David Archuleta on Leaving LDS, Coming Out, Crush, and EP ‘Earthly Delights’

Zara joins us on the couch for the who-knows-what-time. The 27-year-old Swedish pop powerhouse has been stopping by to chat for the past nine years and it’s always a joy.This time round she’s in to chat about her newly released fifth record Midnight Sun, her best long player yet. Celebratory, sexy, cheeky, and deliciously honest, we talk about its creation — alongside her longtime collaborator MNEK; largely in Jamaica — and find out the stories behind hits like the drum ‘n’ bass leaning title track, ‘Puss Puss,’ the house-influenced ‘Hot & Sexy,’ ‘Pretty Ugly,’ and how Tiffany Pollard wound up in the studio with her. Plus we discuss the appeal of Y2K, what can happen when you crush on your friend’s man (‘Girl’s Girl’), not to mention her unapologetic ambition and her relationship with dancer boyfriend Lamin. It’s the latest installment in her coming of age. Oh, and she teaches Zach and Dan about TikTok and clues them in on the viral dolphin x ‘Symphony’ moment. You know, from August 2024.Stream "Midnight Sun" ►►https://tinyurl.com/5he4a48kSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former Why Don’t We member Corbyn Besson joins us on the couch again to talk about his forthcoming EP (out early next year), and his brand new era of artistry. He’s been working hard on his choreo! He’s been spending time in Seoul and writing with Twice’s Tzuyu on their banging collab “Blink,” he’s been jumping on Two Friends’ dance track “No One Else” and playing Red Rocks and Lollapalooza! He’s been writing for BTS and working with R&B king Jeremih. A lot to get into. Plus we get the latest on his relationship with the Why Don’t We guys, plus what the heck is Dan’s ‘Good Job’ playlist (and can we get a link!), and so much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Arguably one of the best Aussie exports since Tame Impala, along with artists like Amyl & the Sniffers and Spacey Jane, duo Royel Otis are breathing new life rock music. Having made waves back in 2022 with the Surf Curse-esque bop ‘Oysters in My Pocket,’ their covers of classics like ‘Linger’ by The Cranberries and Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s early-Aughts disco devastator ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ sent them to the next level.  Back with their second record hickey, written in a pressurized few months off from the endless tour of PRATTS & PAIN, with a raft of the top songwriters in the biz — Amy Allen, Omer Fedi, Josh Lloyd-Watson and Lydia Kitto (from Jungle) to name a few. We talk about all this, the covers, the topsy-turvy world of being in a band on the up-and-up and what that means for their personal relationships. They also open up about the vulnerabilities that inspired ‘Jazz Burger,’ how Royel getting suspended seven times in a year was key to his musical development, and how it came to be that Lola Tung from The Summer I Turned Pretty wound up in their video for ‘who’s your boyfriend,’ plus so much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Back with her first album in eleven years — Better Broken — we’re so thrilled to have Sarah McLachlan on the couch for the first time. A trailblazing, confessional, slice-of-life songwriter whose music goes for the jugular and resonates to this day, McLachlan broke in the 90s, rising up with the likes of Jewel, Tori Amos, Sheryl Crow, and Alanis Morrissette, to name a few. As artists they had to work ten times harder than their male contemporaries. Imagine a world where the powers that be said: two women on a bill? Nah. Two female artists played back-to-back on the radio? You must be joking! Off the back of such rampant discrimination the Canadian singer founded the traveling, female-foregrounded festival, Lilith Fair when she was just 29-years-old. It ran for three summers and at one point was bigger than Lollapalooza. We talk about all this and the newly released Lilith Fair documentary out on Hulu now (watch it!), not to mention how, given the constant erosion of women’s rights thanks to the current administration, a new gen Lilith Fair feels more timely than ever!We also get into the nitty-gritty of what she’s been up to for the past eleven years, her experiences parenting (and collaborating with) her two daughters, and the stories behind some of her biggest hits like ‘Angel’ — about the tragic passing of Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin. He was an artist she didn’t know personally and yet now, on this album she’s collaborating with Jonathan’s sister Wendy, herself a legendary guitarist who was part of Prince’s band. Additionally we discuss the creation of her seminal 1993 LP, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, her stalker(s) and the song it inspired, and her cover of Randy Newman’s ‘When She Loved Me’ (off Toy Story 2). McLachlan is stunningly candid about her own childhood, her relationship with her mother and generational patterns, and the topics on her new album, which in part parses a toxic romantic relationship — confronting her own denial, self-loathing, and eventually healing (and a massive f**k you!).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Icelandic singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Laufey has carved out a singular space between jazz bossanova and Gen Z pop sensibility, and she’s back on the couch to talk about her new, third solo LP A Matter of Time. It’s the next chapter in her coming of age, still whimsical and heady with love (‘Love Girl’), but more lyrically wry — check ‘Mr. Eclectic’ for her cheeky pillorying of the performative, man-splaining dude on a date. She calls this record the marking of the end of her girlhood. We also talk about her Icelandic-Chinese roots, advice from Norah Jones, teaming up with Clairo, climbing cringe mountain, shitposting on TikTok, Love Island, the unrealistic standards for women in the spotlight and so much more. Always a joy to have a catch up with Laufey. Plus don’t miss her installment of Amazon’s Songline. Link below.Stream "A Matter of Time" ►►https://laufey.ffm.to/amatteroftimeLaufey's Amazon Music Song Line ►►https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0FRQ9YJPTSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uFollow The Zach Sang Show:https://tiktok.com/@zachsangshowhttps://www.instagram.com/zachsangshow/https://twitter.com/zachsangshowhttps://www.facebook.com/ZachSangShow/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Once upon a time David Archuleta was a cherub-faced boy with a big voice and a bigger dream. As the runner-up of American Idol season 7 back in 2008, he had 40 million people vote for him. Wrap your brain around that. Since then he’s released solo records, guest starred on Hannah Montana, completed his Mormon mission in Chile, toured, got engaged and unengaged (x3), all the while grappling internally with his sexuality. We dive into this journey, in particular the last few years as he really came to terms with not only his sexuality (bi to asexual to gay to demisexual), but also his relationship with religion, his family and his community, all the different kinds of therapy he tried, and just what is scrupulosity? Ultimately he poured a lot of his experiences into his latest EP Earthly Delights, a joyful collection — which includes some Spanglish — and sees the 34-year-old gleefully embracing some of life’s more carnal joys. Plus we talk about the first time he ever drank coffee, soaking, religious informants, his upcoming memoir, his love of EDM, all the West Hollywood hot spots, and so much more. SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Former Why Don’t We member Jack Avery joins us solo on the sofa for the first time. It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from him and by all accounts — his own — he’s really been through it. From struggling to find loyal collaborators post-WDW, to suffering debilitating anxiety attacks, to financial struggles, to finding out his life might be in danger, to co-parenting his six-year-old daughter with his ex, Avery has been dealing with a lot. He’s gone from being one of the most reticent interviewees (as part of WDW) to being refreshingly candid about the tough stuff. Newly inspired and diving into his R&B bag (and working with Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins!), his new tracks — ‘APHRODITE,’ ‘PLEASE DON’T GO’ and ‘IF YOU DON’T SHE WILL,’ the latter of which was inspired by his girlfriend and which he performs acoustically for the first time on the couch. Don’t miss this one.Stream "Aphrodite" ►►https://tinyurl.com/55dryrh8SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mimi Webb is back on the couch for the first time for the first time since 2022 and boy, has a lot changed. At that point, still riding high from the smash that was ‘House on Fire’ and Mimi hadn’t even released her debut album. Now the British 25-year-old returns with her long-awaited sophomore effort, Confessions, a record that sees her collab with the likes of Julia Michaels, Meghan Trainor, and Amy Allen; a record that’s risen from the ashes of a scrapped second album (only two songs from that collection are ‘Side Effects’ and ‘You Don’t Look At Me The Same’), culminating in her most personal work yet. We discuss all this plus how she’s now dating her childhood bestie, the impact of her parents divorce — which she poured into song, her desire to break America, her brief single era, clairvoyants, the many, many British insults that mean the same thing, and so much more. Stream "Confessions" ►►https://tinyurl.com/37n6yvwwSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Strap in because a conversation with King Princess is an unstoppable stream of top-notch banter, whipsmart quips, real talk, and tea. Brooklyn-born Mikaela Strauss joins on the couch for the first time to discuss her third album, Girl Violence, her hookiest, most vulnerable record to date. Since dropping ‘1950’ back in 2018 when she was still a teenager (it became a viral sensation; Harry Styles tweeted about it), the singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist has upped the ante with every release. With Girl Violence the 26-year-old holds a magnifying glass to drama, heartbreak, and “emotional warfare” of lesbian relationships. We take a deep dive into her theories and the stories behind her songs, plus her fantastical queer dress-up party Bazongas (you’re invited), the fetishistic angle of her Instagram algorithm, how she got the iconic Lisa Rena to take part in her album campaign, and who the hell is chaos-demon Cherry. She also discusses collaborating with IDLES’ Joe Talbot, jumping in the studio with Charli XCX, and what it’s like to go from zero to 100 on your first release — the pressure, the ego, the destabilization. Plus there’s a whole sidebar about her former home in LA being invaded by 30,000 bees and we get the full story of her great-great grandparents, who were immortalized as the old couple spooning in bed in James Cameron’s Titanic. No, really. Stream "Girl Violence" ►►https://kingprincess.lnk.to/GirlViolenceSUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With songs like ‘Santeria,’ ‘What I Got,’ and ‘Wrong Way,’ ska-punk band Sublime’s music is a forever slice 90s SoCal, their songs ultimately becoming the soundtrack to pop culture from the era and beyond. Tragically, in 1996 singer Bradley Nowell died from a heroin overdose at 28-years-old before the Long Beach trio made it big. In the subsequent years the remaining members, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, joined forces with Rome Ramirez to form Sublime with Rome, but in 2024 they revealed a whole new line-up, making their official live debut at Coachella with Nowell’s son, Jakob taking centerstage on the mic. The now 30-year-old was just ten months old when his dad passed, a legacy and loss which has and continues to loom large. An artist in his own right as the driving force between emo-glitch-ska band Jakobs Castle, the singer/guitarist hasn’t had the easiest ride, including a troubled childhood, substance issues which has ultimately resulted in nearly a decade of sobriety. We get into all this, plus he explains how the creative process with Sublime works today, exclusively announcing an album of brand new Sublime album — Till the Sun Explodes — coming early next year and letting us hear sneak peaks of not one, but two new tracks. Turns out the new Sublime cuts are not only a collaboration with Bud and Eric, who he affectionately calls his Uncs, but also Jakob’s peers and pals, including Zac from Fidlar.We also discuss the possibility of a Sublime biopic, the passing of Jakob’s hairless cat, and his perhaps somewhat surprising stance on drugs, plus so much more. SUBSCRIBE to Our Podcast ►►https://tinyurl.com/48yfe4v5SUBSCRIBE to YT ►►https://tinyurl.com/5n8km55uSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.