Tag: Britney Spears
Ariana Grande’s “34+35” Remix Video: What Britney Spears’ Concept For “Slumber Party” Should Have Been
Even though Britney Spears has a much better knack than Ariana Grande for creating simple music videos that transcend into something iconic (e.g. “…Baby One [Read More…]
Framing Britney Spears Only Offers More of What We Already Know, While Shedding No Light On the Endless Amount That We Don’t
While many have been simply “agog” over a new episode–entitled “Framing Britney Spears”–of a show that no one previously watched before called The New York [Read More…]
Britney Provides a New Term for the DSM: “Exaholic”
As Britney Spears’ pillaging never knows any bounds, it’s been barely a month into the New Year, and another violation has occurred: the leak of [Read More…]
Elizabeth Hurley’s Mom Is the New Mrs. George
Even though it is, by now, in this epoch called “Thirst Trap,” the norm that daughters wield their mothers for the purpose of heightening their [Read More…]
Excuse Me, I Love You: Once Again, There Will Never Be A Candle Held to Truth or Dare
At some point during Ariana Grande’s pre-show playlist for the Sweetener World Tour (or the Sweetener/Thank U, Next World Tour, if you prefer), Madonna’s “Cherish” [Read More…]
Like Playing With Matches: Summoning Millennials With Britney Spears & Backstreet Boys
Because releasing “bonus tracks” for Glory has become some kind of compulsion for Britney Spears (perhaps she needs her own tailored version of the DSM)–in [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s Lackluster Video Concepts Have Never Translated Into the Greatness That Britney Spears Could Lend the Similarly Banal
On the heels of two rather especially “meh” videos from Ariana Grande, “Positions” and “34+35,” it leaves one wondering how a fellow Princess of Pop, [Read More…]
34+35 = Austin Powers Allusions Don’t Exactly Make Anyone “Randy”–And They Never Did
After taking on the presidential role (as literally anyone can now) in the “Positions” video, Ariana Grande has seen fit to experiment with a new [Read More…]
An Amalgam of 00s Tabloid Stars Makes the Case for a Lack of Feminine Agency in Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity From Popular Culture
Perhaps the most grim of realities are best expressed by puppets (via stop-motion animation, in this case). Filmmaker Nicole Brending likely knew that harsh truths [Read More…]
Ariana Grande’s “Positions” Celebrates the Multifacetedness of Women in the Spirit of Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch”
It was Beyoncé that pointed out to us all in 2011 with “Run the World (Girls)” just, who, exactly is in control, and here in [Read More…]
