A Lust (and Big Butt) Flare-Up Plagues Zara Larsson in the “Crush” Video
Following the success of Zara Larsson’s eponymous second single (with its 00s/Madonna in the “Love Profusion” video aesthetics) from Midnight Sun, she’s continuing to drum up interest [Read More…]
War of the Denim Brands Trying to Play Up the 2000s (a More Marked Time of White Supremacy BTW) Instead of “Great Jeans”
Ever since Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle got it so wrong with their jeans ad, it’s been a free-for-all of shade-throwing on the ad campaign [Read More…]
Charlotte York: Not Necessarily the OG Practitioner of Shrekking, But Definitely the Most Successful Example of the Intended Result
Like “delulu” or “skibidi,” there seems to be no shortage of unexpected and (brainrot-inspired) slang words cropping up in the mainstream (and hell, even being added [Read More…]
Cardi B Trolls the “Imaginary Playerz” in Her Latest Pro-Opulence Single Sampling Jay-Z
Following the release of what Cardi B had hoped would be a “summer anthem,” “Outside” (an overt diss at her ex-husband, Offset), she’s trying her [Read More…]
Cinderella’s Got to Go: With A Matter of Time, The Clock Strikes Midnight as Laufey Steps Even Further Into Her Own Musical Skin
Nothing about Laufey’s musical journey has been conventional. Perhaps the biggest example of that was becoming an “overnight” sensation during the pandemic while posting videos [Read More…]
Doja Cat Is An 80s Music Video Girl in “Jealous Type”
Like Charli XCX with her 2022 video for “Baby,” Doja Cat has been very inspired by the visual cachet of 1980s aesthetics for her new era. [Read More…]
With “Everybody Scream,” It’s Clear that Florence + the Machine Isn’t Done With the World of Dance Fever
It’s been three years since Florence + the Machine released arguably their best album to date, Dance Fever. In that time, Florence Welch embarked on the Dance [Read More…]
Alex Consani’s Declaration, “Being in a Relationship is Fun, But, Like, So Much Work,” Is Indicative of a Much Bigger Zeitgeist in Dating and Monogamy (RIP)
Although Amelia Dimoldenberg has had many guests on for Chicken Shop Date this year, among the most memorable still remains Alex Consani. Not just because she has [Read More…]
On How Tess and Anna Made Jake a Fetishist in Freaky Friday
With Disney clearly letting its hair down with just how “freaky” Freakier Friday can be, the laxity of what constitutes “family-friendly” “fun” has further increased in the [Read More…]
Lola Young, Too, Would Like to Say, In Essence, “Please Don’t Try to Find Me Through My ‘D£aler’”
If any chanteuse (still living, at least) can identify with the struggles of addiction, it’s Lana Del Rey. After all, her teenage alcoholism is part [Read More…]
