Tag: MTV
Mondo Appropriato #13: Madonna Getting More Nominations Than Taylor Swift at the 2026 VMAs
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “right” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape. Time and time again over [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…]
Madonna’s “Take A Bow” Video As Harbinger of Technosexuality and Obsessing Over a Simulacrum of a Person
By the time Madonna’s Bedtime Stories album came out in 1994, the postmodern era was well into effect. Indeed, one might say Madonna single-handedly created [Read More…]
Pop Culture’s Decreasing Ability to Unite People Through Common Ground Is More Insidious Than One Thinks
As the internet has served as a conduit for what once would have been called “niches” to thrive, the phenomenon of “monoculture” has been essentially [Read More…]
Is Awkwardness the New Controversy?: A Question Posed by the 2015 VMAs
It’s no secret that the VMA’s have been in sharp decline since the infamous Britney/Madonna (and Christina) kiss in 2003, but the depths of just [Read More…]
When Garbage & Daria Combined to Create the Ultimate Alt 90s Experience
There are a lot of “most 90s” things that occurred during the decade of Clinton and dial-up internet, but among the annals of distinctive 90s [Read More…]
Are Excessive Cameos the Only Way to Get People to Watch Music Videos Anymore?
There used to be a certain level of artistry to music videos when they first hit airwaves in the 1970s (yes, Aussies were offering them [Read More…]
In Memoriam of Ashlee Simpson’s Career
Ten years ago this week, Ashlee Simpson destroyed all of the good faith she had built up with her reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show, [Read More…]
Shirley Manson Is My Homegirl
Decades after Garbage’s relevancy, I still have to say that Shirley Manson is one of the most inspiring women to have graced the pop culture [Read More…]
I Just Want My Pants Back Pre-Dated Girls
While it’s really no secret that Girls is a post-post modern grafting of essentially every show ever made about being single/in your twenties in New [Read More…]
