Britney Spears’ Onyx Hotel Performances of “Touch of My Hand” and “Breathe On Me” As Homage to Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” from the Blond Ambition Tour and “Justify My Love” Video
With Britney Spears’ The Onyx Hotel Tour being present in many ways throughout Addison Rae’s 2026 Coachella performance, it bears reminding that Madonna was the [Read More…]
Olivia Rodrigo Releases a “Taken the Eurostar to France” Edition of the “Drop Dead” Video Just in Time to Remind How Difficult It’s Going to Be to Get to Europe This Summer
Releasing different versions of the “drop dead” video like they’re album variants, apart from a version called “drop dead (stalked you on the internet)” (which [Read More…]
Summer Still Isn’t Over Yet (/Is Also Just Getting Started) on Zara Larsson’s Midnight Sun: Girls Trip
Before Zara Larsson released Midnight Sun in late September of 2025, it seemed she was the only one with unwavering confidence in her ability to [Read More…]
While Playing to the Gallery, Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter Insist Upon Never Playing to the Gallery with “Bring Your Love”
The last time Madonna did a duet with a blonde pop star as known for her simultaneous industry clout and sexually charged performances and lyrics, [Read More…]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Isn’t a Love Letter to/Elegy for Print Media So Much as an Insidious Acceptance of How Capitalism “Works”
Although The Devil Wears Prada 2 has been largely praised by critics (with Time going so far as to call it “better than the original”), [Read More…]
Cassie Howard Proves the Jimmy Soul Adage, “If You Wanna Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life, Never Make a Pretty Woman Your Wife”
Now that Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney) has become “Cassie Jacobs”—as Nate (Jacob Elordi) was sure to emphasize on the limo ride back to their house [Read More…]
The Video for “Runway” Offers “Glamorized Backrooms” a.k.a. Corporate Gay Settings to Go With Its Corporate Gay Sound
Like the shit-tastic, highly sanitized Michael, Lady Gaga and Doechii’s “Runway” video is bound to be a “crowd pleaser.” Which is to say, of course, [Read More…]
Witchy Woman in a Wedding Gown: ROSALÍA’s “Focu ‘Ranni” Video
Continuing to build on her arsenal of visuals from Lux, ROSALÍA tapped Petra Collins to help bring to life “Focu ‘Ranni,” her fourth single and [Read More…]
“Sanitized” Doesn’t Even Begin to Convey the Nature of Michael—But Maybe “Vomit-Inducing Puff Piece That Erases the Facts” Does
While critics have panned Michael (with one particularly poetic headline from BBC reading, “A bland and barely competent daytime TV movie”), it of course hasn’t [Read More…]
Madonna Is Proof That It Should Be More Impressive to “Achieve Things” (Especially of the Physical Variety) When You’re Old(er) Than It Is When You’re Young
A few years back, a random burst of appreciation for Madonna took hold of TikTok (before the “Thief of Hearts” phenomenon, that is). This after [Read More…]
