Category: Music Videos
Bomba Estéreo Joins Sofi Tukker to Add to Your Summer Soundtrack on “Playa Grande”
Like a Colombian Durga levitating in the sky, Bomba Estéreo’s Li Saumet lulls us into immediate submission at the outset of the video for Sofi [Read More…]
Katy Perry Further Dilutes the Mad Men/Del Rey Version of the Cult With “Never Really Over” Video
When Mad Men ended in 2015, it was a surprisingly satisfying and well-received conclusion to the emotional roller coaster of rooting for Don Draper (Jon [Read More…]
To Walk Like Richard Ashcroft Is Both to Come of Age and Remain Puerile
The song that was, is and will forever remain the unapologetic anthem of what it is to be a human in “civilized society” (no matter [Read More…]
Madonna and the Holograms: A Commentary on the Dilemma of Performance in the 21st Century
Of all the places to dabble with the concept of “augmented” reality (as though it’s not already augmented enough), Madonna–and her holograms–likely knew that Las [Read More…]
Do You Respect Mass Communication So Much You Want to Fuck It?: Rammstein Does With “Radio”
If there’s anyone who knows something about growing up in the East/West divide of Berlin in the Cold War days it is Till Lindemann of [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Frenchifies “Cute But Psycho But Cute” For “ME!” and It’s Not Mignon
Like “former” nemesis before her, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift’s latest “effort” brings to mind the image of Perry in the pastel-saturated, filled with “irony” video [Read More…]
Quaalude Anyone? 70s Glam Punctuates Mark Ronson & Lykke Li’s “Late Night Feelings” Video
JP Chartrand, who most notably directed the video for Katy Perry’s 2017 summer anthem, “Bon Appétit,” combines his hyper-surreal style with the perfect decade to [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Medellín” Video Is Her Most High Art Visual Rendering Since the Bedtime Stories Years
Although, unquestionably, all of Madonna’s music videos (except perhaps “Everybody”) have consistently exhibited a predilection toward her painterly influences in life (Tamara de Lempicka, Remedios [Read More…]
Offset Has No Issue With Cardi B Trying to Get Some “Clout” Through Sexual Means
As though wanting to put to bed (no pun intended) any rumors of further strife between them after his infidelity bender, Offset’s aim with the [Read More…]
Reignite Your Secret Desire to Become a Dog Groomer With Anna of the North’s “Used to Be” Video
For anyone who follows Jess Rona on Instagram, it should be no secret by now that, thanks primarily to dogs of celebrities in L.A., the [Read More…]
