Britney Spears’ “Circus” Has More Clout and Showgirl Resonance Than the Entire The Life of a Showgirl Album

In 2008, Taylor Swift was not only coming up in the world of music with her sophomore album, Fearless, but, more importantly, Britney Spears was [Read More…]

War of the Denim Brands Trying to Play Up the 2000s (a More Marked Time of White Supremacy BTW) Instead of “Great Jeans”

Ever since Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle got it so wrong with their jeans ad, it’s been a free-for-all of shade-throwing on the ad campaign [Read More…]

Addison Rae’s “Fame Is a Gun” Highlights That Britney Adage, “With a taste of a poison paradise/I’m addicted to you”

In the tradition of songs ruminating on fame (largely begat by Madonna with 1998’s “Drowned World/Substitute for Love”), Addison Rae adds to the genre with [Read More…]

Twin Songs in the Britney Canon: “Don’t Go Knockin’ on My Door” and “Lonely”

Although Britney Spears’ musical canon is filled with recurring motifs (packed with use of the epithet “baby”), perhaps the most “twin-like” songs in her oeuvre [Read More…]

Like Everything That “Pays Homage” to 00s Pop Culture, Halsey’s “Lucky” Is A Pale, Unsatisfying Imitation

The rollout of Halsey’s “new era” has been almost as rocky as Katy Perry’s. While the latter tried to pass off the Dr. Luke-produced “Woman’s [Read More…]