Tag: Britney Spears
The “A” List: Ariana and Addison Shine Through the Most on Adéla’s Debut, Prima
Although Adéla is proudly Slovakian, she opted for an Italian word to characterize her debut album: Prima. A word associated with “first” (as in, this [Read More…]
Nessa Barrett’s “Bad Girls Never Die”: Like If AI Was Prompted to Create a Lana Del Rey Song
With a title that reads like an automatic response to the finale scene from “Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die,” Nessa Barrett’s “Bad [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #13: Madonna Getting More Nominations Than Taylor Swift at the 2026 VMAs
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “right” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Time and time again over [Read More…]
The Parallels Between Tinashe’s “Too Easy” and Ariana Grande’s “Petal” Videos
As Tinashe continues to prepare the world for the release of her sixth album, Popstar, it’s worth noting that even Ariana Grande seems to be [Read More…]
Reimagining Madonna’s “School” as the Song That’s Playing During Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” Video
Because Britney Spears announced herself to the world in a way that essentially shouted, “Hey pedos, check me out!,” it would still be deemed problematic [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Continues to Show Her Mettle with Petal
Now eight albums in, Ariana Grande has the skill of “mining her life for her art” down to a science. And yet, with Petal, something [Read More…]
“Crash Out” is Tinashe’s “Piece of Me” Moment
Among other “pop stars” of late, Tinashe keeps proving that “becoming a household name” is a slog that can take anywhere from four to six [Read More…]
Charli XCX Is Not a Bad Girl Anymore (Wink Wink)
It would seem that Charli XCX’s love-in with Madonna during Paris Fashion Week (whether sitting together at Yves Saint Laurent’s SS27 menswear show or cohosting [Read More…]
Why Marilyn Matters More Than Ever
On what would have marked Norma Jeane Baker a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe’s one hundredth birthday, it seems as if the simultaneously maligned (particularly when she was [Read More…]
The Late 90s/Early 00s Innocence of Madison Beer’s “Lovergirl” Video
In the spirit of honoring the release of her deluxe edition of Locket, Madison Beer has rightfully chosen “Lovergirl” as the “lead single” from that [Read More…]
