Category: Music Videos
Ashley O’s Music Video Looks Like a Target Commercial Before Showing Cracks in the Veneer
For those who couldn’t help but tap their foot to the pre-manufactured rhythm of fictional pop star Ashley O on the third episode of the [Read More…]
Joan of Arc Remains a Fitting Metaphor for How Society Treats Its “Differents” in “Dark Ballet”
Though it may seem to those who despise the notion that it is not the meek but the weirdos who shall inherit the Earth that [Read More…]
Diplo and Charli XCX Rip Off Spice Girls, Lisa Frank for “Spicy”
As the summer single competition heats up (“Playa Grande,” “Glad He’s Gone,” the entire Miley EP and, as Katy Perry would like to believe, “Never [Read More…]
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…]
