for me, they could alternate between two and three. I think my top five of the year, in no particular order, would be One Battle after Another. No other choice. Marty Supreme, Sinners, Bugonia and Damn Weapons came out this year. I liked Weapons more than Bugonia. Damn, that's actually Weapons. Bugonia. And then I'm gonna throw a sixth in the mix because I know it's not getting critical acclaim, but I really liked Eddington. Ari Aster's film was great. Frankenstein is solid as well. This is honestly. We were. We were coming off. Let me just. I'm gonna film Nerd out. We were coming off a really shitty year of film. 2023 was fantastic. A lot of heavy hitters. 2024 dud. 2025 has been so fruitful. Like these are not just in the film department as well. Also in shows. Let's Keep going on these categories though. Best Motion Picture Animated Arco the Demon Slayer, which is not to be confused with the K Pop Demon Hunters, Elio K Pop Demon Hunters, Little Amelie and the character of rain in Zootopia 2. Depop Demon Hunters 1 It broke every streaming record on Netflix, which is pretty crazy. I have admittedly haven't seen it. Actually haven't seen any of these. Even Zootopia 2 I haven't seen any of the films in this category. I am stubborn when it comes to animation and I do have a lot of great, a lot of good friends of mine that champion and love animated films. I don't know what it is that's going to make me come around to them, but I do need to give animation in particular anime, like a real shot because it's not fair to write off a genre just because it's animated. Even though I'm the kid that grew up loving Toy Story and cannot wait for Toy Story 5, I can't wait to cry to that one and very much love the ones that I know and the franchises I care for. But to start with something new, I think that's what's been difficult for me with the genre of film. Anyway, let's keep it pushing. Best Motion Picture Non English Language it was just an accident. No other choice Sentimental Value Sarat the Secret Agent the voice of Hind Rajab Secret Agent 1 I've heard amazing things. No other choice in this category is the only one I seen. That's the only one I feel comfortable speaking on. Let's just fly through some of these. No, we can keep going. Best Performance by Female Actor in Musical or Comedy Rose Byrne. If I had legs, I'd kick you. Which I haven't seen. Actually. That's the other big one that I haven't seen which is frustrating. Best Male in Musical or Comedy. Chalamet did get his Globe, which is incredible. I'm very, very happy for Chalamet. It just the way to kick off the start of a legendary year that he had the run that he's been on. I'm glad to see it continue this early in 2026. I will say all the success he's getting, he deserves. He is incredible. Let's sidestep to some controversy. We're going to go into Best performance by Female Actor and Supporting Role in a Motion picture. We're going to see Teyana Taylor with one battle after another and I did see the online fodder of her winning this. Not because she wasn't deserving. That's not at all what I was seeing. It was more in line with why is it always when black women play stereotypical roles is when they win awards, they never can play a character beyond the scope of what white America presents them as in these roles. Which I think is an interesting point and I think is like, sadly, we're still in phase one of appreciating black talent when it fits the narrative scope of what white people can understand. And that's just. Honestly, that's the sad truth of the matter. My critique of characters like Teanna's and honestly, the entire film of Sinners. I know everybody's obsessed with Sinners. I just said it's in my top five of the year. I think it's a great movie. But I said this after I watched the movie and I'll say it again because I feel like it needs to be heard again. I do not like that films that have black directors always have to have like this level of. You have to make it an educational moment. And it sounds so petty, like I'm, you know, trying to change the art that Ryan Coogler created. But I don't like that. To tap into the zeitgeist of like mainstream cinema, black directors have to do something that like, is inherently educational for white audiences to also care, which is ever present in like all these new Jordan Peele films as well that he's been directing, which have been great. I love all these movies, but I don't like the fact that black actors can't just create art for the sake of creating art. It always has to be through the lens of like, look at the struggle we went through. Look where we are now. Here's your ancestors, here's your roots. Here's a five minute montage of, you know, Africans all the way up through the blues playing instruments to modern day, you know, and here's the history of the Mississippi and the Irish. Like, it's just, we can't. We don't have the luxury. By we, I mean black directors, male, female, whomever, don't have the luxury of just going up and making a movie that just is just a film, you know, something to get lost in without having to be educated. But that's again, I've said it once, but I still stand by that. Best Male Actor Supporting role, Skarsgard. Yeah. I mean, again, haven't seen sentimental value. I fucking love Skarsgard. Like, I'm glad he won best Director Motion Picture pta. Love Paul Thomas Anderson. Obviously, one bell after another. Favorite movie of the year, Super Happy for him. He just seems like a really cool dude. I'm gonna grab my phone for a second because I do want to read a quote. The quote of the night that I saw, which I should have had this prepared with. Who said it? Let me see if I can grab it from the caption here. I knew it was from Skarsgrd. It was from Skarsgrd. So after Skarsgard won his award, he took to the podium and said in his speech, in a cinema where the lights go down and eventually you share the pulse with other people, that is magic. Cinema should be seen in cinemas. It's just such, like, a duh statement. But it's crazy how poignant that has become in the era of seeing these streaming services slowly try to kill cinema. And I'm just. I'm glad it's. I'm just glad that Skarsgard used his platform to call for. To call for that in a time where it's like the way people approach certain things. Trump says, it's like sometimes you have to say the obvious thing out loud to cut through the absurdity of the moment. And I think Skarsgrd just said it so plainly. It's like, hey, we're here celebrating amazing films in cinema. There's tell. There's categories that are specifically about blockbusters, meaning, like, movies that only released in theaters. And this is. We've been doing this for how many years? 83 years of the Golden Globes, and here we are, you know, Maybe not gatekeepers is the right term, but the people carrying the torches. Jesus. The people continuing the torch. Like the Olympic torch metaphor, carrying the torch. Jesus. Throughout this artistic process, and at the same time, the people behind the studios that are funding these projects are the people that are, you know, not the creators, not the artists themselves are actively trying to kill it. It's a weird time. It's a very weird time that we're in, but I'm very happy Skarsgard used his platform and took the time to say that. Other speeches worth noting, one that didn't make the program, that got a lot of backlash because people were claiming racism because it seemed like at times the show was writing sinners out of the program, which I think there's a case to be made is when Ludwig won best original score, well deserved for Sinners. Incredible score. But people were. I saw on Twitter, people were broadcasting his acceptance speech. And then the narrative began that, well, why aren't they showing the awards as sinners Wedding? You never really know how that stuff's Produced in real time. What's getting cut in real time, what they're making spots for. If, if, if Nikki Glaser gets Chalamet or Kevin Hart to agree to do this skit or she's doing this dance number, then we have to cut certain things. You never know. Not making excuses, just saying what happened. Speaking of Nikki Glaser, fantastic host. I think she should just get any gig of hosting gig that she's. That's available in Hollywood. I don't, I don't see where else they'd want to go if not her. She's. She's incredible. She's well liked. She looks incredible. She. She did like eight outfit changes and she's just built for those moments. And it's just great to see a woman step up to those in those rooms and break all the tension I, that those rooms can hold. It's really is a skill that I think is incredibly underrated. Back to the box office. As I said, coming off the heels of the Skarsgard quote, Sinners did win this category, which is awesome. This was their biggest award of the night. Well, outside of, I would say Teyana's as well. But this is great. I think this is super important. I mean, it beat Weapons. For me, Weapons was a better film, but this is fucking dope. This stuff matters. Even coming off of what I said about how black directors have to create in this current Hollywood climate. But yeah, this stuff matters. As much as people want to belittle award shows and say that they don't, this is very important to cinema in television. I'm not going to spend too much time on. I did want to say Seth Rogen won a few Golden Globes. Well deserved. Easily the best music, comedy. Musical or comedy. That's always a category. Obviously his is comedy. I am sad that he didn't thank Sal Saperstein in his acceptance speech. I love when creators tie the knot. If you're not familiar, in probably their best episode this, their. This first season of the studio, they recreated the Golden Globes and did this whole bit of thanking somebody on the cast over and over again. It became like a running bit throughout that episode, throughout the award show and to see him not do it on the stage last whenever the show was a few nights ago, really missed opportunity, man, that would have been so fun. But super jazz for season two. I love Seth Rogen in the directorial role. He really is just built for this shout out to that little kid from adolescence. He's dope. We're going to speed through some of These best performance female actress in a drama. We got Rhea Seehorn from Pluribus. I watched Pluribus. I was talking about this tonight with a friend. It's slow, it takes time. But I think artistically it's visually stunning. And I think the storyline has a lot of potential, but it's going to be a slow build for sure. We will wrap on Golden Globes with that. And that being said, I am. Guys, I'm so, so tired and I got a lot going on, a lot of exciting things going on, But I'm trying to keep. I'm keeping this ship rocking while I can because I owe it to all of you. And I love doing this. It's not a matter of me losing love for this by any means. It's just figuring out life as it's happening in real time, you know, and it's tough to do when you're a solo creator. Nothing's easy to do when you're doing it by yourself. But that being said, you know, I'm super happy to drop this first episode of the year and I'm so thankful for all the blessings thus far in 2026 and all the great art and soaking up all this great culture and the good, the fantastic music that we're going to expect that we should all listen to in this coming year and listen to on ears that aren't casting judgments or biases based on the rumor mill or the bullshit tweets or the shitty clip from a talking head that we saw that was grossly wrong about these rollouts and estimates, you, features and sounds from artists that they don't know. So just, you know, stay within the lane that you know and just wait for the people that are creating the art to put out the art. That being said, I love you all. Have a fantastic week. It's not that cold in New York. I don't know. Everybody's listening. I can see the map. Everybody's all over the country. A few listeners all over the world, actually. But if you are local and you're in New York, go outside, get a walk. It's not that bad out. A little chillier this week than it was the last few days. But, you know, go work out, go to the gym, talk to your friends about some art. Even if you didn't watch the Golden Globes, look at them, say, hey, maybe because this one, I want to see that movie. Just go learn. Learn something new today. All right, I'll leave you with that. Love you all. Peace.
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