Tag: Culled Culture
The Sabrina Horror Picture Show, Or: The “Tears” Video
Sabrina Carpenter’s vocal doppelgänger, Ariana Grande, may have once said, “Ain’t got no tears left to cry,” but Carpenter is telling a different tale on [Read More…]
Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend Is a Best Friend to Frustrated Women Everywhere
It took four albums for Sabrina Carpenter to truly hit her stride, to “find her niche,” arriving at just the right formula with 2022’s Emails I [Read More…]
Caught Stealing: Darren Aronofsky Might Call It a “Love Letter” to New York, But It’s More Like a Requiem (Not for a Dream)
It’s been three years since Darren Aronofsky proceeded to break audiences’ hearts with The Whale (written by Samuel D. Hunter, and based on his 2012 play). In [Read More…]
A Lust (and Big Butt) Flare-Up Plagues Zara Larsson in the “Crush” Video
Following the success of Zara Larsson’s eponymous second single (with its 00s/Madonna in the “Love Profusion” video aesthetics) from Midnight Sun, she’s continuing to drum up interest [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…]
Charlotte York: Not Necessarily the OG Practitioner of Shrekking, But Definitely the Most Successful Example of the Intended Result
Like “delulu” or “skibidi,” there seems to be no shortage of unexpected and (brainrot-inspired) slang words cropping up in the mainstream (and hell, even being added [Read More…]
Cardi B Trolls the “Imaginary Playerz” in Her Latest Pro-Opulence Single Sampling Jay-Z
Following the release of what Cardi B had hoped would be a “summer anthem,” “Outside” (an overt diss at her ex-husband, Offset), she’s trying her [Read More…]
Cinderella’s Got to Go: With A Matter of Time, The Clock Strikes Midnight as Laufey Steps Even Further Into Her Own Musical Skin
Nothing about Laufey’s musical journey has been conventional. Perhaps the biggest example of that was becoming an “overnight” sensation during the pandemic while posting videos [Read More…]
Doja Cat Is An 80s Music Video Girl in “Jealous Type”
Like Charli XCX with her 2022 video for “Baby,” Doja Cat has been very inspired by the visual cachet of 1980s aesthetics for her new era. [Read More…]
With “Everybody Scream,” It’s Clear that Florence + the Machine Isn’t Done With the World of Dance Fever
It’s been three years since Florence + the Machine released arguably their best album to date, Dance Fever. In that time, Florence Welch embarked on the Dance [Read More…]
