Jason Derulo, Alexandra Shipp to Headline On Air LA Annex With ‘Underwater’ Podcast Q&A (Exclusive)

Platinum-selling artist Jason Derulo and Barbie breakout Alexandra Shipp will headline On Air LA Annex with their new romantic thriller podcast Underwater.

Derulo and Shipp will take the stage Nov. 2 at KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio in Santa Monica with an exclusive visual journey into the first episode and audience Q&A, On Air Fest announced Tuesday. The stars will be joined by Allan Coye of Interval Presents, Rich Statter of Clamor and Alex Addison of Temple Hill Entertainment.

Underwater, which premieres Oct. 31 on all major platforms, hails from Warner Music Group’s in-house podcast network Interval Presents and tells the story of Nico and Ana in the form of a narrative album, which features new music from Derulo.

On Air LA Annex is the West Coast spinoff of New York’s On Air Fest and kicks of Nov. 1 with an invite-only business summit. In addition to Underwater, this year’s event will feature a sneak preview of KCRW’s Lost Notes return, an interactive experience of CBC Podcasts’ Let’s Make a Horror, a live performance of Spooked (Snap Judgment, PRX and KQED), a taping of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso and more.

This year On Air LA Annex is also holding an open call for short-form audio stories. On Air Official Selects is accepting submissions (up to 10 minutes in length) until Oct. 4, and a panel of judges will select 10 works to be showcased at the On Air Open House on Nov. 4 at dublab.

Underwater also stars Beau Bridgland, Michael Dearie, Aneesha DuBois, Andrew Frankel, Melissa Greenspan, Alice Hunter, Jeremy Jordan, Josh Keaton, Tara Langella, Jonathan Leon, Donis Leonard Jr., Michael McGlone, Carla Renata, Giancarlo Sabogal, David Shatraw, Andre Sogliuzzo and Cameron J. Wright. The first two episodes will be released Oct. 31, followed by weekly releases on Tuesdays.