Category: Music
The Death of Roxette’s Marie Fredriksson Signals A Further Death in “Keeping Sweden Swedish”
Sweden has had to grapple with some unwanted revelations of late. Chiefly pertaining to the “icky” acknowledgement that Stockholm has become one of the European [Read More…]
John Lennon: Fighting to Stay in New York Will Result in Premature Death
Every year, on December 8th, fans and pop culture enthusiasts alike gather in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields (what amounts to a not very impressive patch [Read More…]
Billie Eilish Does White Girl Martyrdom Well As Cigarettes Are Stubbed Out on Her Face in Video for “Xanny”
Even though, like everything else, an Italian already did it better with regard to the whole cigarette being stubbed out on one’s skin concept (see: [Read More…]
The Words of Katy Perry’s “Cozy Little Christmas” Are At War With Its Visuals, Or: At Least “Santa Baby” Had the Gumption to Be Straightforward About Material Lust & Sexualizing Santa
Like Kacey Musgraves trying to prompt viewers to turn to her back catalogue of Christmas songs under the guise of a faux campy Xmas special, [Read More…]
Britney Spears’ “Mannequin”: A Mantra for How to Unemotionally Detach
While Britney Spears’ oeuvre is frequently deemed maudlin to the point of excess (earlier tracks like “From the Bottom of My Broken Heart” and “E-Mail [Read More…]
“We’re in the end of art, human art.”: Grimes’ “My Name Is Dark” Ties In Nicely to Her Latest AI Takeover Theory & Battle With Humanoid Zola Jesus
As Grimes gets deeper and deeper into the behind closed doors world of Silicon Valley and all of its nefarious inner workings thanks to full-time [Read More…]
The Woeful Lament of Everything Both Specifically and Generally Coming to an End on Pet Shop Boys’ “Burning the Heather”
“End” seems to be the word that most accurately sums up the motif of Pet Shop Boys’ forthcoming fourteenth studio album. For it’s even the [Read More…]
Kesha Won’t Be A Marionette (Or a Clone) in “My Own Dance”
As Kesha continues to roll out the singles leading up to the release of High Road in January, she wants us to know that while [Read More…]
Life As Manifested By Madonna Sitting In A Tub of Ice While Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” Plays
As though preparing to enter battle, Madonna proceeds to throw punches at the open palms of her presumed boy toy du moment, Ahlamalik Williams (who [Read More…]
The Snubbing of Madame X By the Grammys Is Something of a Compliment
While even Barbra Streisand managed to get a nod from the Grammys (for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album thanks to Walls), noticeably lacking from the [Read More…]
