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…]
Valeria Season 2 Decides to Succumb Fully to the Sex and the City Comparison (But It’s Still More Interesting to Watch Than Carrie B.’s Fuckery)
When we left Valeria at the end of season one, she was burdened with the decision about what to do regarding her book deal for [Read More…]
A Tale of Two Marnies: The Book Version and the Film Version
Marnie might be one of the most problematic Alfred Hitchcock movies of all-time, which is really saying something as there are so many affronting cinematic [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…]
Mondo Ironico #1: Lorde Making A Nature Album As Nature Collapses
In a series called Mondo Ironico, let us discuss how fucking antithetical something in pop culture is. Lorde may have been checked out of “mainstream [Read More…]
