Presents a collection of essays that use the music of Celine Dion as a focus for discussions on music, personal tastes, art criticism, cultural pressures, and the influence of social media.

'With new essays by Daphne Brooks, Drew Daniel, James Franco, Mary Gaitskill, Sheila Heti, Nick Hornby, Jason King, Krist Novoselic, Owen Pallett, Ann Powers, Marco Roth, Sukhdev Sandhu, Jonathan Sterne' --Cover. 'Why other people have such bad taste' --Cover.

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste Carl Wilson -- 1. Let's Talk About Hate -- 2. Let's Talk About Pop (and Its Critics) -- 3. Let's Talk in French -- 4. Let's Talk About World Conquest -- 5. Let's Talk About Schmaltz -- 6. Let's Sing Really Loud -- 7. Let's Talk About Taste -- 8. Let's Talk About Who's Got Bad Taste -- 9. Let's Talk with Some Fans -- 10. Let's Do a Punk Version of "My Heart Will Go On" (or, Let's Talk About Our Feelings) -- 11. Let's Talk About Let's Talk About Love -- 12. Let's Talk About Love -- pt. TWO Essays: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love -- Introduction Carl Wilson -- The Artists We Deserve Nick Hornby -- With the Lights On, It's Less Useless Krist Novoselic -- If the Girls Were All Transported Ann Powers -- The Easiest Thing To Forget Mary Gaitskill -- Compared to What? Jason King -- Let's Talk About Diana Ross Daphne A. Brooks -- Deep In The Game Drew Daniel. Contents note continued: Children of the Corn Sukhdev Sandhu -- Acting In and Out of Context James Franco -- Too Much Sociology Marco Roth and the editors of n+1 -- Giving Up on Giving Up on Good Taste Jonathan Sterne -- When I Come Home Owen Pallett -- Playlist: Let's Listen to Love Sheila Heti -- pt. THREE Afterword -- Let's Talk Later Carl Wilson.