Category: Music Videos
Look Out, Pigeon Lady From Home Alone 2: Lorde Brings Down the “Hammer” in a Video That Comes Across as a Coming-of-Age Movie (But Like, An A24 One)
Lorde’s slow-burn reveals of what the music from Virgin, her upcoming fourth album, will sound like have been as measured and carefully considered as the music [Read More…]
Summer Girls in Heat: HAIM’s “All Over Me,” a Theme Song for SATC’s “Secret Sex” Episode, Acts as a “Relationships” Video Redux
To kick off their I Quit album cycle, HAIM wisely chose “Relationships” as the thesis/lead single for the record. Not only because it speaks to the overarching [Read More…]
Kesha Selflessly Sacrifices Her Straight Girl Anthem, “Boy Crazy,” By Making It An All-Out Gay Boy One for the Video
It would be easy (for some) to misread Kesha’s “Boy Crazy” video in the same way that people have misread Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend album cover. Which [Read More…]
RAYE and Mark Ronson’s “Suzanne”: A “Valerie” for the 2020s (Which Means It’s Decidedly Less Gritty and Much More Corporate)
For many, it’s been a long time coming that RAYE should collaborate with Mark Ronson. After all, the parallel between her voice and Amy Winehouse’s [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s “Type Dangerous”: A Dichotomy of Desires With a “Retro”-Inspired Video
Because Mariah Carey seems to remain consistent in terms of her presence in the public eye, it’s easy for some to forget that, despite her [Read More…]
Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching”: The Philosophy Behind Bread and Circuses
To help create even more anticipation for F1 (the soundtrack more than the movie), Tate McRae has become the latest musician to offer up a single from [Read More…]
A Violinist, A Cellist and A Flautist Walk Onto a Ferry…In Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” Video
There are often many things about music videos that don’t “jive” with the real world. And why should they? Because isn’t a “music video universe” [Read More…]
Mike Mills, Saoirse Ronan and Talking Heads Join Forces to Remind It’s the “Groundhog Day Effect” That Makes You Feel Like a “Psycho Killer”
Almost forty-eight years ago, in December of 1977, the Talking Heads released “Psycho Killer,” their first charting hit (and yes, coming in at number ninety-two [Read More…]
Addison Rae Goes With the Flow in “Times Like These” Video
As the single that Addison Rae pointedly chose to release on the same day as her debut album, Addison, “Times Like These” is loaded with intention. [Read More…]
With Lana Del Rey’s Utterance of the Phrase, “Goddamn, Manchild,” An Entirely New Song Was Born in Sabrina Carpenter’s Mind
The word “manchild” has been used for years by women dealing with man-babies, mama’s boys and all manner of other unsatisfying men suffering from, at [Read More…]
