Dominic Fike on Public Breakups, ‘Babydoll,’ Fatherhood & Sobriety

Dominic Fike sat down with Joe and Jon to chat about his new album, “How To Quit Smoking,” as well as the recent success of his 2018 song “Babydoll,” which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 — his biggest song to date. He also spoke about (sometimes happily) wrestling with fame’s temptations, letting go of some of his youthful impulses, and his urge to return to a form of music-making that reminded him of how he started out. Popcast is The New York Times’s weekly pop culture chat show, with interviews and analysis from the critic Jon Caramanica and the reporter Joe Coscarelli. Follow Jon: https://www.instagram.com/joncaramanica https://twitter.com/joncaramanica Follow Joe: https://www.instagram.com/joecoscarelli/ https://twitter.com/joecoscarelli Listen to every Popcast ever https://www.nytimes.com/popcast Discover the journalism Times subscribers get daily, free for your first month in The New York Times app. Download app: https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/a6wzplra