Category: Music Videos
RAYE and Mark Ronson’s “Suzanne”: A “Valerie” for the 2020s (Which Means It’s Decidedly Less Gritty and Much More Corporate)
For many, it’s been a long time coming that RAYE should collaborate with Mark Ronson. After all, the parallel between her voice and Amy Winehouse’s [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s “Type Dangerous”: A Dichotomy of Desires With a “Retro”-Inspired Video
Because Mariah Carey seems to remain consistent in terms of her presence in the public eye, it’s easy for some to forget that, despite her [Read More…]
Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching”: The Philosophy Behind Bread and Circuses
To help create even more anticipation for F1 (the soundtrack more than the movie), Tate McRae has become the latest musician to offer up a single from [Read More…]
A Violinist, A Cellist and A Flautist Walk Onto a Ferry…In Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” Video
There are often many things about music videos that don’t “jive” with the real world. And why should they? Because isn’t a “music video universe” [Read More…]
Mike Mills, Saoirse Ronan and Talking Heads Join Forces to Remind It’s the “Groundhog Day Effect” That Makes You Feel Like a “Psycho Killer”
Almost forty-eight years ago, in December of 1977, the Talking Heads released “Psycho Killer,” their first charting hit (and yes, coming in at number ninety-two [Read More…]
Addison Rae Goes With the Flow in “Times Like These” Video
As the single that Addison Rae pointedly chose to release on the same day as her debut album, Addison, “Times Like These” is loaded with intention. [Read More…]
With Lana Del Rey’s Utterance of the Phrase, “Goddamn, Manchild,” An Entirely New Song Was Born in Sabrina Carpenter’s Mind
The word “manchild” has been used for years by women dealing with man-babies, mama’s boys and all manner of other unsatisfying men suffering from, at [Read More…]
MARINA’s “I <3 You” Delineates The Ways in Which Love is Performed/Commodified
As the fourth single from MARINA’s Princess of Power, “I <3 You” stands apart not just for being the only song with an “internet slang” symbol [Read More…]
The Hard Truth: Ellie Goulding Already Did Miley Cyrus’ “Easy Lover”
Despite Miley Cyrus’ latest album, Something Beautiful, being among her best work to date, the decision to write and record a song called “Easy Lover” after [Read More…]
“Taste,” Or: Sophie Ellis-Bextor Offers a Taurus Anthem to Rival Sabrina Carpenter’s (An Actual Taurus) Song of the Same Name
Although herself an Aries (and also married to one), Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s latest single from the cleverly-titled Perimenopop, “Taste,” is nothing short of an anthem for Tauruses. [Read More…]
