Category: Music
Ellie Goulding Shows It Takes Being Vulnerable to Have “Power,” Even While in Quarantine
Filmed by “E.G.” goes the “warning,” of sorts, at the beginning of Ellie Goulding’s latest video following the March release of “Worry About Me” featuring [Read More…]
Megan Fox Resuscitates a Jennifer Check Persona (and the 00s Along With It) in “Bloody Valentine” Video
As arguably her most iconic (and substance-laden) role, Megan Fox was perhaps drawn to the prospect of starring in Machine Gun Kelly’s latest video, “Bloody [Read More…]
Tove Lo Reminds You of Sunshine Kitty’s Magic With Deluxe Album Version & Accompanying Video For “Sadder Badder Cooler”
In one of the most tragic live music casualties of a cancelled year of concerts was Tove Lo’s Sunshine Kitty Tour (in promotion of the [Read More…]
Which Bitch Is Which: Lady G & Ariana Fuse Into Twins By End of “Rain on Me” Video
As if the gays couldn’t take the overload enough as it was already, an accompanying video for “Rain on Me” has immediately followed the single’s [Read More…]
The Most Vexing Problem About Lana Del Rey’s “Question for the Culture” Isn’t the Just Question Itself, But How She Responded To Its Backlash
It was the letter read ‘round the world. On May 21, 2020, seemingly apropos of nothing other than an extremely odd and roundabout way to [Read More…]
Too Gay To Function: “Rain On Me”
In the tradition of gay icons having songs about rain–from Barbra Streisand’s “Don’t Rain On My Parade” to Geri Halliwell remaking “It’s Raining Men” to [Read More…]
“In Real Life, Could The Club Even Handle Us?”: Charli XCX’s How I’m Feeling Now Highlights Creativity and Expression in Quarantine Being More Uninhibited Than in the Outside World
Instantly establishing the thematic precedent for a record that has stemmed from the highly unique scenario of being quarantined (sometimes politely phrased as a “stay-at-home [Read More…]
I Break Horses Offers the Kind of “Warnings” You’ll Like (Probably Because Most of Them Are Unintelligible)
Six years after their sophomore record, Chiaroscuro, Swedish duo I Break Horses is back with Warnings. The title feels like too little too late, for [Read More…]
Austra’s HiRUDiN Aims to Suck Out the Poison Wrought by a Leeching Relationship
Dichotomously named after the anticoagulant found in leeches, Austra’s fourth record, HiRUDiN, alludes to how a leech, or rather, a person you’re in a relationship [Read More…]
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s “Stuck With U” Basically Says “Surrender Dorothy” With Regard to Settling For the One You’re With
Amid the ever-growing trend of the home video look taking hold of the content in pop culture that we have no choice but to watch [Read More…]