Category: Music
“Last Christmas” Is “Secretly” About Being Outed By the Object of Your Affection
For many, “Last Christmas” is a straightforward (no ironic pun intended) ditty about unrequited love. Its jaunty, uptempo beat belying the misery exuded by the [Read More…]
“Last Christmas” Finally Gets Its Deserved UK Christmas Number 1 Spot
In what might be deemed a cruel irony, George Michael died on Christmas Day of something that prompted the Grinch himself to live a much [Read More…]
Bleachers’ “Alma Mater” Video Is Not As Lynchian As It Wants To Be
As the incestuously intertwined relationship between Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and the former’s new wife, Margaret Qualley, intensifies, perhaps it’s to be expected that [Read More…]
Taylor Gets “Imma Let You Finish’d” Again With Accusation of Her Being Unworthy for Time Person of the Year
Once again, Taylor Swift has dominated the conversation and, once again, a large part of that conversation is whether or not she “deserves” something. In [Read More…]
Gondola Antics Were So Much Better/Less Vexing When They Were Relegated to the “Like A Virgin” Video
Easily characterizable as yet another example in an endless series of bad tourist behavior (see also: etching your and your girlfriend’s name into a wall [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Fully Embraces Her Cosplaying Hickdom By Releasing a Cover of “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
It’s only appropriate that Lana Del Rey should opt to make her latest cover song (of which there are already many, including that live performance [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey “Redeems” Her Absence on the Priscilla Soundtrack With Somewhat Lackluster “Unchained Melody” Performance for Christmas at Graceland
Lana Del Rey’s love for Elvis Presley is, by now, well-established. Which is why so many were surprised to learn she wouldn’t be in some [Read More…]
On How Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” Is the Ultimate “Eh, I Guess You’ll Do” Track
Echoing Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” long before it ever came out, Vanessa Williams’ hit single from 1992, “Save the Best for Last,” also [Read More…]
No Dick Allowed: Kali Uchis and Karol G’s “Labios Mordidos” Video
After releasing her third album, Red Moon in Venus, earlier this year, Kali Uchis is already moving on to her next “era” (since that’s the [Read More…]
This Ain’t “We Are the World”: Björk and Rosalía Join Forces on a Charity Single Called “Oral”
In many ways, a collaboration between Björk and Rosalía feels obvious, even overdue. A no-brainer. In others, the two artists seem so musically divergent that [Read More…]
