Category: Music
Leave Tony Bennett Alone
The internet, always the ideal tableau to find oneself amid vitriol at the drop of a hat, has taken aim at Tony Bennett in the [Read More…]
24K Magic: A Patrick Bateman-Tailored Song Buttressing an Album of the Year Win in A Trump Reign
Patrick Bateman is the figure–the monster masquerading around as a sentient human being–that perpetually seems to crop back up in modern life, no matter how [Read More…]
Awards Shows Continue to Suffer the Girls Effect (& Only Blue Ivy Seems to Notice)
Like a time when a woman could live scot-free in exchange for being verbally abused and cheated on, it’s hard to imagine an era in [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s Method Increasingly Channels Madonna’s
The comparison of Lana Del Rey to Madonna isn’t necessarily a likely one–especially considering Del Rey’s largely tween/Tumblr fandom has little respect for any god [Read More…]
Everyone’s a Trigger: Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang
Getting older, a topic of discussion that seems to grow chicer with each passing Diane Keaton movie. For Lily Allen, “ancient” by white girl pop [Read More…]
Donatella as Huckster: Designing a Leotard For Gaga That Forced Her to Wear Madonna’s Head
It’s the feud endlessly regurgitated by drag queens and anomalous straight women like myself ever since Madonna’s infamous 2012 “Look it up” comment with regard [Read More…]
Keep Your “Supplies,” Or: What the Fuck is Justin Timberlake Doing?
With what will soon amount to five albums in sixteen years, former boy band staple Justin Timberlake has never bothered to get very political, relying [Read More…]
Børns to Die: Blue Madonna Album Highlights Are All About Lana Del Rey Collabs
Three years after the release of Børns’ debut album, Dopamine, his second offering to the music gods is a perfected product on a sound and motif [Read More…]
No “Finesse” to What Bruno Mars & Cardi B Are “Doing”
Though the Cardi B and Bruno Mars collaboration, “Finesse,” a remix of a song already featured on the odious 24K Magic–the 2016 album that wouldn’t die–is [Read More…]
Whether Miami, Tokyo or London, Taylor Swift’s “End Game” Video Is An Attempt to Channel “Carefreeness”
As Taylor Swift continues to retool her “reputation” to her advantage by becoming more of a bad girl, it seems the video for “End Game” [Read More…]
