Unfamous with Justin Tranter

Who Gets The Final Say? Inside The Hollywood Reporter

The best-looking photo can still be the wrong cover. And one bad compromise can turn a bold creative idea beige. The Hollywood Reporter’s Maer Roshan and Alison Edmond j

Why Troye Sivan Refuses to Make the Same Album Twice

An Instagram DM became “Rush.” “Bloom” started with Troye Sivan thinking it wasn’t working. And after more than a decade of writing together, Troye and Leland are still t

The Lost Boys Was “The Hardest Thing We’ve Ever Done”: The Rescues on 60 Songs + Band Therapy

The Rescues spent five years writing The Lost Boys for Broadway. They wrote nearly 60 songs, rewrote lyrics again and again, cut a song they loved after watching it stop

When "Pushing Through" Stops Working: Rainbow Kitten Surprise on Reinvention

What happens when pushing through stops making you stronger and starts getting in the way of the art? Justin Tranter sits down with Rainbow Kitten Surprise's lead singe

Inside Pop Songwriting: Hits, Failure, Fear + What Actually Makes a Song Work

What makes a great song when everyone is trying to reverse-engineer hits, virality and the “right” way to be an artist? Justin Tranter sits down with friends and collab

Why Some Songs Work Onscreen and Others Don’t: Pitch Perfect, The Devil Wears Prada + Wednesday

What makes one song perfect for a scene while another, even a great one, just doesn’t work? Justin Tranter sits down with music supervisor Julia Michels and songwriter,

Why Some Songs Work Onscreen and Others Don’t: Pitch Perfect, The Devil Wears Prada + Wednesday

What makes one song perfect for a scene while another, even a great one, just doesn’t work? Justin Tranter sits down with music supervisor Julia Michels and songwriter,

How Music Gets Into Hit TV Shows | The Hidden Process Behind Prime's "Off Campus" + More

How does a song actually make it into a hit TV show, and what makes the right placement capable of changing an artist’s career? Live from the GMS Conference, Justin Tran

Bella Kay + Alexis Idarose Kesselman | “iloveitiloveitiloveit”+ How Great Collaborators Disagree

Bella Kay and songwriter-producer Alexis Idarose Kesselman break down the creative partnership behind Bella’s debut album, from meeting during one of Bella’s first-ever w

Ruth B + Cole MGN | What Happens After Your First Song Becomes a Massive Hit

Ruth B’s career exploded with her very first song. Then came the harder question: how do you do it again? Ruth and producer Cole MGN join Justin Tranter to unpack the p

Recap | How Artists Rebuild, Find Their Identity + Build the Right Team

Host and co-creator Justin Tranter and co-creator Morgan Stuart revisit their conversation with artist Valencia Grace and manager Kyle Stuart to unpack what it really tak

Bea Miller | Child Stardom on The X Factor, Depression and the Wild Stories Behind Her Songs

Bea Miller joins longtime collaborator Justin Tranter to unpack growing up as a child star, surviving The X Factor, and finding her confidence as a songwriter. They bre

Recap: Kid Cudi on Creative Trust, Criticism, and the Meaning of "Pursuit of Happiness"

Unfamous host Justin Tranter and his co-creator Morgan Stuart revisit Justin’s conversation with Kid Cudi, unpacking what it reveals about trust, creative risk, criticism

Recap: Caleb Hearon + Caitie Delaney on TV Writing, Ego, and Bad Notes

Unfamous host Justin Tranter is joined by his co-creator Morgan Stuart to revisit their episode with comedian, actor, and writer Caleb Hearon and TV writer Caitie Delaney

Wendy Goldstein | The Art of Building Superstars

Wendy Goldstein, Chairwoman and CCO of Republic Records, joins Justin Tranter for a masterclass on how artists are discovered, careers are built, and hit records are made

Claire + Ragnar Rosinkranz | The Viral Hit, the Health Scare, and the Comeback

Claire Rosinkranz and Ragnar Rosinkranz join Justin Tranter for a funny, intimate, and deeply honest conversation about making music as father and daughter. They look b

Emei + Ricky Reed | How Radical Honesty Builds Great Artists

Singer-songwriter Emei joins Grammy-winning producer, songwriter and Nice Life founder Ricky Reed for a conversation about the creative partnership behind her latest proj

“Chains.” Two Days Later, “Jealous.” The Week Everything Changed.

Nick Jonas recorded “Chains.” Two days later, he wrote “Jealous.” It was the breakthrough week that helped redefine his career. With longtime collaborator Justin Tranter

Rose Gray | From Louder, Please to "Club to Your Arms"

Rose Gray joins Justin Tranter for a conversation about songwriting, collaboration, and the creative journey behind her latest single, "Club to Your Arms." A Critics Cho

Katy Perry + Christian Breslauer | Watch It Burn, Feminine Fire, and Why It’s Okay to Be Angry

Katy Perry, Christian Breslauer and Justin Tranter make bold, emotionally driven work. But more importantly, they know what it means to feel something fully and still let