Tag: Genna Rivieccio
“When Will They Ever Learn?”: Bugonia Is Mercilessly Unsympathetic Toward Humankind (And It’s Deserved)
To many, Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Bugonia (a remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 movie, Save the Green Planet!), will come across as being “preachy.” To be sure, there’s [Read More…]
The Tone of Tate McRae’s So Close to What Takes on a New Slant with the Addition of Five Songs to the Deluxe Edition, So Close to What???
While the original overarching tone of Tate McRae’s third album, So Close to What, was largely one of amorousness and, well, being “Miss Possessive” when [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #56: The U.S. Not Promoting World AIDS Day This Year
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture and politics…and all that [Read More…]
Udo Kier’s “Mainstream” Pinnacle: Madonna’s “Deeper and Deeper” Video
Having appeared in movies with titles like Life is Too Long and Swan Song, it was always apparent that Udo Kier didn’t tremble in the [Read More…]
FKA Twigs Would Like to Remind That She, Too, is a 365 Party Girl with Eusexua Afterglow
There are few musicians with the ability to release two albums in the span of a year (Taylor Swift having once shown such prowess in [Read More…]
Paris, Lindsay and Britney This Is Not: Why the Kim, Khloé and Britney Hangout Reeks
In what is one of many instances in 2025 that might have people questioning if certain videos and images are “real” (as in, not AI-generated), [Read More…]
Predictably, FKA Twigs Opts for 2000s Aesthetics in “Predictable Girl” Video
Because the only thing more unshakeable as a “blanket trend” than the 90s is the 2000s, it’s no surprise that FKA Twigs, an 80s baby [Read More…]
As the Infant Marie, Allie X Blends Past, Present and Future on the Ominous (and Enchanting) Happiness Is Going to Get You
Among the many “anti-pop stars” making interesting music “these days” (hear also: ROSALÍA’s Lux), Allie X continues to challenge norms and expectations with her latest [Read More…]
Let the Lux In: ROSALÍA Translates the Divine into Sonic Form
There’s an obvious reason that none other than Madonna herself felt compelled to post about the “visionary” nature of ROSALÍA’s fourth album, Lux. Apart from [Read More…]
Lily Allen’s “Cheryl Tweedy” As Forerunner to Charli XCX’s “Sympathy Is a Knife”
In July 2006, there was no denying the chokehold that Lily Allen had over British radio airwaves. Or, perhaps more “modernly,” the chokehold she had [Read More…]