Category: Music
After the Rio de Janeiro Debacle, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour Continues to Accent the Idea Not Only is Concert-Going An Extreme Sport, But That Fans Are Peons and Their Idols Are Aristocrats
For most Americans, the stadium tour “experience” is already something of a nightmare/competitive sport. And yes, concert-going in general has become more competitive in the [Read More…]
The Celebration Tour: Madonna’s Shelved Biopic Reanimates in the Form of a Pop-Theater Concert
Among the many memorable statements Madonna made throughout 1991’s Truth or Dare, the one that stuck out most, in terms of characterizing the Blond Ambition [Read More…]
Less Phallic, More Spiritual: Megan Thee Stallion’s “Cobra”
While one might automatically assume that a song called “Cobra,” coming from Megan Thee Stallion, would be inherently innuendo-laden (it was, after all, in “WAP” [Read More…]
A Lana Del Rey Song Posing As a Bleachers One, Or: The Antonoff-Del Rey Partnership Persists on “Alma Mater”
For those hoping that being a “superstar” producer had left Jack Antonoff no time to remember his own musical “project,” Bleachers, the media regrets to [Read More…]
Sevdaliza and Grimes Enlist Madonna, Julia Fox and A$AP Ferg to Remind Us That “Nothing Lasts Forever”
There is perhaps no better person to incorporate into a song called “Nothing Lasts Forever” than Madonna. Not just because she has made a career [Read More…]
No Smoke, Just Mirrors: Dua Lipa Offers Up Some Madonna-Inspired Magic on “Houdini”
By now, it’s not exactly “undercover” (despite any “spy movies” a certain pop star is about to be in [*cough cough* Argylle]) that Dua Lipa [Read More…]
The Meaning of Lana Del Rey Snubbing the Priscilla Soundtrack
Practically since the “dawn of Lana Del Rey,” a.k.a. the Tumblr era, there’s been that image circulating around that features her head Photoshopped (this was [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Enters Her Soundtrack Era With “Can’t Catch Me Now”
Since everyone is in the mood to turn the clock back right now (see also: the Mean Girls x Wal-Mart commercial), it makes sense to [Read More…]
Technology Proves to Be the Hero Rather Than the Villain in Music When It Comes to The Beatles’ “Now and Then”
As talk of AI being the biggest threat to humanity (apart from climate change) since the invention of the atom bomb (also still a threat [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Takes Us Back to 2014 With 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
In 2014, a mere nine years ago, the world seemed simpler. It always does with hindsight. But in 2014’s case, things really were decidedly “safe” [Read More…]
