Category: Music Videos
When You Go From “Good Time Boy” to “Creepy Older Guy in Club”: Ed Sheeran’s Graduation From “Shape of You” to “Bad Habits”
In the summer of 2017, “Shape of You” was as inescapable as coronavirus in 2020 (and, to be honest, even as inescapable as it is [Read More…]
Ed Sheeran Wants to Make Us Feel Pre-Pandemic Vibes With “Bad Habits”
After waiting an entire five years since “Shape of You” was the song of the summer in 2017 (alongside “Despacito”)—a single many are still trying [Read More…]
(Wet Ass) Pussy (Allusions) Galore: Doja Cat’s “You Right” Video
Although Doja Cat has been doing her best to show us snapshots of a planet called Her (apparently the backlot of Chromatica is on loan), [Read More…]
BANKS Declares “I’m the Devil” and We Should All Be Okay With That
While we heard from many musicians throughout the “lockdown” (as Americans like to call it despite running wild like unleashed animals for much of 2020), [Read More…]
That Ho Over There Takes on That Hypocrite Over There: Megan Thee Stallion’s “Thot Shit”
Like women taking back the word “bitch” (“slut,” “whore,” “slore”—the gamut), Megan Thee Stallion has decided it’s time to take back the erstwhile derogatory term [Read More…]
Aliens Surely Can’t Be As Prosaic As Humans—But Doja Cat’s “Need To Know” Video Is Just the “Human Experience,” Alien-ified
Because “alien legitimacy” apparently wouldn’t be complete without Grimes, Doja Cat has continued her outer space motif from the “Kiss Me More” video (more than [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Secret” and Billie Eilish’s “Lost Cause”
In 1994, Madonna had already long ago released her sophomore album. Ten years prior to be exact, with 1984’s Like A Virgin. While the sound [Read More…]
Hollywood Infected Your Brain: MARINA Blows Up the System as Usual in “Venus Fly Trap”
MARINA has long been on that very short list of pop stars in the room who “shouldn’t be here.” At least from the perspective of [Read More…]
Magical Realism Cowboy: Dua Lipa’s “Love Again”
As Dua Lipa continues to keep the singles coming from her sophomore juggernaut, Future Nostalgia, she managed to find time in between prepping for her [Read More…]
Billie Eilish’s Blondeness Lands Her Some Friends As She Does Her “34+35 Remix” Video Shit
Taking a page from Ariana Grande’s Positions catalogue (complete with the game of Twister Ari was a fool not to wield in her visuals), Billie [Read More…]
