1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back: Olivia Rodrigo’s “take me home (4 christmas)”
On the heels of releasing both You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love and her The Handmaid’s Tale-themed “Serena Joy,” Olivia Rodrigo’s [Read More…]
The “Like a Virgin” Sensibilities of “…Baby One More Time”
As far as many were concerned, Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” might as well have been her debut single. For that’s the one that truly “invented” [Read More…]
Lola Leon Continues to Carve Out Her Own Unique Voice with “Tramp Stamp”
Considering that it’s all but impossible for any child of Madonna’s to ever fully emerge from her towering shadow, Lourdes “Lola” Leon has done a [Read More…]
Gracie Abrams’ “Here You Come, There You Go” as Carrie and Big’s Theme Song
In what has been an ostensible “jag” of emulating Taylor Swift behavior (namely, being all “white girl whimsical” for her Halloween performance on Saturday Night [Read More…]
Gracie Abrams’ SNL Performance: In Truth, More of an Homage to Taylor Swift Than Romeo + Juliet
Being among Taylor Swift’s “protégées” (which the likes of Olivia Rodrigo also once proudly declared being), it should come as no surprise that Gracie Abrams [Read More…]
Mariah Carey’s 2026 “It’s Time!”Announcement Is Riddled With Irony
What makes Mariah Carey’s now annual “It’s time!” announcement so different this year isn’t just how much she’s leaning fully into the short-lived Chick era [Read More…]
Friday the 13th’s Annie as Cautionary Tale About Trying So Hard to Get to Work
Because the first Friday the 13th (released in 1980) has been getting a bit more attention of late thanks to the prequel series Crystal Lake, [Read More…]
Zach Bryan and Lana Del Rey’s “Lies” Flaunts Tinges of Taylor Swift and Bon Iver’s “Exile” and Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love the Way You Lie”
As Lana Del Rey continues to release anything but her much talked-about tenth album, Stove (and now, its companion, Spyda), she instead keeps adding to [Read More…]
Ignoring the Whole “Inflation Thing,” Swarovski and Ariana Grande Try to Make Luxury Happen with Holiday Season-Themed “Joy” Commercial
As the collective unrest and general revolution around the world gains momentum, it seems in unusually poor taste to release a decadence- and “old school [Read More…]
The Years Later Release of Kesha’s “Backstabber” Video is a Glimpse Into the Very Lifestyle She Speaks on Throughout Her Animal/Cannibal Era
About four days before Kesha unleashed the “Backstabber” video from the proverbial vault, she began teasing some of its lyrics in captions underneath “sassy” photos [Read More…]
