Tag: Taylor Swift
Hilary Duff’s Comeback Success Has Nothing to Do With Luck (…Or Something) and Everything to Do With the Same Earnestness That Established Her Career to Begin With
The last time Hilary Duff released an album, it was just days before anyone knew that Donald Trump would make his intentions to run for [Read More…]
Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” Video: Another Example of How Everything Has to Be a Reference (Especially to Something Esoteric, Like a Graham Norton Show Episode)
Maybe the only thing that “come[s] back stronger than a 90s trend” (as it was said on 2020’s “Willow”) is Taylor Swift with a new [Read More…]
Hilary Duff’s “Roommates” Is a Lament for the Honeymoon Phase (Both of a Relationship and Life)
As Hilary Duff gives another auditory snapshot of what to expect from sixth album, Luck… or Something, “Roommates” provides a marked thematic contrast to the [Read More…]
When It Comes to the Rockumentary Genre, The End of an Era Ain’t It—Truth Or Dare (and I’m Going to Tell You a Secret) Still Is
As if knowing, on some level, that she would need a form of “insurance” to make it so that the masses would remember “Taylor Swift” [Read More…]
Reminder: Just Because Taylor Swift Got “Bot Bombarded” With Negative Commentary About “Promoting Nazi Ideas” Doesn’t Make The Life of a Showgirl Any Less, Well, Schlocky
The Swifties probably haven’t had this much of a field day with feeling validated since it was revealed that Kim Kardashian “doctored” the recording of [Read More…]
Hilary Duff Returns With a “Mature,” Yet Skewering New Single
While SZA missed the opportunity to call “Kill Bill” “Mature” (after all, she does keep repeating, “I’m so mature” throughout it), Hilary Duff knew that [Read More…]
Britney Spears’ “Circus” Has More Clout and Showgirl Resonance Than the Entire The Life of a Showgirl Album
In 2008, Taylor Swift was not only coming up in the world of music with her sophomore album, Fearless, but, more importantly, Britney Spears was [Read More…]
Just Like the Song, “The Fate of Ophelia” Video Has Little to Do With Shakespeare’s Character in Hamlet
Because Taylor Swift has increasingly decided to cast herself in the role of “English teacher” to the masses, maybe it should come as no surprise [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Increasingly Loses Touch with “The Commoner” on The Life of a Showgirl
Although Taylor Swift has been famous for most of her life, one of the biggest keys to her success has always been “relatability.” Or at [Read More…]
Too Much (Of Lena Dunham Once Again Attempting “Realism”)
Although Lena Dunham hasn’t disappeared from the spotlight by any means in the years since Girls came out, there’s no denying her cachet has diminished since that [Read More…]
