Tag: Lana Del Rey
“yes, and?” Joins the Ranks of Other “Clapback at the Critics” Songs
It is an increasingly “grand tradition” in the genre of songwriting. Not to mention a rite of passage for any major pop star who stirs [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo and the Myth of “Kennedy Class,” Or: The Kennedy Fallacy
In keeping with the tradition of elevating the Kennedys to the height of glamor in American politics (which should be telling of how “glamorous” American [Read More…]
Beyoncé’s Recent White-ification Now Makes Plenty of Sense in the Wake of Her Country Album Announcement
At the end of a Verizon commercial during the Super Bowl on February 11th, Beyoncé announced that the world was ready for her new music [Read More…]
Get Caught in Caroline Polachek and Weyes Blood’s Ethereal “Butterfly Net”
Continuing the dreamy motifs presented on Desire, I Want to Turn Into You, Caroline Polachek has given listeners another taste of one of the bonus [Read More…]
The Introvert’s Conundrum When Pitted Against the Extrovert’s Will
Taylor Swift did a couple things in the span of one award acceptance on Grammy night that elicited polarized reactions. And, considering that Swift, in [Read More…]
Margaret Qualley Serves Taylor Swift in “Delicate” for Bleachers’ “Tiny Moves” (Which Is Meta Because Taylor Swift Serves Margaret Qualley for “Delicate”)
Continuing to act as Jack Antonoff’s muse in multiple ways, Margaret Qualley makes a far more pronounced appearance in the latest Bleachers video than she [Read More…]
Bleachers’ “Alma Mater” Video Is Not As Lynchian As It Wants To Be
As the incestuously intertwined relationship between Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and the former’s new wife, Margaret Qualley, intensifies, perhaps it’s to be expected that [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Fully Embraces Her Cosplaying Hickdom By Releasing a Cover of “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
It’s only appropriate that Lana Del Rey should opt to make her latest cover song (of which there are already many, including that live performance [Read More…]
A Lana Del Rey Song Posing As a Bleachers One, Or: The Antonoff-Del Rey Partnership Persists on “Alma Mater”
For those hoping that being a “superstar” producer had left Jack Antonoff no time to remember his own musical “project,” Bleachers, the media regrets to [Read More…]
The Meaning of Lana Del Rey Snubbing the Priscilla Soundtrack
Practically since the “dawn of Lana Del Rey,” a.k.a. the Tumblr era, there’s been that image circulating around that features her head Photoshopped (this was [Read More…]