Tag: Stuart Price
“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…]
Not Everybody’s Comin’ to the Future, But Some People Are Still Dwellin’ on the Past: Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia
A title like Future Nostalgia seems to have two meanings, the first obviously being a nostalgia (antithetical to its definition) for the future, but then, [Read More…]
Dua Lipa Continues to Reiterate the Benefits of Staying at Home With “Break My Heart”
Although the non-sonorously named Dua Lipa couldn’t have known in 2019 that “Don’t Start Now,” the first single from her sophomore record, Future Nostalgia, would [Read More…]
Pet Shop Boys Still Know Where the Hotspot(s) Are
Like their fellow 80s contemporary and occasional collaborator Madonna, the Pet Shop Boys have seen fit to bring us their fourteenth studio album, Hotspot, in [Read More…]
The Woeful Lament of Everything Both Specifically and Generally Coming to an End on Pet Shop Boys’ “Burning the Heather”
“End” seems to be the word that most accurately sums up the motif of Pet Shop Boys’ forthcoming fourteenth studio album. For it’s even the [Read More…]
