American musician, bandleader, & television personality – appearing nightly as bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert –  Jon Batiste also serves as the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. The Hot Spot belongs to his song, “Freedom.” 

This week’s HOT SPOT artist is Glass Animals with their track “Heat Waves,” which reached #1 in Australia. The song is off the band’s third album, DREAMLAND.

Glass Animals are an English ‘psychedelic pop band’ formed in Oxford in 2010 led by singer, songwriter, and producer Dave Bayley. The title of this episode, “Swimming in a Mirror,” comes from this song.