Chris Molanphy
@cmolanphy.bsky.social
Chart analyst/pop critic. Host of podcast #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate's #WhylsThisSongNo1? Author of book #OldTownRoad. Feet on the ground, reaching for the stars. (Pronouns—he/him/his.)
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I’m looking forward to all of the queens I follow doing spoken word lip synchs of this new classic! God bless Cher!
#glaaaaadiator2026
#glaaaaadiator2026
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I’m looking forward to all of the queens I follow doing spoken word lip synchs of this new classic! God bless Cher!
#glaaaaadiator2026
#glaaaaadiator2026
This song’s really good but also Exhibit A for why her 2nd album should’ve come out in 2021. It’s not staggeringly better than her other 2021–25 singles—so its No1 success was at least half the product of her higher profile 5 years ago. Like you, I hope she finds a shred of her Imperiality again.
February 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
This song’s really good but also Exhibit A for why her 2nd album should’ve come out in 2021. It’s not staggeringly better than her other 2021–25 singles—so its No1 success was at least half the product of her higher profile 5 years ago. Like you, I hope she finds a shred of her Imperiality again.
Theories of the case (#AlbumOfTheYear):
• the (Dixie) Chicks effect: voting for Benito was a political act
• the Latino vote: the Recording Academy added hundreds of Latin #Grammys voters last year
• duh, DTMF is a great album
• the (Dixie) Chicks effect: voting for Benito was a political act
• the Latino vote: the Recording Academy added hundreds of Latin #Grammys voters last year
• duh, DTMF is a great album
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Theories of the case (#AlbumOfTheYear):
• the (Dixie) Chicks effect: voting for Benito was a political act
• the Latino vote: the Recording Academy added hundreds of Latin #Grammys voters last year
• duh, DTMF is a great album
• the (Dixie) Chicks effect: voting for Benito was a political act
• the Latino vote: the Recording Academy added hundreds of Latin #Grammys voters last year
• duh, DTMF is a great album
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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Apparently they are! They just did. Huh.
To be fair, the #RockHall gave Sly a massive multiartist tribute last fall. So I guess they didn’t want to echo that? Still…odd.
To be fair, the #RockHall gave Sly a massive multiartist tribute last fall. So I guess they didn’t want to echo that? Still…odd.
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Apparently they are! They just did. Huh.
To be fair, the #RockHall gave Sly a massive multiartist tribute last fall. So I guess they didn’t want to echo that? Still…odd.
To be fair, the #RockHall gave Sly a massive multiartist tribute last fall. So I guess they didn’t want to echo that? Still…odd.
It’s important to keep in mind that Roberta wasn’t just an R&B queen, she was #Grammys royalty—the first artist to win Record of the Year in back-to-back years.
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It’s important to keep in mind that Roberta wasn’t just an R&B queen, she was #Grammys royalty—the first artist to win Record of the Year in back-to-back years.
Okay, I stand corrected, and I’m delighted they’re feteing Roberta Flack.
February 2, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Okay, I stand corrected, and I’m delighted they’re feteing Roberta Flack.
It’s a mark of the quality of D’Angelo’s scant 3-album discography that he’s getting the same extended #Grammys “In Memoriam” tribute as Brian Wilson, Bob Weir and Ozzy Osbourne. (I assume Sly Stone is next?)
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 AM
It’s a mark of the quality of D’Angelo’s scant 3-album discography that he’s getting the same extended #Grammys “In Memoriam” tribute as Brian Wilson, Bob Weir and Ozzy Osbourne. (I assume Sly Stone is next?)
This Tyler #Grammys performance has big #MartySupreme energy: hyper, dramatic/comic, manic, and just a touch of ’80s vibe.
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
This Tyler #Grammys performance has big #MartySupreme energy: hyper, dramatic/comic, manic, and just a touch of ’80s vibe.
Guys! I love Billie, truly, and “Wildflower” is lovely, but…y’all know you’re not obligated to give her #Grammys every time she’s nominated, right?
OTOH, that speech… 🔥👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
OTOH, that speech… 🔥👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
February 2, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Guys! I love Billie, truly, and “Wildflower” is lovely, but…y’all know you’re not obligated to give her #Grammys every time she’s nominated, right?
OTOH, that speech… 🔥👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
OTOH, that speech… 🔥👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I know this Trevor/Benito #Grammys shtick is just comic filler but man, if this doesn’t turn out to be foreshadowing of the big prize later, some folks are gonna be mad disappointed.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I know this Trevor/Benito #Grammys shtick is just comic filler but man, if this doesn’t turn out to be foreshadowing of the big prize later, some folks are gonna be mad disappointed.
Bruno, still No1 on the #Hot100 with this disco bop, defending his left flank from an incoming Harry Styles with a little #Grammys promo. Best defense is a good offense. #strategery
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Bruno, still No1 on the #Hot100 with this disco bop, defending his left flank from an incoming Harry Styles with a little #Grammys promo. Best defense is a good offense. #strategery
P.S. See, Chappell? Learn from Teyana—glasses are mad fashionable. 🤓
February 2, 2026 at 2:43 AM
P.S. See, Chappell? Learn from Teyana—glasses are mad fashionable. 🤓
I half-expect Paul Stanley to wander in and screech, “Awrite, now LISSEN!!”
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I half-expect Paul Stanley to wander in and screech, “Awrite, now LISSEN!!”
February 2, 2026 at 2:31 AM
…a term I coined in this @slate.com article: slate.com/culture/2025...
America’s New Favorite Song Is by Its New No. 1 Wife Guy. It Could Be the Summer’s Biggest Hit.
The sound of the mid-’20s isn’t the main pop girls, Kendrick, or Drake. It’s dudes like Alex Warren.
slate.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 AM
…a term I coined in this @slate.com article: slate.com/culture/2025...