Randy Newman Himself Anoints Taylor Swift Into the Toy Story Universe at Toy Story 5 Premiere
As far as one person and one person only being associated with a soundtrack, there are few other musicians apart from Randy Newman who are [Read More…]
Ellie Goulding Works Toward Purging Negative Self-Talk with “Black Prada Dress”
To say that Ellie Goulding has been a bit difficult to “pin down” of late would be an understatement. For, as far as album singles [Read More…]
Confessions II: The Film—Along With Offering Many Callbacks to Her Previous Music Videos, It’s A Kind of “Bitch I’m Madonna” Affair
Madonna’s commitment to the art of the music video has never been in question. Especially since she was at the forefront of establishing the importance [Read More…]
A Real Shit-Kickin’ Affair: Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You”
In November of 1995, when Toy Story made its mark on the world, Taylor Swift was a month shy of her sixth birthday. A formative [Read More…]
Madonna Returns to the Scene of Her Early Lore for Grindr Presents Madonna Live in Times Square
Since the Grindr-Madonna partnership can’t stop, won’t stop, her Grindr-backed free concert in Times Square on June 4th felt like a natural progression from Grindr [Read More…]
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…]
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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…]
