Why every A-lister also has a side hustle

为何每一名一线明星也都有副业?

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-08-14

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Seemingly every celebrity has their own brand these days, whether it’s booze (Cameron Diaz, Matthew McConaughey) or cosmetics (Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga) or squeezy food pouches (Jennifer Garner). IToday on the show, what is fueling the celebrity business bonanza? We hear from two legendary singers, Lisa Loeb AND John Legend, who are pursuing ventures outside of show business Related episodes:The celebrity crypto nexusThe Olympian to influencer pipeline (Apple / Spotify) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Darian Woods.

  • And I'm Waylon Wong.

  • Lisa Loeb is the singer-songwriter behind the 90s billboard hit Stay.

  • I have belted this song many times.

  • Is today going to be one of those days, Waylon?

  • No, I'm not going to sing on this show.

  • Well, I only hear what I want.

  • And so I heard you singing in my head.

  • Lisa is known for her signature look, which is cat eye glasses.

  • Not the cat eye of my grandmother, which is sort of that grandma pointy, very pointy, pinched look.

  • But it was a little bit more of kind of a sexy librarian.

  • And I just realized it was a really flattering shape.

  • And it was one that I really gravitated towards.

  • Lisa said people would often say to her, you should have your own line of eyewear.

  • And she initially resisted this idea.

  • I think people were seen as dilettantes when you were just as interested in the t-shirts you were making as the music that you were making.

  • But as the music industry changed, so did Lisa's thinking.

  • And she launched her first collection of glasses frames in 2010.

  • I think now people see somebody's lipstick brand as...