Tag: Rihanna
Tinashe Declares Who the Fuck She Is: Popstar
From the moment Tinashe’s eighth album, Popstar, begins with “Sunglasses,” it’s apparent that her aim is to be as in your face with her playful [Read More…]
Tinashe Savages a Middling “Companion” with “I’d Rather Be Alone”
Released as a “double single” with “Pillow Fight,” “I’d Rather Be Alone” (not to be confused with Greta Garbo’s sentiment behind, “I want to be [Read More…]
The “Bezos Met Gala” Hardly Kept Anyone Away
Like her nearly cancelled alter ego, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), Anna Wintour came under fire for a controversial move of her own. No, it wasn’t [Read More…]
On How It’s Gotten So Shitty That People Are Actually Romanticizing 2016
Because there is no rhyme or reason to anything anymore, the same goes for what trends might “reanimate” at any given moment. Except the “2016 [Read More…]
The “Weirdo” Next Door: Winona Ryder Shows Up in A$AP Rocky’s “Punk Rocky” Video
While many might have been worried that it would take another minute to see Winona Ryder in something after the series finale of Stranger Things [Read More…]
Rihanna’s “Friend of Mine” Indicates A Certain Lack of Enthusiasm on Her Part for Making New Music
Every time Rihanna has dropped a new single during the five years that have past in this decade, the fanfare surrounding it has always reached [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #55: Rihanna Choosing to Release “New” Music as Part of the Smurfs Soundtrack
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture…and all that it affects. [Read More…]
Madonna Is Still the Greatest Pop Star of the Twenty-First Century
While no one wants to hear this (least of all ageists or the Beyhive), Madonna remains, despite Billboard’s recent list to the contrary, the greatest pop [Read More…]
Masks! Innuendos! Double Cigarette Smoking!: Addison Rae’s “Aquamarine”
While Addison Rae might have only been five going on six years old when Aquamarine came out, clearly it must have had a lasting subliminal [Read More…]
Charli XCX Creates Her Own Version of CSS’ “City Grrrl” With “In The City”
In 2011, CSS released their third album, La Liberación. Still finding it difficult to recreate the “virality” of 2005’s “Music Is My Hot Hot Sex,” [Read More…]
