Category: Music Videos
“Delete Forever” Is An Opioid Lullaby, Wanting Only to Put the Crisis to Bed
Possessing a neo-folk aura, Grime’s fifth single (“We Appreciate Power” doesn’t count) from Miss_Anthropocene (leaving just five more left to hear on the record), “Delete [Read More…]
Unclear Why Britney Spears’ “Lucky” Isn’t the Official Opening Song to the Oscars
It’s been two decades since Britney Spears brought us the second single from Oops!… I Did It Again. That masterpiece being, of course, “Lucky,” a [Read More…]
La Roux Slightly De-Stigmatizes Golf As A White Man’s Game on “Automatic Driver”
As promotion ramps up for La Roux’s forthcoming third record, Supervision, so, too, has her release of singles (though she ought to be more parsimonious [Read More…]
For Once, A “Charity Song” That Doesn’t Blow: Jenny Lewis’ “Under the Supermoon”
Despite a busy schedule of still promoting last year’s On the Line (which made Culled Culture’s cut for one of the best albums of 2019), [Read More…]
LDR Does Some Live Action/Animation Blending for a Mary Poppins Effect in Norman Fucking Rockwell Video Trilogy
One of the many bottom lines of Lana Del Rey’s latest video (one-upping the double video concept of “Fuck It I Love You” and “The [Read More…]
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…]
