Tag: Lana Del Rey
When the World Was at War, We Kept Dancing: Shygirl’s Club Shy Room 2
Shygirl’s latest EP, Club Shy Room 2, had something of an eerie release date in terms of being timed to coincide with one of the Orange [Read More…]
Addison Rae’s “High Fashion”: Her Version of “Material Girl,” With a Dash of Britney, Lana, Carrie and Dorothy Thrown Into the Visuals
With the flick of a lighter, the video for Addison Rae’s first single of the year (and third single in the span of about seven [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey and the Eerie/Fiery Prophecies of Her Norman Fucking Rockwell Era
Like most of Lana Del Rey’s oeuvre, finding references to California is the name of the game. Well, not so much “finding” them as being [Read More…]
Nosferatu Was Made For Lana Del Rey a.k.a. Ellen Hutter
While The Shangri-Las might have been the OGs when it came to perfecting the notion of “he’s good bad, but he’s not evil,” Lana Del [Read More…]
The Substance and “Margaret”
While Lana Del Rey couldn’t have possibly intuited that a very specific line in “Margaret,” one of the songs from her 2023 album, Did You Know [Read More…]
With “Delusional,” Kesha Joins the List of Female Pop Stars Calling Out Shitty Exes
While Kesha has certainly had her share of songs referring to no-good exes (or just no-good men in general), “Delusional” marks the first truly blatant [Read More…]
It Was Easier to (Sort of) Believe in the Defiant Optimism of a Song Like Lana Del Rey’s “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing” in 2017
2017 marked the first year that Lana Del Rey actually “deigned” to get political in her music. And yes, it took fellow quintessential white female [Read More…]
Beyond Brat Summer, Or: Why It Was A Summer of Americana Via The Bikeriders and “Tough”
In many ways, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders and Lana Del Rey x Quavo’s “Tough” achieve the same dichotomous thing: acknowledging the death of what America [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Serves Her Version of Britney Spears’ “Lucky” Video With “Lights Camera Action”
Proving that female pop stars only get better with age (even if Madonna already did that starting as early as 1998), Kylie Minogue is having [Read More…]
Bayou Bride: Lana Del Rey Delivers The Biggest (Yet Most On-Brand) Shock of Her Career By Getting Married to a Swamp Tour Guide
If Lana Del Rey is known for anything besides her melancholic melodies, it’s dating “working-class,” salt of the earth men. Indeed, the most famous men [Read More…]
