Category: Music
Sabrina Carpenter Bares No “Skin,” Just Teeth, With Latest Song
On the heels of Olivia Rodrigo’s California-centric unrequited love anthem, “drivers license,” it seems more than a little suspect that Sabrina Carpenter (the presumed blonde [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license”: A Love Song As Californian As They Come
Born in one of those “every town” sort of places in the Golden State–Temecula–it’s no surprise that Olivia Rodrigo should be an authority on how [Read More…]
Kesha Does “Die Another Day” Meets GLOW for “Stronger”
“The whole world is inside you. To find peace, you must first be at peace with yourself.” This is the missive featured at the end [Read More…]
Somewhere Between the 80s and Now: Selena Gomez’s “Baila Conmigo” Makes Us Yearn for Simpler (Summer) Times
On a roll with the Spanish singles from her forthcoming EP, Revelación, Selena Gomez has followed up “De Una Vez” with an equally as soothing [Read More…]
Anitta’s “Loco” Video Is the X-Rated Version of “All I Want For Christmas Is You”
Long ago, in an imaginary place called 1994, Mariah Carey made an innocent music video using Super 8 film to get across that true feel [Read More…]
The Moon Is A Cruel Mistress: The Death of SOPHIE
Of all the poetic places and all the poetic ways that Sophie Xeon–mononym SOPHIE–could have died, it seems slipping and falling while trying to catch [Read More…]
“Bitch I’m Madonna” As An Archetype and Amalgam of SOPHIE’s Work
When “Bitch I’m Madonna” was first released in the summer of 2015, it was met with mixed reactions. Often, that was the case with SOPHIE [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “Just Like Magic” Is Actually A Song About White Girl Privilege
For those who might have forgotten based on an ever-darkening spray tan, Ariana Grande is white. It’s easy to overlook this fact the darker her [Read More…]
Lo Vas a Olvidar: No One Can Let It Go… That Billie Eilish and Rosalía Have Finally Collaborated
After documenting her interest in working with Rosalía, it’s no surprise that Billie Eilish “manifested” (via the boon of white girl privilege) working with the [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “NASA” Retrospectively Viewed Through A Social Distancing Lens
2019, in many ways, will always be looked upon as the last vestige of any remaining innocence this world might have had. Though everyone (that [Read More…]
