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The Song Exploder podcast has a different artist on every episode, telling the story of how they constructed one of their songs. The artist starts with the idea of the song, explains their writing process, and explains the choices around the beats and instruments. Episodes jump all over the music business, from rapping with Busdriver to country with Old Crow Medicine Show to pop with Carly Rae Jepsen. (And yes, you’ll actually like that last one, especially when you hear her story behind the song.) This week, Grimes explained Kill V Maim. After one of her musician friends told her that…
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