{"id":2426972,"date":"2026-05-21T20:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2426972"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:08:23","slug":"samm-henshaw-on-his-latest-album-it-could-be-worse-world-cafe-world-cafe-words-and-music-podcast-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/samm-henshaw-on-his-latest-album-it-could-be-worse-world-cafe-world-cafe-words-and-music-podcast-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Samm Henshaw on his latest album, &#8216;It Could Be Worse&#8217; : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-120440\" class=\"bucketwrap video youtube-video large\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samm Henshaw on World Cafe | Studio Session &amp; Interview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ds_gn44KRXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>                <b class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <b class=\"source\">YouTube<\/b><br \/>\n                <\/b>\n        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container small\" id=\"connx-s1-5813626-100\">\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Set List<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"edTag\">\n<li>&#8220;Float&#8221; <\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Closer&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Hair Down&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Wait Forever&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER SMALL\" ID=\"CONNX-S1-5813626-100\" --><\/p>\n<p>Going through a breakup is horrible. When it&#8217;s happening, you might want to just hide and curl up on the couch. Maybe you have your best friend come over, make you dinner and give you a hug. But <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/954352119\/samm-henshaw\" target=\"_blank\">Samm Henshaw<\/a> didn&#8217;t have that option. He had to go to work.<\/p>\n<p>Henshaw&#8217;s new album, <em>It Could Be Worse<\/em>, was written during and after a painful breakup. Today, he talks about what that was like; how heartbreak shaped the album; and how making the album while experiencing heartbreak shaped him.<\/p>\n<p>This is Henshaw&#8217;s second full-length record, but over the years, he&#8217;s also released several singles and EPs and toured in support of artists like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/artists\/250215344\/chance-the-rapper\" target=\"_blank\">Chance the Rapper<\/a> and James Bay.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>This episode of\u00a0<\/em>World Cafe<em>\u00a0was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. \u00a0Our digital producer is Miguel Perez.\u00a0<\/em>World Cafe<em>&#8216;s engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and booking coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"CONTAINER LARGE\" ID=\"CONNX-S1-5813626-101\" -->\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.npr.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube Set List &#8220;Float&#8221; &#8220;Closer&#8221; &#8220;Hair Down&#8221; &#8220;Wait Forever&#8221; Going through a breakup is horrible. When it&#8217;s happening, you might want to just hide and curl up on the couch. Maybe you have your best friend come over, make you dinner and give you a hug. But Samm Henshaw didn&#8217;t have that option. 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