Tag: Marina
Marina x Madonna: The “Butterfly” Video
By now, it should be fairly obvious that there’s no pop star who has come after her that Madonna hasn’t greatly influenced. Regardless of whether [Read More…]
The Metamorphosis of MARINA Is Complete With “Butterfly”
It was already apparent earlier this year, with the release of her first poetry collection, Eat the World, that MARINA has had butterflies on her brain. [Read More…]
A Song Called “Man’s World” Is, Ironically, Far More Female-Empowering Than Katy Perry’s “Woman’s World”
Back in 2020 (that ominous year), MARINA found it to be the perfect time to release “Man’s World,” the first single from what would become [Read More…]
Whether Emulating Lana Del Rey, Ariana Grande or Olivia Rodrigo, Madison Beer Gets Loud on Silence Between Songs
The story of Madison Beer’s rise to fame is already well-known by now. And, in a nutshell, it goes: Justin Bieber tweeted, among other links [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Gets Emotionally Sucked Dry (Again) On “Vampire”
It’s no secret that Olivia Rodrigo is a Twilight fan. Shit, she even has an unreleased song called “Twilight,” with lyrics that go, “Don’t know [Read More…]
The Evolution of Songs About Nuclear War From Serious Threat to Love Metaphor, Or: The Present Relevancy of Charli XCX’s “Nuclear Seasons” and MARINA’s “Radioactive”
While everyone had assumed that 1) Putin would never dare to actually invade Ukraine and that 2) if he did, it would never go on [Read More…]
Society Once Asked, “Where’s the beef?” Nicki Minaj Plans to Stew It With Her Own Record Label
As a woman in the music industry, there’s never been a better time to show the patriarchy how useless it is by starting one’s own [Read More…]
Scorpio Manicness Abounds on Tove Lo’s Delightfully Stinging Dirt Femme
Tove Lo is among the many shining pops stars who hadn’t yet dipped their toe into an album release since the advent of The Pandemic [Read More…]
Electra Heart: The Album of a Generation
While many are quick to deem Lana Del Rey’s debut (we don’t acknowledge Lana Del Ray a.k.a. Lizzy Grant), Born to Die, as the “true” [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…]
