Popcast (Deluxe): Pharrell Williams at Louis Vuitton and Gunna’s New LP

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This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:

• The story behind Pharrell Williams’s ascension to the men’s creative director chair at Louis Vuitton following the death of Virgil Abloh, and the role of global celebrity in high fashion

• A Paris cultural report, including recent French rap and the exhibits at Musée d’Orsay

• Inspired by a viewer question, a conversation about hip-hop’s lack of Billboard chart penetration this year

• Gunna’s new LP, which has a chance of reaching the top spot on the Billboard album chart

• A new song from Certified Trapper and an old song by Big Pokey, who died on Sunday

• Snack of the week