Tag: Billie Eilish
Divine (Desert) Intervention: ROSALÍA’s “Sauvignon Blanc” Video
Slightly “leveling up” on the music video front after some were disappointed by the “simplicity” (which is, in this case, really just a euphemism for [Read More…]
The 2026 Grammys Was a Snapshot of America Now: Either Speaking Out or Remaining “Apolitical”
In the past, awards shows tended to be, at least to the more “pearl-clutching” types, a notorious opportunity for artists to get “hyper-political.” As it [Read More…]
In Honor of Laufey’s “Snow White,” A List of Songs About Beauty
With the release of Laufey’s affecting single, “Snow White,” it’s worth looking back on some of the various other songs that women (the gender most [Read More…]
With “Snow White,” Laufey Offers a Kind of “Pressures of Beauty Standards” Foil to Xtina’s “Beautiful”
Although the 2000s, especially to Gen Z (and now, Gen Alpha), seem like ages ago (or, as Lorde puts it on Solar Power’s “Mood Ring,” “Don’t [Read More…]
With Bite Me, Reneé Rapp Calls It a (W)rap on Giving a Fuck About People Pleasing
It’s not hard to see (or rather, hear) that things have changed drastically for Reneé Rapp since the release of her debut album, Snow Angel, in [Read More…]
Your Hair Is Everywhere, Screaming “New York Fucked Me Up,” Or: Chappell Roan, Too, Is Haunted By New York in “The Subway”
While there are many people who wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to interpret “The Subway” as yet another “love letter” to New York—especially those who [Read More…]
The “Ride” Stylings of the “Pink Pony Club” Video
Every time a new “pop girl” comes to the fore, it seems that their primary influence—whether in aesthetics or lyrical content—is Lana Del Rey. Indeed, [Read More…]
When “Full Transparency” Becomes Both Pretentious and Outright Wasteful: Lorde’s Virgin CD Issue
One would assume that at least part of the reason for Lorde securing the number one album slot in the UK (for the first time) [Read More…]
Among Other 00s Fare, Reneé Rapp’s “Leave Me Alone” Shares Some of Its DNA With Gwen Stefani’s “What You Waiting For?”
Reneé Rapp’s latest song and video, “Leave Me Alone,” is the first “open statement” she’s made since “scandalously” leaving The Sex Lives of College Girls (ironically, Rapp [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey and the Eerie/Fiery Prophecies of Her Norman Fucking Rockwell Era
Like most of Lana Del Rey’s oeuvre, finding references to California is the name of the game. Well, not so much “finding” them as being [Read More…]
