Category: Music
Let Your Mind Go and Your Body Will Follow: Tove Lo’s Estrus
In many regards, Tove Lo’s sixth album, Estrus, feels like a continuation of the overarching themes she explored on 2022’s Dirt Femme. Now, four years [Read More…]
Troye Sivan Makes the Middle Ages Seem Like Gay Heaven (Complete with a Madonna Sample) for the “Party” Video
Once again proving that he’s studied under the School of Brat (as also evidenced by “She’s the Best”), Troye Sivan’s second single from She’s the [Read More…]
“Princess of Power” and “The Fate of Ophelia”: Songs That Employ Two Very Different Images of a Woman Being in a Tower
Seeing as how MARINA has never gotten the kind of due that, for whatever reason, Taylor Swift gets all the time (no matter how many [Read More…]
Tinashe Savages a Middling “Companion” with “I’d Rather Be Alone”
Released as a “double single” with “Pillow Fight,” “I’d Rather Be Alone” (not to be confused with Greta Garbo’s sentiment behind, “I want to be [Read More…]
“Slumber Party” Redux: Tinashe’s “Pillow Fight”
Just as Britney Spears made an innuendo-laden song about a sleepover (which she then chose Tinashe be featured on), so, too, does Tinashe now have [Read More…]
Kay Lives Through the Torture in Shygirl’s “Lucky (Hymn)” Video, a “Part II” to “Alyse”
For those who have been waiting with bated breath to figure out where the two goons from Shygirl’s “Alyse” video took “Kay” (Samson Hughes) in [Read More…]
Slayyyter Goes for Early 2010s Lana and Gaga for “Crank 2” Video
Despite Barack Obama still being president at the start of the 2010s, there were early signs in certain musicians’ work that the decay of America [Read More…]
Not a Drop of Ignorance to Be Found on Ellie Goulding’s I Know Too Much
Although the last time Ellie Goulding released an album (Higher Than Heaven) was only three years ago, in many regards, it’s as if ages have [Read More…]
Adéla Becomes the Ultimate Fangirl with “Nicole Kidman”
The tradition of pop and rap musicians naming their songs after notable icons is hardly new. There was Robbie Williams with 2006’s “She’s Madonna,” Nicki [Read More…]
The “A” List: Ariana and Addison Shine Through the Most on Adéla’s Debut, Prima
Although Adéla is proudly Slovakian, she opted for an Italian word to characterize her debut album: Prima. A word associated with “first” (as in, this [Read More…]