The “Levitating” Remix Video Might Not Feature Madonna, But It Does Have a Very Specific “Who’s That Girl” Reference

While the presence of “randos” in music videos feels like an ever-diminishing notion (apart from Kylie Jenner in “WAP”) with stymying COVID restrictions, back in [Read More…]

The Blessed (Madonna) Reunion of Missy Elliott and Madonna Thanks to Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” Remix

In 2003, the only thing more shocking than Madonna kissing Britney Spears (before also kissing Christina Aguilera, whose smooch didn’t get half as much play) [Read More…]

Kylie Minogue Tries To Turn the World Into A Disco Ball Again, But We’re A Long Way From the Bacchanalian Days of the 70s

When all else has failed (to attract interest), Kylie Minogue has always returned to her dance floor roots. The ones that launched her to international [Read More…]

Dua Lipa’s “Hallucinate” Video Conjures Visions of Madonna’s “Dear Jessie”

At the end of 1989, Europeans were treated to a fourth single from Madonna’s Like A Prayer album, an unusual-for-her-style number called “Dear Jessie.” With [Read More…]

Not Everybody’s Comin’ to the Future, But Some People Are Still Dwellin’ on the Past: Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia

A title like Future Nostalgia seems to have two meanings, the first obviously being a nostalgia (antithetical to its definition) for the future, but then, [Read More…]

Dua Lipa Continues to Reiterate the Benefits of Staying at Home With “Break My Heart”

Although the non-sonorously named Dua Lipa couldn’t have known in 2019 that “Don’t Start Now,” the first single from her sophomore record, Future Nostalgia, would [Read More…]