Another Post-“Bad Behavior Exposed” Plug for Chateau Marmont: Miley’s “Justify My Love”-esque “Let’s Get Married” Video
In the spirit of Miley Cyrus’ tendency these past few years to channel Lana Del Rey, the video for her latest single from Bass Persuades, [Read More…]
Miley’s Bass Persuades Doesn’t Persuade the Discerning Listener That It Tops Something Beautiful
In the late spring of 2025, Miley Cyrus released what was among her best, most cohesive records, Something Beautiful. Alas, for whatever reason, it seemed [Read More…]
Let Your Mind Go and Your Body Will Follow: Tove Lo’s Estrus
In many regards, Tove Lo’s sixth album, Estrus, feels like a continuation of the overarching themes she explored on 2022’s Dirt Femme. Now, four years [Read More…]
Troye Sivan Makes the Middle Ages Seem Like Gay Heaven (Complete with a Madonna Sample) for the “Party” Video
Once again proving that he’s studied under the School of Brat (as also evidenced by “She’s the Best”), Troye Sivan’s second single from She’s the [Read More…]
“Princess of Power” and “The Fate of Ophelia”: Songs That Employ Two Very Different Images of a Woman Being in a Tower
Seeing as how MARINA has never gotten the kind of due that, for whatever reason, Taylor Swift gets all the time (no matter how many [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…]
“Slumber Party” Redux: Tinashe’s “Pillow Fight”
Just as Britney Spears made an innuendo-laden song about a sleepover (which she then chose Tinashe be featured on), so, too, does Tinashe now have [Read More…]
Kay Lives Through the Torture in Shygirl’s “Lucky (Hymn)” Video, a “Part II” to “Alyse”
For those who have been waiting with bated breath to figure out where the two goons from Shygirl’s “Alyse” video took “Kay” (Samson Hughes) in [Read More…]
Slayyyter Goes for Early 2010s Lana and Gaga for “Crank 2” Video
Despite Barack Obama still being president at the start of the 2010s, there were early signs in certain musicians’ work that the decay of America [Read More…]
9/11 Signaled the Demise of “Empire” America Not Just Politically, But Pop Culturally
Despite the scandal that “rocked the nation” in 1998—Bill Clinton’s lechery fully coming to light thanks to his “relations” with a certain White House intern—for [Read More…]
