Category: Music Videos
Mariah Carey’s “Make My Wish Come True Edition” of “All I Want For Christmas” Is Equal Parts Instagram Experience and Busby Berkeley Ripoff
As Mariah Carey continues to cash in on being the “Queen of Christmas” overseeing a Christmas empire to the tune of, as of now, sixty-plus [Read More…]
Papa Don’t Die: Danny Aiello Will Forever Be One-Half of the Electra Complex Manifestation in the 1986 James Foley-Directed Madonna Video
As people reflect on Danny Aiello’s film legacy, citing his infamous improv’d line in The Godfather II (“Michael Corleone says hello!”), as well as his [Read More…]
Kesha Goes the “Bed Peace” Route in “Resentment” Video (Featuring Brian Wilson & Sturgill Simpson & Wrabel, Just Not in the Video)
After the release of faster-paced singles, “Raising Hell” and “My Own Dance,” Kesha has offered the requisite slow jam in her arsenal from the forthcoming [Read More…]
Billie Eilish Does White Girl Martyrdom Well As Cigarettes Are Stubbed Out on Her Face in Video for “Xanny”
Even though, like everything else, an Italian already did it better with regard to the whole cigarette being stubbed out on one’s skin concept (see: [Read More…]
The Words of Katy Perry’s “Cozy Little Christmas” Are At War With Its Visuals, Or: At Least “Santa Baby” Had the Gumption to Be Straightforward About Material Lust & Sexualizing Santa
Like Kacey Musgraves trying to prompt viewers to turn to her back catalogue of Christmas songs under the guise of a faux campy Xmas special, [Read More…]
Kesha Won’t Be A Marionette (Or a Clone) in “My Own Dance”
As Kesha continues to roll out the singles leading up to the release of High Road in January, she wants us to know that while [Read More…]
Allie X Has the Unfortunate Displeasure of Walking Among “Regulars” in Latest Video
Ambling in a stupor with a laundry basket in hand in what looks like a peak example of strip mall-laden California and all the bleakness [Read More…]
Radioactive Flowers & A Sleazecore Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum: “Everything I Wanted” Video
To accompany Billie Eilish’s latest single/ode to brotherly love, her video for “Everything I Wanted” is decidedly staid by past Eilish standards. That is to [Read More…]
Mel C Takes Cues From Cher, Madonna in “High Heels” Video
As though embracing the full weight of what it means to be a Spice Girl in 2019–that is to say, capitalizing on its present LGBTQ [Read More…]
“Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)” vs. “Look At Her Now” Videos: A Spotlight on Why Pop Was More Meaningful in Decades Past
In 2000, Paul Hunter (often known for working with Aaliyah, creating the masterpiece that was the “Honey” video and then carving out a distinct aesthetic [Read More…]
