Tag: Lady Gaga
Tinashe Savages a Middling “Companion” with “I’d Rather Be Alone”
Released as a “double single” with “Pillow Fight,” “I’d Rather Be Alone” (not to be confused with Greta Garbo’s sentiment behind, “I want to be [Read More…]
Slayyyter Goes for Early 2010s Lana and Gaga for “Crank 2” Video
Despite Barack Obama still being president at the start of the 2010s, there were early signs in certain musicians’ work that the decay of America [Read More…]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Isn’t a Love Letter to/Elegy for Print Media So Much as an Insidious Acceptance of How Capitalism “Works”
Although The Devil Wears Prada 2 has been largely praised by critics (with Time going so far as to call it “better than the original”), [Read More…]
Lady Gaga’s “Corporate Gay” Single, “Runway”
When The Devil Wears Prada came out in 2006, Lady Gaga was still slumming it at shows on the Lower East Side. Which is, incidentally, [Read More…]
The Only “Controversial” Thing About Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show Was Singing “NUEVAYoL” in California
From the moment Bad Bunny was announced as the headliner for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, it was deemed “controversial” by, let’s say, certain parties. [Read More…]
The “Dopamine Doula” Is Back: Ke$ha’s Animal + Cannibal Fifteenth Anniversary Reissue
In 2010, a seminal voice of a generation emerged. No, it wasn’t motherfucking Lena Dunham, but Kesha Rose Sebert. Better known as her then stylized [Read More…]
Apart from Sabrina Carpenter, the 2025 VMAs Keeps It Pretty Tame (and Straight)
Perhaps it was only right that Doja Cat should kick off the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of her lead single from [Read More…]
Living (Dead) Doll: Lady Gaga’s “The Dead Dance” Video
Lady Gaga’s relationship to Wednesday has, by now, been well-established, with “Bloody Mary” being far more associated with Wednesday Addams’ (Jenna Ortega) signature dance scene [Read More…]
Miley, Kesha, Lorde, Lady Gaga, Charli XCX and the 00s: Ava Max’s “Lovin Myself”
With Don’t Click Play, Ava Max’s upcoming third album following 2023’s Diamonds & Dancefloors, she’s offered up a wide array of “sound palettes”—or “sonic landscapes,” if you [Read More…]
A Show About an Ambiguous Straight Man Ambiguously Set in the 2010s: Overcompensating
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Benito Skinner’s debut TV series, Overcompensating, isn’t that it’s a lifeline for those who are still in the closet and [Read More…]
