Category: Music
Taylor Swift’s Inez/Betty/James = David Lynch’s Laura/Donna/James
While the “cognoscenti” of the few remaining New York-based pop culture “publications” would like to believe “Betty” is now an undeniable part of the “queer [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Brings Whimsical Hope (Though, Is That Really Wise?) to A Bleak Summer With the Fantastical Video For “Cardigan”
Because an “indie” record from Taylor Swift wouldn’t be complete without a song called “cardigan” (played up by the fact that Swift is even selling [Read More…]
No Bops, Just the Employment of “Indie” Fops: Taylor Swift’s Folklore
When asked why she’ll never be a true Madonna type despite the arena tours, the barrage of number one hits and a juggernaut empire, Taylor [Read More…]
Brightest Blue Is the Warmest Color
Maybe there’s something to the fact that Ellie Goulding looks an awful lot like Lana Del Rey on her latest album, Brightest Blue. After all, [Read More…]
Dua Lipa’s “Hallucinate” Video Conjures Visions of Madonna’s “Dear Jessie”
At the end of 1989, Europeans were treated to a fourth single from Madonna’s Like A Prayer album, an unusual-for-her-style number called “Dear Jessie.” With [Read More…]
Katy Perry’s “Smile”: No Lily Allen’s “Smile”
As Katy Perry gradually regains all of her confidence back after the critical massacre of her 2017 album, Witness, yet another single slated for what [Read More…]
Among the Wreckage: Kim Petras in the “Broken Glass” Video
As snow cascades down over a tire in the opening scene to the latest single from Kygo featuring Kim Petras, “Broken Glass,” Griffin Stoddard’s dramatic [Read More…]
Hans Zimmer, You Ain’t Shit: RIP Ennio Morricone
In the annals of film score history, there will never be another like Ennio Morricone. Unless, of course, we’re looking at fellow Italian composers, like [Read More…]
Selena Gomez Sweetly (Read: Naively) Posits There’s “A Sweeter Place” in New Video featuring Kid Cudi
With Kid Cudi suddenly trending like it’s the early 10s again (thanks to a certain borough-centric movie), it bears noting that Selena Gomez already pulled [Read More…]
Lady Gaga & Elton John’s “Sine From Above” Is 2020’s Ultimate Eurovision-Ready Song
Because Netflix’s recent Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga has gotten many thinking about the sonic and aesthetic themes of the long-running competition, [Read More…]
