Tag: Charli XCX
FKA Twigs Would Like to Remind That She, Too, is a 365 Party Girl with Eusexua Afterglow
There are few musicians with the ability to release two albums in the span of a year (Taylor Swift having once shown such prowess in [Read More…]
Love Is Invisibly Abusive in Charli XCX’s Billie Eilish-esque Video for “Chains of Love”
Though Charli XCX is, of course, a music video innovator in her own right (see: “Beg For You,” “Hot In It” and “360”), it doesn’t [Read More…]
Ellie Goulding Serves Some Wuthering Heights Vibes of Her Own With “Destiny” Video
Charli XCX isn’t the only one to be feeling the spirit of Emily Brontë by way of Emerald Fennell lately. For it seems Ellie Goulding [Read More…]
A Song That Will Haunt You, Chase You Into the Woods and Potentially Make You Want to Scratch Your Eyes Out: It’s Not Exactly a Party “House” That Charli XCX and John Cale Have Provided—and That’s a Good Thing
Gothic, haunting, disorienting and featuring the sort of sound that makes it feel like it could be right at home on David Bowie’s Blackstar, Charli [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Increasingly Loses Touch with “The Commoner” on The Life of a Showgirl
Although Taylor Swift has been famous for most of her life, one of the biggest keys to her success has always been “relatability.” Or at [Read More…]
Summer Isn’t Over Yet: Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun
Considering that the conversation in the music industry for the past year-plus has been all about a trio (Charli, Chappell and Sabrina) whose long-standing slog [Read More…]
Tame Impala Speaks on Night People With “Dracula”
In Mark Ronson’s memoir, Night People, the quote he uses for the introduction of the book is as follows: “The night is on your mind/Ayo, [Read More…]
The Return of Smoking Aligns With the Return of Retro Practices in General
It’s a “trend” (read: way of life) many have been noticing for the past couple of years: smoking. Its steady rise back into mainstream culture [Read More…]
Miley, Kesha, Lorde, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX and the 00s: Ava Max’s “Lovin Myself”
With Don’t Click Play, Ava Max’s upcoming third album following 2023’s Diamonds & Dancefloors, she’s offered up a wide array of “sound palettes”—or “sonic landscapes,” if you [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…]
