Tag: Culled Culture
Jhené Aiko Reminds Us She’s Sailing NOT Selling With Sailing Soul(s) Reissue
Pulling a Blood Orange (à la Angel’s Pulse) by deciding to call Sailing Soul(s) a mixtape rather than an album, Jhené Aiko gives us a [Read More…]
The Reality Is, As a Twenty-Six Foot Statue in Palm Springs Or Not, Marilyn Was Still A Sex Symbol
She said it herself: “If I’m going to be a symbol of something, I’d rather have it sex than some other things we’ve got symbols [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “Shades of Cool” As Police Officer Lullaby
While Lana Del Rey may have moved on from a darker side of her “Americana-loving” phase—that is to say, dating a cop—that aspect of herself [Read More…]
Youth Desert: Yearning For Carefree Simplicity in the “White Dress” Video
Since to set the story of the music video for “White Dress” inside of a diner (think Twin Peaks’ Double R) as Lizzy Grant dreamily [Read More…]
Chemtrails Over Taylor Swift’s Folkloric Country Club
Wasting no time in establishing that Chemtrails Over the Country Club is her “country-folk” album, and that she’s going to out-folk Taylor Swift’s folklore (also [Read More…]
Megan Thee Stallion As Regina George Subverts a Common “Tradition”
The so-called subversion that occurs when a Black person takes on the persona of a white character is not something discussed very often. Mainly because [Read More…]
Dua Lipa: A Celestial Performer
Toeing the line between classic and futuristic, Dua Lipa proved herself a consummate performer at the 2021 Grammys as she delved into a rendition of [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #35: “WAP” Embraced As A “Good” Performance
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
The Line in the Sand Kanye Tried to Draw Between Beyoncé and Taylor in 2009 Has Officially Vanished
In 2009, as most know by now, an incident that set off a Capulet versus Montague-level “bad blood” feud occurred (in truth, maybe that was [Read More…]
Selena Gomez Transforms Into a Revelación Just by Speaking Spanish
It’s said that everything sounds better in Spanish. And it’s not untrue, even if probably considered “fetishizing” in this climate. Luckily for Gomez, she has [Read More…]
