Tag: Taylor Swift
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…]
When “Full Transparency” Becomes Both Pretentious and Outright Wasteful: Lorde’s Virgin CD Issue
One would assume that at least part of the reason for Lorde securing the number one album slot in the UK (for the first time) [Read More…]
Laufey Goes All in On the Self-Proclaimed Embarrassment of Being a “Lover Girl”
Based on the pair of singles from A Matter of Time that Laufey released prior to “Lover Girl,” “Silver Lining” and “Tough Luck,” it’s clear that her [Read More…]
Taylor’s Re-Records: The Biggest Troll in Recent Music History
While everyone (read: the Swifties) has been quite overjoyed to hear that Taylor Swift was able to buy her music catalogue back for, well, the [Read More…]
Laufey’s “Tough Luck” Oozes the Lyrical Stylings of Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo
While Laufey’s first single, “Silver Lining,” from her forthcoming third album, A Matter of Time, might have been on the dreamy and romantic side (with a [Read More…]
