SZA & Clyde: The “Shirt” Video Offers a Variation on Bonnie and Clyde and Pulp Fiction With Far More Betrayal Involved

Every time SZA comes out of the woodwork, it always seems to be worth the wait (case in point: “I Hate U”). And her latest [Read More…]

Don’t Hate Taylor Because She’s Thin And Still Feels Fat: “Anti-Hero” and Its Cacomorphobia Interpretation

For some reason, it was only about two or so seconds of the “Anti-Hero” video that stood out to many viewers. Particularly, let’s say, more [Read More…]

Adele and the Wine Factory: “I Drink Wine” Video Refreshes the Public’s Memory of There Being a Bigger Wine Enthusiast in the Music Business Than Taylor Swift

Every time you think Adele might have disappeared yet again for good (Greta Garbo-style), she’s known to randomly reemerge and remind fans that she’s not [Read More…]

The Video for Joel Corry’s Remix of “Hold Me Closer” Pointedly Only Includes Nods to Brit’s Pre-Conservatorship Looks

As Britney Spears continues to show us that she has something of a fetish for repetition (as evidenced by her constantly twirling around to the [Read More…]

And By the Way, Taylorella Is Going Out Tonight: “Bejeweled” Riffs On Cinderella With Cameos Galore

As Taylor Swift continues her Midnights blitzkrieg, a steady release of music videos for the album is par for the promotional course. And after only [Read More…]

Honey, I Blew Up the Taylor in Wonderland: “Anti-Hero” Video Shows Swift Being Too Big For This World

After directing the aggressively white and heteronormative “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift made it clear that she had plenty of other future directorial [Read More…]

“Beautiful” 2.0 and What’s Changed Since Xtina’s Original “Beautiful” Video

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Stripped—the album that Christina Aguilera carved out for herself to assure the masses she wasn’t just another “cookie-cutter” pop [Read More…]

“Sunset” Video: Caroline Polachek Lives Her Best Life in Barcelona While Channeling Beth Orton and “La Isla Bonita”

When one is as well-traveled as Caroline Polachek, it’s probably hard to be “impressed” by much of any milieu. After all, this is the girl [Read More…]