Category: Music
Jay-Z, Champion of Capitalism as “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” As Opposed to System That Has Fucked Over Most of His Brethren
Capitalism and the Black community do not exactly constitute an “acceptable” (and certainly not “safe”) topic to talk about. Least of all by a white [Read More…]
American Booty: Nicki Confirms That All the “Super Freaky” Shit Happens in Suburbia
With a song that speaks to sexual freakdom, no one should have been surprised that Nicki Minaj’s concept for the “Super Freaky Girl” video would [Read More…]
Polio Who? Tove Lo Goes J. Lo in Water-Drenched “2 Die 4” Video
In a time when being afraid of everything seems inevitable, luckily, we have pop music to make us believe it’s all “just fine.” This includes [Read More…]
Hold Me Closer, Tiny Shred of Sanity: Elton and Britney Enlist the Help of Music Therapy
Although some would try to use Britney Spears’ ability to “bounce back” so “quickly” after being “released” (“gee thanks, Dad”) from her conservatorship roughly nine [Read More…]
And So The Pop Star Begat… Lolahol
In the end, it was only a matter of time before Madonna’s firstborn should fully take advantage of the womb from whence she came. Sure, [Read More…]
With Finally Enough Love, Madonna Has Shown Yet Again That Everything Old Is New
When one is the progenitor of an entire pop cultural lexicon, it gives her plenty of license to reuse and redesign whatever she sees fit. [Read More…]
That Don’t Impress Michael Alig Much
Perhaps because of the pandemic and the long-standing existence of the internet, people, specifically “youths,” forgot all about words like “club” and “subculture.” The latter [Read More…]
Carly Rae Jepsen “Regales” Friends With Horror Stories of Single Life in “Beach House”
If anyone can bring wry wit to a sunny California backdrop, it’s Carly Rae Jepsen. She already brought straightforward “sunny (read: often burning) California” vibes [Read More…]
Pussy Power: Anitta’s “Gata” Video Riffs On “Express Yourself”
In addition to serving up Catwoman vibes (someone please cast this gata), Anitta’s visuals for her latest video in support of Versions of Me, “Gata,” [Read More…]
Madonna Arrives At That “Impossible” “When I’m Sixty-Four” Moment, Yet, As A Woman, Doesn’t Have the Same Respect or “Cachet” as Paul McCartney
One of the most noticeable themes Madonna has touted in recent years during interviews or speeches is a certain sense of “survivor’s guilt.” Not just [Read More…]