Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Unlucky Thirteen: Diane Warren, Mainstream Underdog
It was, of course, a more under-the-radar headline from the Oscars, but, nonetheless, an important one. Diane Warren did not win for “Somehow You Do,” [Read More…]
The Tried-and-True Cheap Shot: When Will Men Stop Mocking Bald Women?
Perhaps what’s most useful to note about the scuffle heard ‘round the world at the 2022 Oscars is that it all could have been avoided [Read More…]
Crash All Over Again With Charli XCX’s Deluxe Edition of the Album
Not one to lose control of her creamy smooth pop icon goddess (yes, that’s a Madonna reference) status, Charli XCX has followed the release of [Read More…]
Three’s Company: Lorde Turns to Herself for Comfort in “Secrets From a Girl (Who’s Seen It All)”
Lorde has been admittedly disappointing in terms of coming up with the visuals for Solar Power. And arguably the most exciting thing she did for [Read More…]
In Defense of Mrs. Maisel’s “Stagnation” in Season 4
There is all this constant pressure to “do” and “be” “more” as a human being. As though the very basic obligations of said title aren’t [Read More…]
The Pratfalls of Monogamy: Charli XCX Breaks “Every Rule” For “Love”—and with Her Single Release Momentum
Just when you think you’ve finally mastered the choreography to one of Charli XCX’s bops from Crash, she goes and decides to release another song [Read More…]
Fresh: The Dating “Meat Market” of Mimi Cave’s Debut Reminds That Abuse of Women Comes As No Surprise… No Matter How “Creatively”
“I didn’t think people still met in real life anymore,” Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) tells her best friend, Mollie (Jonica T. Gibbs), after experiencing just that [Read More…]
Madonna’s Face as Andy Warhol’s Philosophy
Andy Warhol, of course, had many philosophies. On fame, love, work, time. A large bulk of them being placed in 1975’s The Philosophy of Andy [Read More…]
Kanye West Doesn’t Kill Kim in His Music, But Eminem Did: Why “Eazy” Sets No Precedent for Male Revenge
There’s no need to emphasize that people’s sensibilities have become far more delicate (while also dichotomously becoming more impervious) since the era when Eminem was [Read More…]
Yuppie Tribalism (Dance Party in Patrick Bateman’s Apartment): Charli XCX’s “Baby” Video
Perhaps if Patrick Bateman hadn’t given a chapter-long discourse on Whitney Houston’s career trajectory in American Psycho, he would have opted instead to do so [Read More…]
