Category: Music
Too Gay To Function: “Rain On Me”
In the tradition of gay icons having songs about rain–from Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain On My Parade” to Geri Halliwell remaking “It’s Raining Men” to [Read More…]
“In Real Life, Could The Club Even Handle Us?”: Charli XCX’s How I’m Feeling Now Highlights Creativity and Expression in Quarantine Being More Uninhibited Than in the Outside World
Instantly establishing the thematic precedent for a record that has stemmed from the highly unique scenario of being quarantined (sometimes politely phrased as a “stay-at-home [Read More…]
I Break Horses Offers the Kind of “Warnings” You’ll Like (Probably Because Most of Them Are Unintelligible)
Six years after their sophomore record, Chiaroscuro, Swedish duo I Break Horses is back with Warnings. The title feels like too little too late, for [Read More…]
Austra’s HiRUDiN Aims to Suck Out the Poison Wrought by a Leeching Relationship
Dichotomously named after the anticoagulant found in leeches, Austra’s fourth record, HiRUDiN, alludes to how a leech, or rather, a person you’re in a relationship [Read More…]
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s “Stuck With U” Basically Says “Surrender Dorothy” With Regard to Settling For the One You’re With
Amid the ever-growing trend of the home video look taking hold of the content in pop culture that we have no choice but to watch [Read More…]
“I Finally Understand” Lends The Prodigy Flair to Charli XCX’s Oeuvre
Continuing to unveil more finished tracks as we approach May 15, the release of Charli XCX’s “quarantine album,” How I’m Feeling Now, the British pop [Read More…]
Kim Petras’ Factory-2-U Malibu
If you’ve always wanted to dip your toe in at the pool of Malibu Barbie’s beach house, Kim Petras’ latest single is probably the best [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s “Claws” Video: Like “Spicy” But Out of Necessity
If one recalls back to what feels like the oh so long ago year of 2019, one might be able to dig up from the [Read More…]
Beyoncé One-Ups Megan Thee Stallion on “Savage” Remix
Never one to be outdone by anyone, least of all a fellow Texan, Beyoncé has joined forces with Megan Thee Stallion for a remix of [Read More…]
Chromatics’ “Teacher” Is Drenched in the Aura of Inappropriate 90s Teacher-Student Scandals
Prone to releasing one-off singles as they are, the latest from Chromatics, “Teacher,” is not but a mere standalone song, so much as the first [Read More…]
