Tag: nsync
Justin Timberlake’s “Selfish” Reinforces “Romantic” Ideas of Toxic Masculinity When It Comes to Jealousy
Sometimes when a man does such a number on you, you still can’t help but want to be in his good graces even after all [Read More…]
Girls5eva De-glamorizes Late 90s/Early 00s Pop for a Tragicomic Effect
If anyone can get “complicated,” niche comedies greenlit, its executive producing duo Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. And while Girls5eva has the Fey stamp of [Read More…]
Megan Thee Stallion Pulls a “Toy Story” Meets NSYNC’s “It’s Gonna Be Me” For “Cry Baby” Video
After letting “Body” run its course as the first “official” single and video from Good News, Megan Thee Stallion is back to remind us why [Read More…]
Like Playing With Matches: Summoning Millennials With Britney Spears & Backstreet Boys
Because releasing “bonus tracks” for Glory has become some kind of compulsion for Britney Spears (perhaps she needs her own tailored version of the DSM)–in [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Carries the *NSYNC Torch Re: the Heteronormative Thrill of Repressed Desire a.k.a. the Hunt on “boyfriend”
Re-teaming with longtime directorial collaborator Hannah Lux Davis (who also brought us the scandalous for its cultural appropriativeness “7 Rings“), Ariana Grande continues to go [Read More…]
The Mild to Medium Offensiveness of NSYNC’s “I Drive Myself Crazy” Video
Perhaps 1999 was a more tolerant year to mock those types confined to “loony bin life.” Surely before the advent of Bush and the staunch [Read More…]
