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176: "Shut Up and Dance" vs. "Cake by the Ocean" (w/Molly Mary O'Brien!)

9/23/2026
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They were two of the biggest one-hit wonders of the mid-2010s, but do these vaguely throwback-y pop rock songs hold up, and which does it better? Pitchfork's Molly Mary O'Brien joins us to help us take sides between Walk the Moon's "Shut Up and Dance" and DNCE's "Cake by the Ocean"!


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