{"id":"1793684191300-culture-show_open","slug":"carrie-turns-50-as-pop-base-fumbles-dates","title":"Carrie turns 50 as Pop Base fumbles dates","summary":"Olivia Rodrigo released “Can't Catch Me Now” on November 3, 2023, as the second single from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack.\n\nMichael Jackson's “Rock with You” was released as a single on November 2, 1979, not November 3.\n\nThe 1976 film Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma, was released in the United States on November 3, 1976.\n\nWhitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You” was released as a single on November 2, 1992, not November 3.\n\nMegan Thee Stallion released “Cobra” on November 3, 2023.","publishedAt":"2026-11-03T05:36:31.300Z","channel":{"id":"culture","name":"Oncast Music","language":"en"},"show":"After Hours","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Olivia Rodrigo released “Can't Catch Me Now” on November 3, 2023, as the second single from The Hunger Games: The 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[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra(MeganTheeStallionsong)) (https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117484918607425916)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Olivia Rodrigo released “Can't Catch Me Now” on November 3, 2023, as the second single from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes soundtrack.","sourceName":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27tCatchMeNow)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117487938330075178","claim":"3 years ago today, Olivia Rodrigo released ‘Can’t Catch Me Now.’ https://t.co/k0VJCeNMBR","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"},{"verdict":"FALSE","summary":"Michael Jackson's “Rock with You” was released as a single on November 2, 1979, not November 3.","sourceName":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockwithYou)","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117485673519460688","claim":"47 years ago today, Michale Jackson released ‘Rock With You’ as a single. https://t.co/ksnSFz6zNV","author":"Pop Base 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2023.","sourceName":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra(MeganTheeStallionsong))","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117484918607425916","claim":"3 years ago today, Megan Thee Stallion released ‘Cobra.’ https://t.co/aj3saEviRf","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117487938330075178","name":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27tCatchMeNow)","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"},{"url":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117485673519460688","name":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RockwithYou)","kind":"x","verdict":"FALSE","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"},{"url":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117483408674718167","name":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie(1976film))","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"},{"url":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117484163544821865","name":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWillAlwaysLoveYou(WhitneyHoustonversion))","kind":"x","verdict":"FALSE","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"},{"url":"https://x.com/PopBase/status/2117484918607425916","name":"[wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra(MeganTheeStallionsong))","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Pop Base (@PopBase)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793684191300-culture-show_open-carrie-turns-50-as-pop-base-fumbles-dates","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/culture","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793684191300-culture-show_open-carrie-turns-50-as-pop-base-fumbles-dates","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793684191300-culture-show_open-carrie-turns-50-as-pop-base-fumbles-dates and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Claudette","text":"You're on After Hours, and the internet's nostalgia machine is a day behind."},{"host":"Laura","text":"That explains a lot."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Pop Base posted on X that Carrie hit theaters fifty years ago today."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Brian De Palma's prom-night nightmare, November 3rd, 1976."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Still one of the great horror openings. Sissy Spacek, all that pent-up rage."},{"host":"Laura","text":"The pig's blood scene still makes me flinch."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"And that one's actually correct."},{"host":"Laura","text":"They also marked three years of Olivia Rodrigo's Can't Catch Me Now."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"That song outlasted the Hunger Games prequel. The chorus is sticky."},{"host":"Laura","text":"I mean the movie was fine, but that song got its own life."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"But then Pop Base posted two more anniversaries that are off by a day."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Michael Jackson's Rock With You and Whitney's I Will Always Love You."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Both came out November 2nd— 1979 and 1992."},{"host":"Laura","text":"So the account is running anniversary posts without checking a calendar."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"If you're the pop culture archive, the date is the whole post."},{"host":"Laura","text":"Oh, come on— it's a day off, not a scandal."},{"host":"Claudette","text":"Tell that to a fan who already lit the birthday candle."}]}