{"id":2523,"date":"2017-11-08T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T17:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T21:57:41","slug":"rachel-platten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/rachel-platten","title":{"rendered":"Episode 122: Rachel Platten"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Broken Glass&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SongExploder122-RachelPlatten-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SongExploder122-RachelPlatten.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SongExploder122-RachelPlatten-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_002c5f08-6c40-4fef-b5f4-a54660e03a9b\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/002c5f08-6c40-4fef-b5f4-a54660e03a9b\/SongExploder122_RachelPlatten_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rachelplatten.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rachel Platten<\/a> is a singer and songwriter who\u2019s released four albums, including her 2016 album <em>Wildfire<\/em>, which went Gold. The lead single from that album, \u201cFight Song,\u201d was used prominently by Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign. For a normally apolitical artist, the sudden proximity to the election had profound effects, both positive and negative. In this episode, Rachel breaks down her song \u201cBroken Glass,&#8221; which was inspired by that experience, and written just days before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/broken-glass\/1270328756?i=1270328759&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBroken Glass\u201d on iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b2390GAm4d0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/rachel-platten-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xo1VInw-SKc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Fight Song&#8221; by Rachel Platten<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/elections-podcast-countdown-7-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FiveThirtyEight Elections Podcast Countdown<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/nate-cyphert-mn0003508117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nate Cyphert (Co-writer)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jarrad_Rogers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarrad Rogers (Co-writer\/Producer)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stargate_(music_producers)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stargate (Producers)<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Broken Glass&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 Rachel Platten is a singer and songwriter who\u2019s released four albums, including her 2016 album Wildfire, which went Gold. 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