Charli XCX’s “Forever” Video Is A Fractured, Disjointed Look at the Contrast Between How We Live Now & How We Did Then

As Charli XCX continues her democratic music-making process for an album called How I’m Feeling Now (to be released in mid-May), the British-turned-Angeleno chanteuse has [Read More…]

Selena Gomez’s “Boyfriend” Echoes the Sentiment, “If This Is The End, I Want A Boyfriend”

Trying to find ways to repurpose “old” material instead of working on something new during this period of quarantine, Selena Gomez has released a video [Read More…]

Was Fiona Apple Just Attempting to Self-Quarantine the Whole Time in “Criminal”?

In 1997, self-quarantining was essentially the norm for the suburban teenager. A role Fiona Apple plays to angst-ridden perfection (because, yes, people in their twenties [Read More…]

Dua Lipa Continues to Reiterate the Benefits of Staying at Home With “Break My Heart”

Although the non-sonorously named Dua Lipa couldn’t have known in 2019 that “Don’t Start Now,” the first single from her sophomore record, Future Nostalgia, would [Read More…]

Taylor Swift: A Drag King That, Unlike Drag Queens, Doesn’t Exaggerate the Behavior or Aesthetic of a Gender

Move over Charlotte York, there’s a new drag king in town. Of course, with Taylor Swift being a predictable “statement maker” (something quite apparent in [Read More…]