Discourse on popular music frequently describes artists' recordings and performances as "intimate." Yet that discourse often stops short of elucidating how a mass-produced commodity such as popular music is able to elicit feelings of intimacy with and among its audience. Through detailed analysis of popular music's composition, performance, production, and promotion, Musical Intimacy examines how intimacy is constructed and perceived in popular music via its affective and technological affordances. From the recording studio to the concert stage, from collective experience to individual listening and perception, this book presents a working understanding of musical intimacy. Stiegler and Campbell's book provides a nuanced, panoramic study of media and culture that pays close attention to production processes, sites of reception, and cultural texts that audiences consume-all through the frame of what they refer to as 'musical intimacy.' By analyzing and unpacking several nodes within the circuit of production, this book serves as a valuable resource for students and scholars of communication, media, cultural studies, popular music, and other related subfields. Engaging and rigorous, Musical Intimacy offers insights and analytical tools for a wide range of readers.