“When Will They Ever Learn?”: Bugonia Is Mercilessly Unsympathetic Toward Humankind (And It’s Deserved)
To many, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Bugonia (a remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 movie, Save the Green Planet!), will come across as being “preachy.” To be sure, there’s [Read More…]
The Tone of Tate McRae’s So Close to What Takes on a New Slant with the Addition of Five Songs to the Deluxe Edition, So Close to What???
While the original overarching tone of Tate McRae’s third album, So Close to What, was largely one of amorousness and, well, being “Miss Possessive” when [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #56: The U.S. Not Promoting World AIDS Day This Year
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture and politics…and all that [Read More…]
With Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter, Madonna Highlights an Era of Intense Artistic Growth Spurred by Intense Artistic Scrutiny
On October 25, 1994, almost exactly two years after Madonna released Erotica, and with it, a backlash against her like never before, she reemerged with [Read More…]
If You Need a Hit, Robyn’s Gonna Give You It With “Dopamine”
Well before Lily Allen and Lorde were disappearing from music for long stretches of time (though the latter never extends her absence past four years), [Read More…]
Udo Kier’s “Mainstream” Pinnacle: Madonna’s “Deeper and Deeper” Video
Having appeared in movies with titles like Life is Too Long and Swan Song, it was always apparent that Udo Kier didn’t tremble in the [Read More…]
FKA Twigs Returns to Herb Ritts Aesthetics for “Hard” Video
In 2022, FKA Twigs released a standalone single called “Killer.” It was about three years after her abusive relationship with Shia LaBeouf had ended. Though [Read More…]
The “Dopamine Doula” Is Back: Ke$ha’s Animal + Cannibal Fifteenth Anniversary Reissue
In 2010, a seminal voice of a generation emerged. No, it wasn’t motherfucking Lena Dunham, but Kesha Rose Sebert. Better known as her then stylized [Read More…]
Tate McRae’s “Nobody’s Girl” Builds on the “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” Motif
Although a natural continuation of her wrathful “Tit For Tat,” the latest single from Tate McRae, “Nobody’s Girl,” is also a timely “companion piece” to [Read More…]
Maybe Carrie Bradshaw Isn’t Totally Out of Touch Since She Decided, Pre-Vogue Article, to Stay Single
As Kristin Davis has now brought up a few times on her Sex and the City podcast, Are You A Charlotte?, people were outraged when [Read More…]
