Category: Music
Katy Perry Offers More Visual and Auditory Clichés with “Bandaids”
Even as Katy Perry does her best to be “in on the joke” that has been her career ever since the rollout period for 143 [Read More…]
Ellie Goulding Serves Some Wuthering Heights Vibes of Her Own With “Destiny” Video
Charli XCX isn’t the only one to be feeling the spirit of Emily Brontë by way of Emerald Fennell lately. For it seems Ellie Goulding [Read More…]
Predictably, FKA Twigs Opts for 2000s Aesthetics in “Predictable Girl” Video
Because the only thing more unshakeable as a “blanket trend” than the 90s is the 2000s, it’s no surprise that FKA Twigs, an 80s baby [Read More…]
As the Infant Marie, Allie X Blends Past, Present and Future on the Ominous (and Enchanting) Happiness Is Going to Get You
Among the many “anti-pop stars” making interesting music “these days” (hear also: ROSALÍA’s Lux), Allie X continues to challenge norms and expectations with her latest [Read More…]
A Song That Will Haunt You, Chase You Into the Woods and Potentially Make You Want to Scratch Your Eyes Out: It’s Not Exactly a Party “House” That Charli XCX and John Cale Have Provided—and That’s a Good Thing
Gothic, haunting, disorienting and featuring the sort of sound that makes it feel like it could be right at home on David Bowie’s Blackstar, Charli [Read More…]
Hilary Duff Returns With a “Mature,” Yet Skewering New Single
While SZA missed the opportunity to call “Kill Bill” “Mature” (after all, she does keep repeating, “I’m so mature” throughout it), Hilary Duff knew that [Read More…]
Madonna’s Reanimation of Confessions on a Dance Floor for a “Twenty Years Edition” Isn’t Reflective of the Luster and Excitement Surrounding Its Original Release
As Madonna starts to get back into the mode of “feeding” her audience “properly,” she’s been breadcrumbing a few “new old” releases over the course [Read More…]
Let the Lux In: ROSALÍA Translates the Divine into Sonic Form
There’s an obvious reason that none other than Madonna herself felt compelled to post about the “visionary” nature of ROSALÍA’s fourth album, Lux. Apart from [Read More…]
Britney Spears Still Has the Best “Lucky,” But Reneé Rapp Offers Up Her Own Boppable One for the Now You See Me: Now You Don’t Soundtrack
To further ramp up the excitement that isn’t necessarily there already for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Reneé Rapp released a single from [Read More…]
Lily Allen’s “Cheryl Tweedy” As Forerunner to Charli XCX’s “Sympathy Is a Knife”
In July 2006, there was no denying the chokehold that Lily Allen had over British radio airwaves. Or, perhaps more “modernly,” the chokehold she had [Read More…]
