Not even Madonna, pop music's ultimate pop provocateur, has attempted anything so ambitious.
Forget Emmy nominations, Hiddleston received the ultimate pop culture accolade: a stint as Taylor Swift's boyfriend.
I can bang on about the majesty of Abba's Arrival as the ultimate pop statement.
Except, of course, the ultimate pop quiz of flying this plane.
Kylie was ubiquitous in the 80s, from appearing in Neighbours and music videos, romancing Jason Donovan or a continual presence on the radio - she was the ultimate pop urchin.
"Emily Kane" imagines a world in which the subject of unrequited love might change her fickle mind when she receives the ultimate pop gift: being the central figure in a hit song.
I am very lyrics-based, and Max is very melody-based, and Luke is very track-based, so put the combination of us together and you get that ultimate pop song".
In his review of "Devil May Care" (June 29), Alex Berenson claims that, with the first Austin Powers film in 1997, the James Bond character "won the ultimate pop culture trophy, a full-on screen parody".
This season's ultimate pop culture extravaganza, "Robots, Astronauts and Space Toys: The Robert Lesser Collection," will be an exhibition of 250 examples at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, from Nov. 10 to Feb. 1.
"We want to make it bigger and better so that it becomes the ultimate pop music show for music lovers of every generation," said the BBC2 controller, Roly Keating.
