Why Marilyn Matters More Than Ever
On what would have marked Norma Jeane Baker a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe’s one hundredth birthday, it seems as if the simultaneously maligned (particularly when she was [Read More…]
As Bebe Rexha Tells It, “Sad Girls” Don’t Cry—They Remain the Last Ones on the Dance Floor
With a musical intro that immediately recalls the electronic organ sound of Haddaway’s 1993 hit, “What Is Love,” Bebe Rexha and David Guetta’s “Sad Girls” [Read More…]
With “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” Ariana Grande Offers a Song That Could Have Been Written From Taylor Swift’s Perspective
After rightfully prolonging the Eternal Sunshine era (complete with releasing the deluxe edition a year after the original version of the album), and then (/in [Read More…]
JADE Gives Lily Allen an Assist on Shaming David Harbour with “Beg For Me (JADE Remix)”
For most of 2025, Lily Allen found every opportunity to say that the only artist she was really listening to/excited by was JADE. Which meant, [Read More…]
Lola Leon Steps Out from Behind “Lolahol” for Her New Single, “T Shirt”
Perhaps realizing that she wasn’t tapping into the full potential of her nepo baby powers with an “off-the-beaten-path” stage name like Lolahol, Lourdes Leon has [Read More…]
In Hokum, The Only Thing Creepier Than Ireland Is Confronting One’s Past
Although Damian McCarthy’s third film, Hokum, doesn’t start out in Ireland (nor does the first hair-raising scene begin there), it isn’t until his complex protagonist, [Read More…]
Lola Young Lets People Know How It Is “From Down Here”
In the wake of her “personal struggles” (to use a common euphemistic phrase for having a bit of breakdown, oftentimes related to drug use), Lola [Read More…]
Charli XCX Roams the Streets of Paris in a Hangover Haze While Hoping to Write a Song Like the “Playboy Bunny” (a.k.a. Something That’s Just as Iconic and Recognizable)
On the heels of releasing the B-side to “Rock Music,” “I Keep Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” Charli XCX has not only [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Tries and Fails to Find “The Cure” in Smashing Pumpkins-Meets-Tim Burton-Meets-Michel Gondry-Inspired Video
If “The Cure” could best be described in relation to Olivia Rodrigo’s first single from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s “SS26” Bears the No Holds Barred Nihilism of MARINA’s “Pink Convertible”
Perhaps of all the industries that have blood on their hands for being a bane to the environment, fashion remains at the top of the [Read More…]
