Category: Music Videos
MARINA Still Believes In A “Handmade Heaven” If We “Purge The Poison”
The year before the New World Order that would commence whether anyone wanted it or not, MARINA released an album called Love + Fear, separated [Read More…]
Gwen Stefani’s “Slow Clap” Video Featuring Saweetie Provides The Internet A Slow Burn Opportunity
Although no one should really be all that surprised at this point by Gwen Stefani’s ability to not quite grasp the difference between cultural appropriation [Read More…]
It Takes Two (Doja Cat and SZA) to Try to Fill the “Oops!…I Did It Again” Void
In another case of people perhaps assuming that once enough time passes in the pop culture realm, it opens up a free-for-all opportunity to copy [Read More…]
Were You That Special, Or Just Another Type To Fit The Mold?: Olivia Rodrigo’s “deja vu”
Sticking to a theme that launched her into a Taylor Swift-like echelon in terms of exuding a Crowned Singer-Songwriter of Pop vibe, Olivia Rodrigo has [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” Video Setting A Precedent for Something Like “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
In one of the many Instagram “vignettes” posted in late Summer 2020 of Madonna’s screenwriting workshops with Diablo Cody, there is a moment where she [Read More…]
There’s A Place For Armie Hammer in Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” Video
While some (read: conservatives) have been most “shocked” of all by the visual of Lil Nas X giving Satan a lap dance in the video [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “Shades of Cool” As Police Officer Lullaby
While Lana Del Rey may have moved on from a darker side of her “Americana-loving” phase—that is to say, dating a cop—that aspect of herself [Read More…]
Youth Desert: Yearning For Carefree Simplicity in the “White Dress” Video
Since to set the story of the music video for “White Dress” inside of a diner (think Twin Peaks’ Double R) as Lizzy Grant dreamily [Read More…]
Doja Cat Re-Creates Mannequin, Channels Spider-Woman in “Streets”
As Doja Cat cautiously continues to reemerge after her “cancellation” last year (the one that occurred when an old song of hers called “Dindu Nuffin”–the [Read More…]
St. Vincent’s “Pay Your Way in Pain”: A City Still Retreating Into the 70s For Comfort Doesn’t Say Much About Its Present
As St. Vincent pulls out her latest “theme” for what will be her sixth album, Daddy’s Home, we’re bombarded once more with an “awful” truth. [Read More…]