Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Tove Lo Gets Semi-Better Results From Sticking Her Head in the Oven Than Sylvia Plath in “Sweettalk My Heart” Video
Expounding on one of the larger themes of Sunshine Kitty–making a human connection at the cost of being perhaps overly visceral–Tove Lo’s latest single, “Sweettalk [Read More…]
“2099” Video Looks More Like 1997 as Jet Skis Seem to Make Some Unwitting Statement About Present Behavior’s Effects on the Future
As Charli XCX keeps the singles coming from Charli (in particular with Troye Sivan), her sequel, after a fashion, to “1999”–called “2099”–isn’t exactly the most [Read More…]
A Rainy Day in New York Offers A Wet Behind the Ears Perspective of the City
A crowd outside of the theater clamors to get into two sold out showings of Woody Allen’s latest movie. The herd of people extending down [Read More…]
Guess It’s… Never… Really… Over: Breaking Up
There was perhaps something in the air in the Manhattan of the late 90s. Something that made it so that women who oughtn’t settle for [Read More…]
This Is A Story About Control: Hustlers
From the moment the words of Janet Jackson commence Hustlers with her intro to “Control,” it is unequivocal that, indeed, “This is a story about [Read More…]
Love + Fear Doesn’t Stop With Time: MARINA Releases EP Featuring Select Acoustic Renditions of Latest Album’s Songs
Despite Marina’s fourth record, a double album called Love + Fear, only being recently released in April, the Welsh goddess of thoughtful pop has already [Read More…]
The Songs of Ariana Grande’s That Lana Del Rey Should Cover Post-“Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored”
While Ariana Grande’s grandiose style (in the vein of Mariah Carey) wouldn’t quite work for adapting Lana Del Rey’s own grandiose vocals to her oeuvre [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Charli Is That Rare Breed of Album That Makes Non-Cohesion Work
In a music climate that thrives on keeping listeners hooked by constantly releasing new singles, Charli XCX, like Lana Del Rey with Norman Fucking Rockwell, [Read More…]
Tied Together Sonically By Ariana Grande, “Don’t Call Me Angel” Builds Somewhat More Hostilely on the Themes Destiny’s Child Established With “Independent Women Pt. 1”
Another decade, another remake. Charlie’s Angels was doomed to be next, of course, and even famously lampooned film remakes via LL Cool J on a [Read More…]
Life Imitates Art, Art Imitates Life: The Souvenir
That Joanna Hogg’s latest film is named after Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s famed painting, “The Souvenir,” is a fitting homage to the pining nature of the movie’s [Read More…]
