The Poetry of Tommy Shelby Working Toward Becoming the Ultimate Capitalist Until Finally Deciding to Burn It All (i.e., a Mound of Cash) to the Ground
When Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man was released, the phrase “money to burn” was given a whole new meaning. And one that was ripe with [Read More…]
Robyn’s “Horny MILF” Album, Sexistential, Explores the Contrasts and Panoply of Human Emotions
As it the trend with OG women in pop music of late (including solo artists ranging from Madonna to Lily Allen to Hilary Duff), Robyn [Read More…]
Slayyyter Goes “Kesha Del Rey” for WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
It’s no secret by now that Slayyyter has been trying to come up in the world even long before her debut album, Troubled Paradise (released [Read More…]
FLO’s “Leak It”: Yet Another Homage to the 00s (and Yes, Probably to Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian)
As FLO’s first single of 2026, “Leak It” ups the ante on the trio’s passion for tying themselves to the 2000s sound, having already cited [Read More…]
The Real Reason Madonna’s “Thief of Hearts” Virality Was Such a Surprise (Yet Also Not at All)
Maybe the most unusual thing about Gen Z glomming onto Madonna’s 1992 non-hit, “Thief of Hearts,” via TikTok isn’t the fact that it’s a “deep [Read More…]
The Drunk Dialer’s Delight/Lament: Sabrina Carpenter’s “Go Go Juice”
Although the ostensible majority of people from Sabrina Carpenter’s generation—a.k.a. Gen Z—aren’t exactly known for “getting crunk,” as it was once said, it didn’t stop [Read More…]
RAYE’s “Click Clack Symphony” as Sex and the City Theme Song
Although Sex and the City of course already has a well-known and iconic theme song (composed by Douglas J. Cuomo and Tom Findlay), perhaps had [Read More…]
RAYE’s “Click Clack Symphony” Video: A Journey From Dark to Light, the Dave Meyers Way
After the alarmingly retro lyrics of “Where Is My Husband” and the balladry of “Nightingale Lane,” RAYE has at last offered a single from This [Read More…]
The Hope in the Bleakness of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
In many ways, perhaps Tommy Shelby’s (Cillian Murphy) “grand finale” ought to have been something that everyone saw coming. After all, his eventual (and, as [Read More…]
The Way Madonna’s Presence Looms Over Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
Out of all the women JFK Jr. was linked to, Madonna was undoubtedly the most “controversial.” Not just because, to Jackie O, she represented a [Read More…]
