Category: Music
Bond Girl Meets Charlie’s Angel: MARINA Is A Timeless Vision in Video For “Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land”
Perhaps the only other “pop star” who has been able to get away with noticeably long (a.k.a. more than three words) titles for single names [Read More…]
“Body Ache”: Britney Spears Shows More Signature Foresight In Writing A Song About Vaccine After-Effects
After Billboard’s recent list of the best bridges of the twenty-first century (which included a Britney Spears songwriter named Kesha), it bears noting that just [Read More…]
Kesha Finally Gets A “Little Bit of Love” From the Establishment With Some (Musical) Bridge Acknowledgement
For as long as she has been in the music game at this point—and as much as she has done to help break down its [Read More…]
Summoning Lavigne, Swift, Spears and Mulligan: Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u”
Continuing to ramp up promotion for her debut album, Sour, Olivia Rodrigo has released a third single and video called “good 4 u.” While the [Read More…]
Lo Siento J. Lo, Selena: The Series Is Better Than Selena
For many reasons, Selena feels—particularly at this moment in time—like a rushed project. Pushed out at an extremely breakneck pace (considering the way the film [Read More…]
Not the Same Ol’ Mistakes: Bebe Rexha’s Better Mistakes
Like Rita Ora, Bebe Rexha is that artist who has been releasing singles for years and years, yet many are hard-pressed to list an actual [Read More…]
A Re-appreciation of the Cheesy (and Queer) Goodness of Nick Kamen’s “Each Time You Break My Heart”
As one of the many “bohunks” (an offensive term John Hughes was fond of) from the 1980s, Nick Kamen will forever live on in the [Read More…]
How Miley Cyrus and The Kid LAROI’s “Without You” Perpetuates the Prejudiced Idea of Who Can and Can’t Get Married (a.k.a. “Be Monogamous”)
As Miley Cyrus racks up another hit on the charts thanks to jumping on a remix of The Kid LAROI’s 2020 hit, “Without You” (not [Read More…]
Goy Toy: Billie Eilish As A Gentile Prototype Telling People to Accept Themselves and Do What Makes Them Feel Good Doesn’t *Quite* Ring True
“‘I feel more like a woman, somehow,’ she says, surprised.” This Billie Eilish asserts of going blonde in her much talked-about British Vogue cover story. [Read More…]
Gay Boys Love to See Themselves From Ari’s Point of View
It’s no secret that Ariana Grande has always shown support for the LGBTQIA+ community. And it isn’t just because her brother, Frankie, is gay, but [Read More…]
