The Gorge: Like If Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” Video, The Last of Us and Alien(s) Had a Baby

As a movie like You’re Cordially Invited has recently shown, it’s becoming more and more of a challenge for audiences to swallow romance “whole.” Because to attempt [Read More…]

On How Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” Is the Ultimate “Eh, I Guess You’ll Do” Track

Echoing Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me” long before it ever came out, Vanessa Williams’ hit single from 1992, “Save the Best for Last,” also [Read More…]

“Seemingly Ranch” Taps Into Something Larger: Stale Americana, Mistrust In All Things and Gross U.S. Eating Habits

The inherent mistrust of our collective society was boiled down to two keywords in a caption on September 25, 2023: “seemingly ranch.” The off-handed comment [Read More…]

SZA’s “Kill Bill” Remix With Doja Cat Opts to Further Elaborate on (Literally) Attacking “The Other Woman”

In these la-di-da times, it’s increasingly less “kosher” to “come for” “the other woman” in a cheating scenario. Or a scenario in which one is [Read More…]

Singing Teen Girl Lyrics Thirteen Years On & Ironically Getting More Agency Out of It: Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

One wonders at times if there were several moments when Taylor Swift might have cringed throughout the re-recording of her 2008 sophomore album, Fearless. The [Read More…]