Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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For this video, I discuss RAYE, musical theatre, metatext, and how music critics engage (or don't) with all of it.

0:00 - Intro
4:20 - Musical Theater & Music Critics
15:17 - This Music May Contain Hope
32:25 - Who Tells Your Story

Video essay on metatext: youtube.com/watch?v=WfyjD0guJwM&pp=ygURcHVzaCB0aGUgc2t5IGF3YXk%3D

Transcript: spectrum-pulse.ca/blog/raye-metatext-and-why-music-critics-dont-cover-musical-theatre

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