Cardi B Wants to Convince Us 2021 Is on the “Up”
Never one for being subtle, Carid B’s latest single, “Up,” seems determined to assure us that things have just got to get better now that [Read More…]
Britney Provides a New Term for the DSM: “Exaholic”
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Megan Thee Stallion Pulls a “Toy Story” Meets NSYNC’s “It’s Gonna Be Me” For “Cry Baby” Video
After letting “Body” run its course as the first “official” single and video from Good News, Megan Thee Stallion is back to remind us why [Read More…]
Sabrina Carpenter Bares No “Skin,” Just Teeth, With Latest Song
On the heels of Olivia Rodrigo’s California-centric unrequited love anthem, “drivers license,” it seems more than a little suspect that Sabrina Carpenter (the presumed blonde [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license”: A Love Song As Californian As They Come
Born in one of those “every town” sort of places in the Golden State–Temecula–it’s no surprise that Olivia Rodrigo should be an authority on how [Read More…]
Kesha Does “Die Another Day” Meets GLOW for “Stronger”
“The whole world is inside you. To find peace, you must first be at peace with yourself.” This is the missive featured at the end [Read More…]
Somewhere Between the 80s and Now: Selena Gomez’s “Baila Conmigo” Makes Us Yearn for Simpler (Summer) Times
On a roll with the Spanish singles from her forthcoming EP, Revelación, Selena Gomez has followed up “De Una Vez” with an equally as soothing [Read More…]
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“Bitch I’m Madonna” As An Archetype and Amalgam of SOPHIE’s Work
When “Bitch I’m Madonna” was first released in the summer of 2015, it was met with mixed reactions. Often, that was the case with SOPHIE [Read More…]