{"id":212983,"date":"2026-01-02T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/212983\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:18:11","slug":"resolutions-our-greatest-pop-stars-should-have-for-2026-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/212983\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolutions Our Greatest Pop Stars Should Have for 2026 Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWe\u2019ve finally turned the calendar to 2026, and though we\u2019re not done looking back at 2025 yet by any means, we\u2019re taking a New Year\u2019s Day pause to look forward a little. While we\u2019ve all got things to work and improve on for the year to come, we also have some wishes for things our marquee pop stars could commit to accomplishing in 2026, both for our sakes and for theirs.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n

\n\tOn this first 2026 episode of the\u00a0Greatest Pop Stars podcast<\/a>, host Andrew Unterberger is joined by\u00a0Billboard\u00a0charts senior analyst\/writer (and regular Greatest Pop Stars guest) Eric Frankenberg to offer some New Year\u2019s resolutions on behalf of said pop stars. We each choose five resolutions for specific pop stars to take on for 2026, and then we also offer one each on behalf of all pop stars collectively, and then one for us ourselves as pop fans. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the most pressing questions addressed: Is it more important for Beyonc\u00e9 to return in 2026 with visuals for her last two albums or with the last act in her LP trilogy? Would Dua Lipa be better served working with more dead-center pop collaborators on her next album? Are we overdue for an Adele legacy year? What do we think about the concept of a Frank Ocean covers album \u2014 or a Benson Boone rock opera? How should Doechii recapture the incredible momentum that she started 2025 with? And perhaps most importantly: Is it too much to ask that we all be a little less mean to our pop stars and to each other?<\/p>\n

\n\tCheck it out above, and subscribe to the\u00a0Greatest Pop Stars podcast<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0(or wherever you get your\u00a0podcasts<\/a>) for weekly discussions every Thursday about all things related to pop stardom!<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd as we say in every one of these GPS podcast posts \u2014 if you have the time and money to spare, please consider donating to any of these causes in the fight for trans rights:<\/p>\n

\n\tTransgender Law Center<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tTrans Lifeline<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tDestination Tomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tGender-Affirming Care Fundraising on GoFundMe<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\t


\n\tSign Up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve finally turned the calendar to 2026, and though we\u2019re not done looking back at 2025 yet by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,119511,157,111,139,69,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-212983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-greatest-pop-stars-podcast","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}