Category: Music
With Some Help From Vincent Cassel, Charli XCX Expresses How the “Camera” Makes Her Feel
Almost immediately after Charli XCX found herself caught up in the immense success of 2024’s “Brat summer,” she seemed determined to pivot away from music [Read More…]
Madonna Goes All in on Recycling the Confessions on a Dance Floor Era for her World Cup Halftime Performance
There’s a reason Madonna was chosen as the first act to take the “stage” at the MetLife Stadium on July 19th for the first ever [Read More…]
It Says Something That Even Madonna Wants to Revisit the 2000s
As many have continued to point out in their reviews of Confessions II, it’s, like, “a big deal and stuff” that Madonna is willing to [Read More…]
Any Fiery Flames of Gracie Abrams’ Daughter From Hell Burn Out Quickly Once It Gets Started
Really leaning into her whole “whisper pop” classification, the third album from Gracie Abrams, Daughter From Hell, finds the famed nepo baby quietly (like, literally—her [Read More…]
It’s Both Shocking and Not That Madonna Still Doesn’t Have Taylor Swift Beat When It Comes to Having More Number One Albums on the Billboard 200
While the news of Madonna landing her tenth number one album on the Billboard 200 with Confessions II has been met with joy and triumph [Read More…]
Moody Ambience and Sultry Energy Punctuate Kelala and PinkPantheress’ “The Bridge” Video
As the fifth single from her third album, New Avatar, “The Bridge” doesn’t have as much pressure to be “a certain way” as, say, the [Read More…]
Bonnie Tyler: More Than “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
As the obituaries for Bonnie Tyler rolled in after her July 8th death (due to ongoing complications stemming from a perforated intestine), the most common [Read More…]
On People Praising Madonna for Embracing “Nostalgia” with Confessions II
Maybe the most vexing thing about the near unanimous praise for Madonna’s fifteenth studio album, Confessions II, is that what people (especially critics) seem to [Read More…]
Beyoncé Reminds She Was Always Singing Some Cringe-y Shit About Jay-Z with “Morning Dew (DONK)” a.k.a. Her Version of “WAP”
While the Beyhive is naturally “abuzz” with the delight of a “new” Beyoncé song (even if it’s merely a “from the vault” track originally recorded [Read More…]
The Weekend Certain Other Pop Stars Tried to Compete With/Upstage Madonna’s Confessions II Release
Let one start by saying that no other pop star-related event could have possibly been more important than the release of Madonna’s Confessions II on [Read More…]
