Category: Music Videos
A Lust (and Big Butt) Flare-Up Plagues Zara Larsson in the “Crush” Video
Following the success of Zara Larsson’s eponymous second single (with its 00s/Madonna in the “Love Profusion” video aesthetics) from Midnight Sun, she’s continuing to drum up interest [Read More…]
Cardi B Trolls the “Imaginary Playerz” in Her Latest Pro-Opulence Single Sampling Jay-Z
Following the release of what Cardi B had hoped would be a “summer anthem,” “Outside” (an overt diss at her ex-husband, Offset), she’s trying her [Read More…]
Doja Cat Is An 80s Music Video Girl in “Jealous Type”
Like Charli XCX with her 2022 video for “Baby,” Doja Cat has been very inspired by the visual cachet of 1980s aesthetics for her new era. [Read More…]
With “Everybody Scream,” It’s Clear that Florence + the Machine Isn’t Done With the World of Dance Fever
It’s been three years since Florence + the Machine released arguably their best album to date, Dance Fever. In that time, Florence Welch embarked on the Dance [Read More…]
PinkPantheress’ Gambit: The “Romeo” Video
The success of PinkPantheress’ nine-track mixtape, Fancy That, continues with yet another video from one of the songs on the album, “Romeo.” A mid-tempo ditty that [Read More…]
Miley, Kesha, Lorde, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX and the 00s: Ava Max’s “Lovin Myself”
With Don’t Click Play, Ava Max’s upcoming third album following 2023’s Diamonds & Dancefloors, she’s offered up a wide array of “sound palettes”—or “sonic landscapes,” if you [Read More…]
With “Snow White,” Laufey Offers a Kind of “Pressures of Beauty Standards” Foil to Xtina’s “Beautiful”
Although the 2000s, especially to Gen Z (and now, Gen Alpha), seem like ages ago (or, as Lorde puts it on Solar Power’s “Mood Ring,” “Don’t [Read More…]
Your Hair Is Everywhere, Screaming “New York Fucked Me Up,” Or: Chappell Roan, Too, Is Haunted By New York in “The Subway”
While there are many people who wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to interpret “The Subway” as yet another “love letter” to New York—especially those who [Read More…]
Lover Girls Just Wanna Muck About in Tokyo and Dance on Rooftops in a Whimsical Reverie
Since “Tough Luck,” Laufey’s second single from the forthcoming A Matter of Time, evidently missed the boat on getting a music video, the neo-jazz chanteuse didn’t [Read More…]
On a Jaunty Love Song Called “How Do I Deal” by Jennifer Love Hewitt Being Used to Promote I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
There are many anomalies and oddities in the annals of pop music history (e.g., Milli Vanilli, Willa Ford and William Hung). But among one of [Read More…]
