Category: Music
Charli XCX’s “Good Ones” Assumes There Are Any Good Ones to Let Go
After a year spent in lockdown, it’s evident that Charli XCX is ready to take full advantage of the “no restrictions” policy that has come [Read More…]
Lady Arcadia: Lana Del Rey Edges Further Away From L.A. (Both Literally and Symbolically) While Still Remaining Reverent Toward It
Lana Del Rey has been hinting for quite a while at some sort of shift away from the town that has inspired and kept her [Read More…]
The Beyoncé Conundrum As Presented By “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Beyoncé is one of many icons that people have difficulty seeing as mortal (despite her dalliance with Sisqo). Her deification has only intensified over the [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Oughta Know to Add Alanis Morissette to the “good 4 u” Songwriting Credits As Well
“All I did was try my best, this the kinda thanks I get,” Olivia Rodrigo now famously bemoans on, “brutal,” the opening track to Sour. [Read More…]
The Madonna/Janet Argument Is One of False Equivalence, But Since We Must Once Again Compare…
If one were going to make the claim of who the Queen of Pop was, the obvious answer is Madonna. It’s not a subjectivity or [Read More…]
Halsey and Madonna: Examining the Context of Two “I’m A Mother Now” Albums
Arguably the pioneer of the “rebirth” album by way of giving literal birth, Madonna’s seminal 1998 masterpiece, Ray of Light, signaled a new genre in [Read More…]
Halsey Does Billie Eilish One Better On If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power
Unlike, say, Cardi B, who also experienced (and is experiencing) a “young” “with child” phase, Halsey opted to really say something (apart from, you know, [Read More…]
Kim Petras Claims “Future Starts Now” While Relying on Stale Visuals of the Past to Elucidate Everyone’s Parisian Fantasy
Although the video itself has yet to arrive, Kim Petras has provided us with a “visualizer” (the latest trend that seems somehow superfluous when people [Read More…]
“Parlor Walls” Foretold of CHVRCHES’ Screen Violence
The cover for CHVRCHES’ fourth album, Screen Violence, is literal in one way and yet utterly metaphorical in another. The image of a hand grabbing [Read More…]
Finally A Tribute Album Worthy of Madonna’s Musical Prowess
Of course, there have been many Madonna tribute albums in the past. From Virgin Voices to Through the Wilderness (which featured Ariel Pink’s version of [Read More…]
