Category: Music
The Songs of Ariana Grande’s That Lana Del Rey Should Cover Post-“Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored”
While Ariana Grande’s grandiose style (in the vein of Mariah Carey) wouldn’t quite work for adapting Lana Del Rey’s own grandiose vocals to her oeuvre [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Charli Is That Rare Breed of Album That Makes Non-Cohesion Work
In a music climate that thrives on keeping listeners hooked by constantly releasing new singles, Charli XCX, like Lana Del Rey with Norman Fucking Rockwell, [Read More…]
Tied Together Sonically By Ariana Grande, “Don’t Call Me Angel” Builds Somewhat More Hostilely on the Themes Destiny’s Child Established With “Independent Women Pt. 1”
Another decade, another remake. Charlie’s Angels was doomed to be next, of course, and even famously lampooned film remakes via LL Cool J on a [Read More…]
The Misunderstood Critic in the Age of Celebrity Worship, Or: The Critic Hasn’t Written the Lines You’d Like to Hear, Or: Ann Powers to Lana Del Rey: Bitch You Ain’t Joni Mitchell
Something happened long ago when celebrities were finally allowed the same democratizing outlet as every other plebe: “the tool” of social media. It “empowered” them [Read More…]
“All the Good Girls Go to Hell” a.k.a. California
In what seems to be a trend solidified by Lana Del Rey featuring the fires of L.A. in the backdrop of her Norman Fucking Rockwell [Read More…]
“Violence” Is Beautiful(lly Choreographed) in Grimes’ Latest Video
Now giving the Pet Shop Boys a run for their money with regard to songs titled “Violence,” Grimes returns after months with no new music [Read More…]
Drowning in a Pool of Washed Up Memories: Miley Cyrus’ “Slide Away” Video
In the annals of Miley Cyrus videos, there is no shortage of party scenes. Yet with her latest one for the Liam Hemsworth-alluding (once again) [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “London Boy” Is A Sonic Map In the Spirit of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’s Geographical Inaccuracies & Implausibilities
Taylor Swift may have recently evaded the reputation of being an Aryan wet dream in her sudden advocacy for the marginalized, but, at the same [Read More…]
Mourning the Death and Anticipating the Return of the “Great Artist” on Norman Fucking Rockwell
In some ways, Lana Del Rey did a disservice to herself in releasing so many of the tracks before the album release date of August [Read More…]
Pasticcio Overload: Lana Del Rey Takes Cues From Madonna, Mariah, Woody Allen, Lit, Grease and Godzilla in “Doin’ Time” Video
As the queen of modern pastiche and how to wield it for the benefit of creating her own aesthetic, Lana Del Rey’s latest video, itself [Read More…]
