Category: Music
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…]
If You Give A Stripper A Sizable Budget: Cardi B’s “Money” Video
On the heels of coming out the victor in the battle called “Who’s More Pathetic Post-Breakup?,” Cardi B shows us that you can be a [Read More…]
J. Lo’s “Limitless” Video Enlists Pride Rock Tableaus to Presumably Inspire
The Lion King has long been an inspiration to us all. Except that part where Mufasa brutally kicks the bucket. Evidently, this is also the [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “Imagine” Offers Lennon’s Utopian Ideals…For Relationships
As something of a companion piece in its oppositeness to the theme of “thank u, next,” Ariana Grande’s latest single, “Imagine,” would instead like to [Read More…]
Berlin & Amsterdam Imagery Collide in Betta Lemme’s “Give It”
Taking a somewhat divergent track from the single that launched her into the Italian limelight, “Bambola,” Betta Lemme’s latest single, called “Give It,” drips with [Read More…]
The Missed Opportunity to Take the Low Road in That “Thank U, Next” Version of the Burn Book
While most praised the very straightforward re-creation of four seminal 00s movies for Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” video, it has to be said that [Read More…]
What Is Love? Clean Bandit Tries Their Best to Answer
With the swelling opener to What Is Love?, “Symphony,” Clean Bandit seems to say, “Don’t worry, we’ve returned.” For yes, it’s somehow been four years since [Read More…]
Buzzcocks’ “Ever Fallen In Love (With Some You Shouldn’t’ve)” Speaks to Everyone’s Innate Attraction to Tainted Love
As one of many key Manchester bands to form in the late 1970s, Buzzcocks’ sound was one of distinction, melding the frenetic aggravation of punk [Read More…]
Clean Bandit’s “Rockabye” As Lyrically Tamer, More Visually Graphic “What Would You Do?” By City High
Despite the fact that we’re “in the future” there’s quite a bit that somehow seems much tamer than it used to “back in the day” [Read More…]
