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Beyoncé, Doja Cat, and Beyond: How Music Journalism Shapes Our Understanding of Contemporary Pop Stardom

Jason King is the Dean of the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, and the former Chair and founding faculty member of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University. A multi-talented scholar, journalist, author, musician, performer, producer, songwriter, radio and video host, and event curator, Jason has written about music for publications like Pitchfork, Slate, The Village Voice, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Spin, Billboard, Buzzfeed, and Vice. He has written for NPR Music since 2015, and was the host and co-producer of NPR Music’s flagship video documentary series Noteworthy, on the creative process of music superstars like Dua Lipa and Alicia Keys. He was also the curator and host of NPR’s 24/7 streaming radio channel dedicated to soul and R&B music called NPRandB. This year, Jason served as a consulting producer for Morgan Neville’s LEGO-driven feature film bio of Pharrell Williams, Piece by Piece, and he is set to make his own feature film directorial debut later this year.

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