Line of Duty was already demanding homework
Scott and Chris opened with another complaint about *Line of Duty*.
They liked it.
They also felt the programme had become so full of abbreviations that following the plot required revision.
Scott had started learning phrases such as GSW for gunshot wound and the various acronyms attached to police roles and investigations.
He joked that moving from an ordinary quiz show to *Line of Duty* was like suddenly switching from *The Chase* to *Only Connect*.
The show was good.
Scott simply worried it might be too clever for him.
Joel Corry and RAYE had been in the Live Lounge
The main musical event came from Joel Corry and RAYE.
Scott and Chris continued their habit of making artists listen back almost immediately after performing.
That was often much less comfortable than the Live Lounge itself.
A singer can finish a performance feeling relieved.
Then Radio 1 makes them hear every breath, note and tiny thing they might have done differently.
Joel and RAYE were put through exactly that process.
Self-review always sounded harsher than the listeners
As usual, the artists noticed details the audience barely registered.
Scott’s role became reassuring them that what they were describing as flaws simply sounded like a strong live performance to everybody else.
The feature had become a useful demonstration of the gap between how performers hear themselves and how everybody else experiences the result.
Bruno Mars became suspiciously Bruno Mars
Elsewhere, the team discussed Bruno Mars and his latest styling and music.
Scott wondered whether Bruno had reached the point of becoming a parody of himself.
The hair.
The clothes.
The smooth retro presentation.
Everything now looked so perfectly “Bruno Mars” that Scott half expected every appearance to arrive already dressed as a tribute act.
It was not really criticism.
More an observation that some artists become such recognisable characters that eventually every new version looks like an exaggerated version of the last one.
Blow Your Own Trumpet kept things positive
Tuesday’s trumpet was restricted to happy things.
Listeners brought the small wins.
Scott supplied the fanfare.
After weeks dominated by lockdown and long-term plans, the feature remained one of the easiest ways for the show to manufacture immediate good news.
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