Hurry Up and End, Or: Hurry Up Tomorrow
Of course, The Weeknd isn’t the first musician to come face to face with a botched film project a.k.a. critical and box office bomb. For, [Read More…]
Rihanna’s “Friend of Mine” Indicates A Certain Lack of Enthusiasm on Her Part for Making New Music
Every time Rihanna has dropped a new single during the five years that have past in this decade, the fanfare surrounding it has always reached [Read More…]
A Show About an Ambiguous Straight Man Ambiguously Set in the 2010s: Overcompensating
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Benito Skinner’s debut TV series, Overcompensating, isn’t that it’s a lifeline for those who are still in the closet and [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #11: Sean Penn Saying He Would Work With Woody Allen Again “In a Heartbeat”
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape.As though to highlight, [Read More…]
David Cronenberg Reheats His Own Nachos With The Shrouds (And They’re Quite Gnarly)
Like Woody Allen, David Cronenberg is among the few auteurs of a certain age given total carte blanche to make whatever kind of movie he [Read More…]
Kesha Creates a “Boys (Summertime Love)” of Her Own With “Boy Crazy”
As Kesha’s journey of musical independence continues to unfurl, she’s bequeathed her Animals with another single from Period: “Boy Crazy.” As the title suggests, it’s got [Read More…]
Oops!…I Did It Again’s 25th Anniversary Edition Does Little to Elevate the Album
When Britney Spears’ sophomore album, Oops!…I Did It Again, was unleashed into the new millennium on May 16, 2000, Spears was still just eighteen years old [Read More…]
With “party 4 u” Video, the How I’m Feeling Now Era Gets Brat-ified
Perhaps out of all the things to happen in the (almost) year since Brat came out, the thing that Charli XCX least expected (apart from Kamala not [Read More…]
Laufey’s “Tough Luck” Oozes the Lyrical Stylings of Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo
While Laufey’s first single, “Silver Lining,” from her forthcoming third album, A Matter of Time, might have been on the dreamy and romantic side (with a [Read More…]
Rosé Knows That Vegas is the Place to Get “Messy”
Following the release of Don Toliver and Doja Cat’s “Lose My Mind,” the F1 Soundtrack continues to style itself as the new Barbie Soundtrack (for not since said cultural [Read More…]
