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Disco Is Back. And So Is Donna Summer.


Wesley Morris and

Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow and

Donna Summer’s 1977 hit “I Feel Love” is the inspiration for the final track on Beyoncé’s new album, “Renaissance.” Summer became the queen of disco in the ’70s, but her catalog goes much further than that. You can hear her legacy in decades of electronic and R&B. “She is an architect of the pop culture we experience today,” J says.

In this episode, J and Wesley revisit her 1982 album, “Donna Summer” — and explore why, out of all of her music, this self-titled album is the most distinctly Donna.

Photo Illustration by The New York Times. Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images

Hosted by: Wesley Morris and J Wortham
Produced by: Elyssa Dudley, Hans Buetow and Christina Djossa
Edited by: Sara Sarasohn and Sasha Weiss
Engineered by: Marion Lozano
Executive Producer, Shows: Wendy Dorr
Special thanks: Paula Szuchman, Sam Dolnick, Mahima Chablani, Jeffrey Miranda, Eslah Attar and Julia Moburg.

Source: Music - nytimes.com


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