Category: Music
A “Personal Pan” From Dependable Del Rey: The Blue Banisters Album (More Jewel Than Joni)
From the moment “Text Book” commences the Blue Banisters album, Lana Del Rey is ready to get deeply confessional (and, naturally, what would the kickoff [Read More…]
“1979” Lite: Olivia Rodrigo’s “Traitor” Video Proffers More Pop Culture Recycling
It would be easy to say that “teenhood” never changes, therefore the experience might look similar throughout the decades. And yet, there’s no denying that [Read More…]
An Insulated Society for the Matriarchal: Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Banisters” Video
Perhaps what stands out most about Lana Del Rey’s latest visual foray is the fact that there is nary a man present. Considering what Del [Read More…]
Madonna Reinvigorates “Bitch I’m Loca” with a Remix in Support of Her Musicians on Musicians Cover with Maluma
“Bitch, I’m—uhhh!” It sounds a lot like a throwback to the moments in “Erotica” when Madonna sings in ecstasy, “I’ll teach you how to—uh uh [Read More…]
Adele and Xavier Dolan Make It 2015 Again with “Easy on Me”
For a lot of people, it’s not difficult to see that 2015 was probably the last “viable” year. A time of final remaining “innocence” (even [Read More…]
Make Money First, “Do Art” Later: Madonna’s Madame X Theatre Tour Gets the Concert Video Treatment
The more time has gone on, the more Madonna can rely on self-referential material. Not only to reinvigorate it and apply it to the present, [Read More…]
Britney Taking Up the Ashley O Mantle with Nine Inch Nails
It’s been pointed out a number of times at this juncture that Britney Spears’ conservatorship nightmare eerily mimics some of the key plot points of [Read More…]
The Continued Alignment of Diana and Britney: Controlling Britney Spears and the Trailer for Spencer
While one might merely chalk it up to coincidence that the full-length trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer should be released right around the same day [Read More…]
Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Show Brings Many Things (But Mainly Busta Rhymes’ Music) to the Forefront
While there are many standout moments from Rihanna’s third volume of the Savage x Fenty show, the newly-minted billionaire made one especially standout artistic choice. [Read More…]
Brokeback Mountain Redux: Lil Nas X’s “That’s What I Want”
At the end of the video for “That’s What I Want,” it reads, “Story by Lil Nas X.” But the more accurate crediting would be [Read More…]