Category: Music
MARINA Will Make You Re-Appreciate Winter With the Video for “Handmade Heaven”
After a steady diet of much anticipation and living off the crumbs of single collaborations with others (specifically Clean Bandit), MARINA (more cleanly rebranded from [Read More…]
Music Is the Antidote: thank u, next
On Ariana Grande’s fifth album, thank u, next, released just six months after her fourth, Sweetener, it is abundantly evident that she’s remained true to [Read More…]
“Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” Video Iterates That We’re All Just Narcissists Who Want to Fuck Ourselves
Not that it wasn’t something that Selena Gomez pulled recently in terms of a “plot twist” for her 2017 “Bad Liar” video, but Ariana Grande [Read More…]
“Twerk”: A Video That Proves Dance Crazes Don’t Have to Die if You Don’t Let Them
While the inevitable union of City Girls and Cardi B was made somewhat bittersweet by the fact that JT remains in prison therefore unable to [Read More…]
Personal Tragedy Can’t Quell the Power of Material Remedies
Ariana Grande has endured more tragedy than most people her age (all compounded by media scrutiny), let alone what someone might go through in a [Read More…]
Kate Nash, Unabashed 90s Kid, Makes a Song and Video Called “Trash” That Gives Recycle Rex a Run For His Money
Ah, the 90s. A time when Suede, too, had a song out called “Trash.” A time when environmental conscientiousness was peddled upon unsuspecting millennials duped [Read More…]
Why Didn’t Someone Do A Lesbian Frankenstein Concept Before?: Kehlani’s “Nights Like This” Video
Reinventing the wheel of geekdom from its John Hughes iteration in Weird Science (and, of course, long before in every cinematic production of Frankenstein), Kehlani [Read More…]
A Fame Compendium Arises in “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me–But I Have It”
An impish grin characterizes Lana Del Rey’s expression on the more than somewhat lo-fi album cover for her latest single, “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing [Read More…]
Madonna Queen of Pop, Shade Isn’t Letting Go of Aretha Franklin Tribute or Shattering the Patriarchy on Xmas
Madonna, who infamously offended all who witnessed it with her alleged tribute speech to Aretha Franklin at the VMAs back in August, is not letting [Read More…]
Santa Baby 2.0: Miley Cyrus Puts None Too Fine A Point on How Little People Actually Listen to (& Subsequently Interpret) Lyrics
Vox Lux might have assured us that pop music is a vacuous enterprise, but that doesn’t mean that some of its powerhouses can’t have a [Read More…]
