Category: Music
Billie Eilish Is A Jobist
Despite the increasingly worn-down veneer of what “work” is supposed to “mean” in a post-COVID world, Billie Eilish, that ever-increasingly normie Gen Zer/goy toy, has [Read More…]
Girls5eva De-glamorizes Late 90s/Early 00s Pop for a Tragicomic Effect
If anyone can get “complicated,” niche comedies greenlit, its executive producing duo Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. And while Girls5eva has the Fey stamp of [Read More…]
Britney Spears, A Drink Called “The Slave” and the Ever-Mounting Complication With “I’m A Slave 4 U”
Because Britney Spears continues to be a commodifiable resource well-past her “prime” in the 00s, even the most Podunk of places can find a way [Read More…]
A Certain Foreshadowing Re: Britney Spears Auditioning for the Part of a Woman Who Ends Up Developing Dementia
Despite the information being well-trodden at this juncture, we all know by now that everything old can be made new again. So it is that [Read More…]
“Sun Goes Down” and Yes, Daddy: Two Pop Cultural Moments That Prove Growing Up With Religious Rhetoric Still Leads to Gay Repression and Lifelong Trauma
In the past week, two significant releases have occurred in the gay pantheon. One has been slightly more under the radar than Lil Nas X’s [Read More…]
Lil Nas X Is In Good Wardrobe Malfunction Company
Over the years, pop culture has seen fit to provide plenty of illustrious wardrobe malfunctions—particularly in the schadenfreude-loving epoch of social media. On his now [Read More…]
An Oracle Of One’s Own Life: Lil Nas X’s “Sun Goes Down”
Tempering the club banger vibes (still yet to reach its utmost potential without clubs open at full capacity) of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” [Read More…]
Nicki Minaj’s Reissue of Beam Me Up Scotty Reminds Us Why Cardi Is Still Second-Best
A woman with an album called Queen isn’t very likely to disappoint on delivering a regal output. And yet, Beam Me Up Scotty came out [Read More…]
(Sweet &) Sour: Olivia Rodrigo’s Debut Is A Teenage Elegy
The thing Olivia Rodrigo has been praised for repeatedly since the monumental and continuing success of “drivers license” is her unique ability to speak to [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Releases A Trio of More Joni Mitchell-Tinged Songs
Lana Del Rey, like her increasing counterpart, Taylor Swift, simply can’t stop. Not just releasing songs, but releasing ones that continue to mirror the spirit [Read More…]
