“Get Him Back!” Offers Little In the Way of Satisfying Revenge and A Lot in the Way of Imitating Alanis’ “Ironic” Video
There’s no irony to the fact that Olivia Rodrigo has decided to craft the majority of her latest video in the very distinct style of [Read More…]
“Bongos”: The Bombastic Reunion of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
After just over three years of letting the dust settle on their wet ass pussies, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have decided that the [Read More…]
It Took Thirty-Four Years to Admit America Is Actually Godless So That Madonna’s Pepsi Commercial Could be Embraced by the Company and Re-Aired on TV Again
In the final year of the still Reagan-dominated 80s, Madonna again “chose” (as if being inherently controversial to milquetoasts is a choice) to shock the [Read More…]
Sour Part Deux: Guts Builds On Olivia Rodrigo’s Favorite Subjects (Fuckboys, Lost Causes and Aesthetic Insecurities)
When the album artwork for Guts was first released, many were quick to call out the similarities to the color palette and overall “vibe” it [Read More…]
Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the Beyoncé Concert
A headline such as “Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner at the Beyoncé Concert” seems like the stuff of an AI-generated sentence arbitrarily spit out from [Read More…]
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” Video Recalls Die Antwoord-Inspired Visuals, Continues to Challenge the Notion of “Cancellation”
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Doja Cat’s “Demons” Video Is the Scariest Thing Christina Ricci Has Ever Starred In
As one of pop culture’s main “Queens of Spook,” Christina Ricci’s presence in anything haunted, eerie, ghostly or generally “demonic” is usually a no-brainer (this [Read More…]
Nicki Minaj Reminds Us of Her Softer Side on “Last Time I Saw You”
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Kylie Minogue’s “Tension,” Er, Comes Across Like a Vibrator-Related Self-Love Anthem
Likely wanting to ramp up the special effects and overall “high-concept” nature of her latest video so as to at least visually one-up “Padam Padam” [Read More…]
The Dissociative Delights of Charles-Haden Savage’s White Room
Giving name to the thing we all retreat to when embarrassment or generally unpleasant/traumatizing situations take hold, Only Murders in the Building’s fourth episode, “The [Read More…]
