Tag: Madonna
“Sunset” Video: Caroline Polachek Lives Her Best Life in Barcelona While Channeling Beth Orton and “La Isla Bonita”
When one is as well-traveled as Caroline Polachek, it’s probably hard to be “impressed” by much of any milieu. After all, this is the girl [Read More…]
“La Isla Bonita” Redux: “Hung Up on Tokischa” Video Continues Madonna’s Tradition of Catholic Imagery and Latino Fetishism
In 2005, when Madonna first repurposed the lines, “Time goes by so slowly for those who wait,” it still felt somewhat earnest. Even if she [Read More…]
Madonna Is “Hung Up on Tokischa” Beyond the Confines of Artistic Collaboration
The ostensible “romance” between Madonna and Tokischa has been brewing since, appropriately, Pride. Recreating her VMAs maneuver at a performance she called Finally Enough Love [Read More…]
Only Chill Vibes in the Building: There’s No Harshing Rema and Selena Gomez’s Mellow in the Video for “Calm Down”
Selena Gomez’s determination to come fully into her own as she embarks upon her thirties seems to be continuing with the release of a new [Read More…]
Saucy Santana Essentially Said, “I Hated Rich People Until I Was One”
By now, it should be evident that we all say it’s not “okay” to be a shitty human being… until money enters the picture. At [Read More…]
And So The Pop Star Begat… Lolahol
In the end, it was only a matter of time before Madonna’s firstborn should fully take advantage of the womb from whence she came. Sure, [Read More…]
With Finally Enough Love, Madonna Has Shown Yet Again That Everything Old Is New
When one is the progenitor of an entire pop cultural lexicon, it gives her plenty of license to reuse and redesign whatever she sees fit. [Read More…]
That Don’t Impress Michael Alig Much
Perhaps because of the pandemic and the long-standing existence of the internet, people, specifically “youths,” forgot all about words like “club” and “subculture.” The latter [Read More…]
Pussy Power: Anitta’s “Gata” Video Riffs On “Express Yourself”
In addition to serving up Catwoman vibes (someone please cast this gata), Anitta’s visuals for her latest video in support of Versions of Me, “Gata,” [Read More…]
Madonna Arrives At That “Impossible” “When I’m Sixty-Four” Moment, Yet, As A Woman, Doesn’t Have the Same Respect or “Cachet” as Paul McCartney
One of the most noticeable themes Madonna has touted in recent years during interviews or speeches is a certain sense of “survivor’s guilt.” Not just [Read More…]
