Tag: Janet Jackson
“Sanitized” Doesn’t Even Begin to Convey the Nature of Michael—But Maybe “Vomit-Inducing Puff Piece That Erases the Facts” Does
While critics have panned Michael (with one particularly poetic headline from BBC reading, “A bland and barely competent daytime TV movie”), it of course hasn’t [Read More…]
An Album for the Patrick Bateman Bros: Doja Cat Is An 80s Lady on Vie
After releasing the deliberately polarizing Scarlet in 2023 (followed by a reissue called Scarlet 2 Claude in 2024), Doja Cat seems to have done yet [Read More…]
Janet Jackson Is Presented as Sinner and Saint in the Span of a Week
“Janet Jackson saved my life” is a far cry from some of the other digs lobbed at the singer this past week, after an interview [Read More…]
Justin Timberlake Didn’t Think Through His Latest Single’s Title, Or: Britney Spears’ Fanbase Shows Which Singer’s “Selfish” Is Boss
At one of the many uncomfortable points during Justin Timberlake’s first solo single (without the crutch of adding any features or being the feature) in [Read More…]
“It’s Ciara. Ms. Jackson, if you’re nasty”: Janet Is All Over “Jump”
Citing Janet Jackson and Destiny’s Child as key influences after seeing them perform on TV when she was younger, it’s no secret that Ciara continues [Read More…]
In Honor of Wonder Woman 1984, DC Heroines (and Villainesses) Cast As 80s Pop Stars
With the upcoming release of Wonder Woman 1984 at last firmly secured (or is it?) for Christmas Day, Gal Godot is back in the role [Read More…]
Whether The NFL Admits It Or Not, There Is A Double Standard to Not Extending An Invitation to Janet Jackson to Perform at the Halftime Show
When Justin Timberlake takes the stage for the 2018 Super Bowl Halftime Show, it will have been fourteen years since the notorious nipplegate event that [Read More…]
On the Janet Is Better Than Madonna Argument
A recent article put forth the notion that Janet Jackson is more important and influential as an artist than Madonna. Such an assertion is not only [Read More…]
