Tag: Culled Culture
The Knife Emoji Manifested: Ellie Goulding’s “Hate Me”
In the epoch of screens, hatred, to an undeniably obsessive degree, is so much more convenient in the wake of a breakup. This much is [Read More…]
Who Is the Master and Who Is the Slave?: “Batuka” Video
In 2008, Madonna concluded Hard Candy with a song called, “Voices,” in which she opened with the lyric (somewhat unfortunately harmonized with Justin Timberlake), “Who [Read More…]
Pop Philosophy: The Subjective Abstractions of Perception, Echoes of “Virtual Insanity” Provide Visual Motifs for Ariana Grande’s “In My Head”
As Ariana Grande continues to infiltrate the world of high fashion on the heels of her campaign for Givenchy, a music video made especially for [Read More…]
The Russians Own the American Mall & Other Politicisms in Stranger Things 3
The mall in the 1980s was not just “a place to go” or “something to do,” so much as hallowed ground where one could see [Read More…]
Beyoncé Tries to Possess Us With the “Spirit” of The Lion King
Before quickly devolving into a sort of remixed and revisited version of “Halo,” Beyoncé’s original song, “Spirit,” written for the new version of The Lion [Read More…]
Morrissey Makes Any Cover Maudlin: California Son (By Way of Manchester)
While it’s become increasingly impossible for people to separate Morrissey’s politics from his work, maybe it will soon also be impossible to separate his covers [Read More…]
I Feel So Alone on a Friday Night: Essential LDR Songs for the Sad Party Girl In You
As one, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, embarks upon year thirty-four (on June 21, much to the chagrin of Geminis everywhere who recently had to reconcile with [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Again Can’t Calm Down on Making Being Gay About Her in Video for “You Need to Calm Down”
The assumption that, “If Katy Perry and Taylor Swift can make peace with one another, so, too, can gays and homophobes” is the crux of [Read More…]
Ashley O’s Music Video Looks Like a Target Commercial Before Showing Cracks in the Veneer
For those who couldn’t help but tap their foot to the pre-manufactured rhythm of fictional pop star Ashley O on the third episode of the [Read More…]
Murder Mystery: The Tourist Meets Ocean’s Twelve Meets Murder on the Orient Express in a Blender–And Also Rich People Do Fucked Up Things
Taking into account the ever-waning ability of audiences to digest the rom-com, Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler have reteamed after 2011’s Just Go With It [Read More…]
