Tag: Culled Culture
Signed, A Girl With A Mutable (a.k.a. Non-) Identity: C,XOXO
Being that the entire crux of the promotion for Camila Cabello’s fourth album, C,XOXO, has been centered on how “authentic” and “personal” the content is [Read More…]
Camila Cabello Tries To Be Everything to Every Listener With “Chanel No. 5,” Ends Up Doing a Bad Imitation of Britney Spears in the “Stronger” Video
As promotion for C,XOXO ramps up ahead of its release, so, too, does Camila Cabello’s bid to keep pushing the “rebrand” angle of the record. [Read More…]
On the Outside Looking In or On the Inside Looking Out?: I Saw the TV Glow
Because we live in a time where it has never been less possible to avoid the propensity for “pastiche,” it’s no wonder that Jane Schoenbrun’s [Read More…]
The Week of Laying to Rest a Feud Remixes: “The Boy Is Mine” and “Girl, so confusing”
In what is perhaps a “sign o’ the times” for the world of pop, the week in music has offered an overarching theme that centers [Read More…]
Girl, so confusing (To Some) That Charli XCX and Lorde Have Joined Forces
While some may be convinced that a Lorde-featuring remix of “Girl, so confusing” is just a red herring to distract from the fact that it’s [Read More…]
With “The Boy Is Mine” Remix, Ariana Grande Puts A Mostly Faux Feud to Rest
In 1998, few songs had as much of a chokehold on the nation as Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine.” In fact, it came [Read More…]
Hot in Herre: Tove Lo and SG Lewis Unsurprisingly Bring the Heat
Like many LGBTQIA+ allies, Tove Lo wasn’t about to let the month of June pass without honoring Pride in some way. So she decided to [Read More…]
A Mean Girl With “Complexity”: Cressida Bitchface
It is both a difficult and rare thing to lend something like “depth” to the proverbial mean girl. More often than not, it simply isn’t [Read More…]
“Please Please Please” As A Theme Song For Britney Spears’ Dating History
Perhaps of all the celebrity women who can relate to a song like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Britney Spears is the most equipped to [Read More…]
What’s In A Belittling Nickname? Andrew McCarthy’s Brats Seeks to Find Out
Oddly (or fortuitously) enough, Brats comes out at a time when the commentary surrounding both brats and rats has become very favorable. The former because [Read More…]
