Category: Music Videos
MARINA Delivers Whimsical Warning to Cunts As A Pierrot in “Karma”
As Marina continues to promote the Love + Fear album via another leg of the tour and an EP featuring five of the sixteen songs [Read More…]
Tove Lo Gets Semi-Better Results From Sticking Her Head in the Oven Than Sylvia Plath in “Sweettalk My Heart” Video
Expounding on one of the larger themes of Sunshine Kitty–making a human connection at the cost of being perhaps overly visceral–Tove Lo’s latest single, “Sweettalk [Read More…]
“2099” Video Looks More Like 1997 as Jet Skis Seem to Make Some Unwitting Statement About Present Behavior’s Effects on the Future
As Charli XCX keeps the singles coming from Charli (in particular with Troye Sivan), her sequel, after a fashion, to “1999”–called “2099”–isn’t exactly the most [Read More…]
Tied Together Sonically By Ariana Grande, “Don’t Call Me Angel” Builds Somewhat More Hostilely on the Themes Destiny’s Child Established With “Independent Women Pt. 1”
Another decade, another remake. Charlie’s Angels was doomed to be next, of course, and even famously lampooned film remakes via LL Cool J on a [Read More…]
“All the Good Girls Go to Hell” a.k.a. California
In what seems to be a trend solidified by Lana Del Rey featuring the fires of L.A. in the backdrop of her Norman Fucking Rockwell [Read More…]
“Violence” Is Beautiful(lly Choreographed) in Grimes’ Latest Video
Now giving the Pet Shop Boys a run for their money with regard to songs titled “Violence,” Grimes returns after months with no new music [Read More…]
Drowning in a Pool of Washed Up Memories: Miley Cyrus’ “Slide Away” Video
In the annals of Miley Cyrus videos, there is no shortage of party scenes. Yet with her latest one for the Liam Hemsworth-alluding (once again) [Read More…]
Pasticcio Overload: Lana Del Rey Takes Cues From Madonna, Mariah, Woody Allen, Lit, Grease and Godzilla in “Doin’ Time” Video
As the queen of modern pastiche and how to wield it for the benefit of creating her own aesthetic, Lana Del Rey’s latest video, itself [Read More…]
“Throw It Back” Video & Subsequent VMAs Performance Show and Tell Why Missy Elliott Is Still Inimitable
There was a moment when the world of post-00s hip hop felt particularly dark in its decided voidness. It happened around 2005, when Missy Elliott [Read More…]
FKA Twigs Is Probably More Feminist Than Simone De Beauvoir For Debunking the Tragedian Myth of the Stripper
The notion of the stripper as slut (ergo “fallen woman”) has long been the well-established male narrative regarding the (often, believe it or not, underpaid) [Read More…]
