Category: Music Videos
The Madonna/Janet Argument Is One of False Equivalence, But Since We Must Once Again Compare…
If one were going to make the claim of who the Queen of Pop was, the obvious answer is Madonna. It’s not a subjectivity or [Read More…]
Kim Petras Claims “Future Starts Now” While Relying on Stale Visuals of the Past to Elucidate Everyone’s Parisian Fantasy
Although the video itself has yet to arrive, Kim Petras has provided us with a “visualizer” (the latest trend that seems somehow superfluous when people [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo’s “brutal” Video Reminds That Capitalism Creates the Conditions in Which Nothing Can Ever Be New
Early on in her still germinal career, Olivia Rodrigo was accused of copying, well, quite a few people. The pastiche overload this “Gen Z representative” [Read More…]
Lorde Didn’t Get the Memo: Britney Already Has A Song Called “Mood Ring” (And It’s Better)
Apparently there’s a new trend afoot where post-00s “icons” steal titles from bona fide 00s icons. For, on the heels of Lizzo and Cardi B [Read More…]
TBH, Lindsay Lohan’s “Rumors” Is Better & So Is Watching Hercules: On Lizzo and Cardi B’s Collaboration
The hype surrounding a collaboration between Lizzo and Cardi B has been building since the initial social media tease earlier this month. And, like the [Read More…]
(As)Phyx(iate) You: Dennis Hopper Wants His Blue Velvet Act Back in The Weeknd’s “Take My Breath”
Not wanting to full-on steal the title from Berlin’s signature 80s classic, The Weeknd’s latest single is called “Take My Breath” instead of “Take My [Read More…]
Bridgerton Shit: Pop Smoke and Dua Lipa’s “Demeanor” Video
Primping in the mirror, as a courtier (or Britney Spears in the “Circus” video) does, Dua Lipa establishes the intended—if not necessarily achieved—illicit tone of [Read More…]
Who’s Peur des Filles?
“Not so long ago in a manaxy not so far away,” begins the “Peur des Filles” video from L’Impératrice that serves as a “short film” [Read More…]
Rain on Me: Billie Eilish Borrows from LDR, Beyoncé Aesthetics in “Happier Than Ever” Video
Wanting to achieve that “vintage” effect that Lana Del Rey has had the monopoly on since 2012, Billie Eilish’s latest song (at least the first [Read More…]
“EveryTime I Cry” is Ava Max’s “Rain on Me”
Because sad dance anthems have been the way of summer ever since Reich & Bleich remixed Lana Del Rey in 2012, Ava Max continues the [Read More…]