SHOW SPOTLIGHT: Run the World

From I Woke Up Like This  Mondays at Noon to The Diva Hour Fridays at 6 pm, WRMC has its fair share of divalicious programming.  On this week’s show spotlight we checked in with WRMC’s youngest female pop-star enthusiasts, DJs Alyssa Taylor ‘17, Addis Fouche-Channer ‘17, and Sasha “Fiercey” Whittle ‘17.  They are girls, they run, they love Beyoncé, and every Wednesday on WRMC they play nothing but female voices from 12-1 pm on their aptly titled show, Run the World.

WRMC: What’s the theme of your show?

Empowered female artists.  If you listen closely you can hear the girl power, fierceness, and friendship 

WRMC: Who are run the world’s go-to divas?  

We all have different but similar taste in music, but we definitely all love Beyonce, Robyn, and Lana [del Rey].

WRMC: You guys all run cross country and track at Middlebury, did this factor in when you picked your show title?

Well… It was 5:52 pm on the day radio show applications were due and the site closed at 6:00. We were on the track bus when it dawned on us so we panicked and started trying to think of a theme.  We’re all runners and we all love the Beyoncé song

, so that ended up helping us figure out our  show’s theme, which is basically kick ass women and the songs that they sing because who doesn’t like hot, talented, dedicated women? 

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pictured from left: Alyssa, Addis, and Sasha.[/caption]

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RUN THE WORLD QUICK PICKS – 

Ol’ faithful throwback:

Sasha:

by Destiny’s Child   Alyssa: 

by Amy WinehouseAddis: “

by Eve ft. Gwen Stefani

Guilty Pleasure:

Sasha: ”

by Little Mix​

Alyssa: 

by Robyn    WRMC: Never feel guilty about this.

Addis:

by Sean Paul because it was the first song I ever downloaded on iTunes and Sean Paul was also my first concert. Is he coming out with anything new soon?

Best New Track/Current Obsession:

I know it’s not new— but

by Tennis has been my obsession recently- probably because it’s one of the few songs I can hit all the notes in.

Alyssa: Have to say

on the new Beyoncé album. Sorry to be so predictable.

by Blood Orange

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WRMC: What is the most played song in your iTunes library and why?

Sasha: Well, after just checking I am embarrassed to say that it is

by Atomic Kitten…I was really hoping for something to make me seem cool and hip.  I went through a phase after I saw the Lizzie McGuire Movie when I was in middle school and that song became the go-to in all situations. I guess you could say it’s still a go to. ​          

Alyssa: Wow I’m with Sasha on this one. Mine is

by Marina and the Diamonds, which we actually played on our show a couple of weeks ago. This fall if I was walking around campus with my headphones in, 9 out of 10 times it was that song.

Addis: “

by Crystal Castles and Health because I put this song on repeat and blast it when I’m editing photos for my class. It makes me feel like I should be in a dark motel room doing lines of a new experimental drug or something. I dig it, I dig it.

WRMC: What’s your ultimate pump up song before races?

Sasha:

by Kelly Clarkson because it makes me feel like if I don’t run fast I’m being a weakling. ​              

Alyssa:

by K’naan. Yes, it’s the song from the coca-cola commercials but it just helps me stay positive and gets me pumped.

Addis:

by Rick Ross. Did you know he has a chain of himself wearing a chain of himself?

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Thanks to Addis, now we do, and it’s amazing.[/caption]

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You can catch Addis, Sasha, and Alyssa running the world every Wednesday 12-1 pm this semester on WRMC.