Category: Music
Addison Rae’s “High Fashion”: Her Version of “Material Girl,” With a Dash of Britney, Lana, Carrie and Dorothy Thrown Into the Visuals
With the flick of a lighter, the video for Addison Rae’s first single of the year (and third single in the span of about seven [Read More…]
Sabrina Carpenter Leans Further Into Her Raunchy n’ Ribald Persona on Short n’ Sweet (Deluxe)
Although Sabrina Carpenter announced that the release of a deluxe edition of Short n’ Sweet was in honor of her two Grammy wins for the album (Best [Read More…]
Sabrina Carpenter Dips Into “Madonna Monroe’s” Archive Again
While the current and next generations may be (read: are) dumbly, hopelessly unaware of how far-reaching Madonna’s influence remains, Sabrina Carpenter is reminding people, yet again, [Read More…]
Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show: Part Homage to the “American Dream,” Part Shade at How It’s a Nightmare (and Then, Of Course, the Part Where It’s a Drake Troll)
Depending on one’s perspective (rose-colored or unfiltered) of the performance that Kendrick Lamar delivered at Super Bowl LIX (which many Americans will need translated to [Read More…]
LISA, Doja Cat and RAYE are “Born Again,” Converting the Unconverted to Their Spiritual Cause: Pop Music
Just when one thought that the most unlikely trio of the year would by Shygirl, PinkPantheress and Isabella Lovestory with “True Religion,” it turns out [Read More…]
Addicted to the Pain: JENNIE Shares Her “Love Hangover” With Dominic Fike (And Charles Melton)
As JENNIE continues to ramp up the promotion of her debut album, Ruby, it’s only right that a second single from the album, “Love Hangover,” should [Read More…]
Sweet Revenge Solidified: Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” Grammy Wins
It was, of course, not lost on anyone that Kendrick Lamar’s five Grammy wins for “Not Like Us” at this year’s ceremony was the final [Read More…]
The Highs and Hypocrisies of the 2025 Grammys
It was no surprise that this year’s Grammy Awards was a very L.A.-centric one. Not in the sense of location—though, of course, the ceremony is [Read More…]
Turns Out, You CAN Be A Pimp and a Prostitute Too: Harrison Lee Van Buren
With Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) fast rising up the ranks of Most Evil Capitalists Ever Rendered to Film (move over, Duke Brothers from Trading [Read More…]
In Shy(’s “True Religion”) We Trust
On Shygirl’s last single with Yseult, called, aptly, “Fuck Me” (a.k.a. the “‘WAP’ of 2024”), she offered up a riff on a classic phrase (“In [Read More…]