Tag: Culled Culture
2025: A (Mostly) Lackluster Year in Film in Pretty Much Every Way Possible
Looking back at 2025, there were many lackluster elements about it (almost as many as there were “what the fuck?” elements). But most noticeably when [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Makes “XMAS” Gay Again (Or as Gay as One Can in This Climate)
As if taking a page from Robyn’s “marinating-on-a-song-for-a-decade” playbook (the most recent example of that being “Dopamine”), Kylie Minogue has been sitting on the concept [Read More…]
On Introverts and Misanthropes Being Trolled by The Muppet Christmas Carol Line, “And if you need to know the measure of a man, you simply count his friends.”
In the category of, “Well, guess I’m fucked then,” there’s a particular lyric from 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol that will leave introverts, shy people [Read More…]
A New Key Takeaway From Home Alone: Busybodies Ruin Lives
As the obsession with Home Alone only grows stronger with each passing year, it’s been studied almost like a hallowed text. And technically, it is, [Read More…]
The Endless Oversaturation of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” Results in the Song Breaking Another Billboard Hot 100 Record—And the Reminder that Someone Else Ought to Share the Credit
At what point does a “comfort” song become a total annoyance that makes you want to bash your brains in? When it comes to Mariah [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s “It’s Time” Announcement This Year: A PSA for Christmas’ Marriage to Capitalism
Although Mariah Carey had already announced, “It’s tiiiiiiiime!” long ago at this point, on November 1st, as actual Christmas approaches, it bears recalling just how [Read More…]
Yes, Lily Allen’s So-Called Revenge Is Obviously Also Through the “Codedness” of Some Highly Specific Interior Design References
For whatever reason, it took most people this long to grasp that part of Lily Allen’s “revenge” (a.k.a. simply telling it how it is) against [Read More…]
ROSALÍA Takes Une Petite Pause from Being Holy in “La Perla” Video
Just because a girl tools around town in a chastity belt doesn’t necessarily mean she’s feeling (or acting) pure. Indeed, for ROSALÍA in the Stillz-directed [Read More…]
With Some Help from Her Daughter, Pebe Sebert Gets Another Shot at Pop Stardom
It’s often said that “everything happens for a reason.” This usually as a means to console oneself over something not achieved, not received. But in [Read More…]
“I Love It” and It’s Completely Different Because It’s “Dread”
While one might have assumed Charli XCX would try to milk another single out of Brat for The Moment Soundtrack, what the always surprising “3-D [Read More…]
