Hippie-Dippy Woman + “Bring Your Love” Redux: Madonna’s “Love Sensation” Sounds Familiar in More Ways Than One
If Britney Spears’ most used word in her songs is “baby,” it can be said that Madonna’s is probably “love.” This word itself being the [Read More…]
Truth or Dare Slightly Reanimates with Grindr Presents Confessions with…Madonna
Although Madonna had already established herself as a gay icon and ally before the release of 1991’s Truth or Dare (which was shot and directed [Read More…]
“Hate That I Made You Love Me” as Nikki Freeman From Obsession’s Theme Song
From the dawn of literature as we know it (which is arguably what people consider to be Epic of Gilgamesh), obsession has been a driving [Read More…]
A Karmic Haunting: Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” Video
Having worked with Ariana Grande on some of her biggest videos of the past few years—including “yes, and?,” “we can’t be friends (wait for your [Read More…]
Why Marilyn Matters More Than Ever
On what would have marked Norma Jeane Baker a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe’s one hundredth birthday, it seems as if the simultaneously maligned (particularly when she was [Read More…]
As Bebe Rexha Tells It, “Sad Girls” Don’t Cry—They Remain the Last Ones on the Dance Floor
With a musical intro that immediately recalls the electronic organ sound of Haddaway’s 1993 hit, “What Is Love,” Bebe Rexha and David Guetta’s “Sad Girls” [Read More…]
With “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” Ariana Grande Offers a Song That Could Have Been Written From Taylor Swift’s Perspective
After rightfully prolonging the Eternal Sunshine era (complete with releasing the deluxe edition a year after the original version of the album), and then (/in [Read More…]
JADE Gives Lily Allen an Assist on Shaming David Harbour with “Beg For Me (JADE Remix)”
For most of 2025, Lily Allen found every opportunity to say that the only artist she was really listening to/excited by was JADE. Which meant, [Read More…]
Lola Leon Steps Out from Behind “Lolahol” for Her New Single, “T Shirt”
Perhaps realizing that she wasn’t tapping into the full potential of her nepo baby powers with an “off-the-beaten-path” stage name like Lolahol, Lourdes Leon has [Read More…]
In Hokum, The Only Thing Creepier Than Ireland Is Confronting One’s Past
Although Damian McCarthy’s third film, Hokum, doesn’t start out in Ireland (nor does the first hair-raising scene begin there), it isn’t until his complex protagonist, [Read More…]
