Category: Music
The Opposite of “My Loneliness Is Killing Me”: MARINA Provides an Anthem for the Loners, the Misanthropes, the Introverts, the Empaths, the HSPs and the Social Anxiety-Ridden
If anyone understands how to reach out and touch what’s left of your soul, it is MARINA. Only becoming more brutally honest with each new [Read More…]
FKA Twigs’ “Measure of a Man” Provides the Tone of a Bond Theme for The King’s Man
While the Kingsman series might be slightly less profitable than the James Bond one for UK cinemas and beyond, there’s no denying the franchise is [Read More…]
“Traitor” as Patrizia Reggiani’s Anthem
Olivia Rodrigo may think she has the monopoly on knowing all about heartache, but, in truth, her latest hit, “traitor,” could have just has easily [Read More…]
Adele: No Longer 30, But Still Flirty and Thriving (While Channeling Amy Winehouse)
One supposes that if anyone could have made their thirties look truly chic, it was not Carrie Bradshaw, but one, Adele Adkins. Better known as [Read More…]
“Venice Bitch” is the Superior Ten-Minute Song
Lana Del Rey has long been watching certain parties inch closer and closer to “copping her musical style.” Most recently, it’s been Lorde, accused of [Read More…]
The Aggressively White Heteronormativity of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well”
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” Taylor Swift wields this indelible Pablo Neruda quote to set the tone for a song Jake Gyllenhaal [Read More…]
Adele One Night Only: Ultimately, Her Music Still Reveals More About Her Than an Oprah Interview
Wielding the dramatic backdrop of Los Angeles (a city that surely understands the value of the cinematic), Griffith Park Observatory was the ideal location for [Read More…]
Adele’s Amazon Commercial Opts for Home Alone 2 Pigeon Lady/Love Actually Homage
Wilson Phillips told us long ago to “hold on for one more day,” but now, apparently, we need Adele to tell us to as well—being [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Ultra 80s, Girls Just Want to Have Fun-esque “New Shapes” Video
Charli XCX has never kept her love of the 80s (and therefore the decade’s influence on her work) a secret. With the sonic landscape of [Read More…]
Lorde’s Video for “Fallen Fruit”: A Missed Opportunity in Significantly Evoking What the Song is All About
Does staring “thoughtfully” into the camera really “mean something” anymore? Lorde seems to think so. That it’s all that’s required to get across the message [Read More…]