Category: Music
Arca Helps Addison Rae Further “Sex Up” “Aquamarine” with the “Arcamarine” Remix
As Addison Rae’s ascent into the upper echelons of “it girl” status in music continues (thanks in part to Charli XCX, with Rae now also [Read More…]
Charli XCX Achieves the Ultimate in Establishment Acknowledgement Via the 2025 Grammy Nominations
The last time Charli XCX was nominated for a Grammy, it was not only ten years ago (at the end of 2014), but also as [Read More…]
It Was Easier to (Sort of) Believe in the Defiant Optimism of a Song Like Lana Del Rey’s “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing” in 2017
2017 marked the first year that Lana Del Rey actually “deigned” to get political in her music. And yes, it took fellow quintessential white female [Read More…]
Harley Quinn Behavior Takes Hold in Suburbia: Lady Gaga’s “Disease” Video
While Lady Gaga’s current focus might be to shake the disease of Lee Quinzel after her foray into the DC Universe with Joker: Folie à Deux, [Read More…]
Lady Gaga Focuses on Shaking the “Disease” of “Lee Quinzel”
It doesn’t seem coincidental that Lady Gaga would opt to release a new single soon after the critical and commercial failure of Joker: Folie à [Read More…]
Masks! Innuendos! Double Cigarette Smoking!: Addison Rae’s “Aquamarine”
While Addison Rae might have only been five going on six years old when Aquamarine came out, clearly it must have had a lasting subliminal [Read More…]
Shygirl and Saweetie Birth “Immaculate” (A Song, Not A Collection)
Madonna might have released The Immaculate Collection (a riff, obviously, on “the immaculate conception”) in 1990, but she surprisingly never did offer a song called [Read More…]
Tinashe Brings It On In Her Update to TLC’s “No Scrubs,” “No Broke Boys”
Cardi B might have recently reiterated, “Broke boys don’t deserve no pussy (I know that’s right!),” but it was TLC who helmed that message best [Read More…]
Dom Dolla and Tove Lo’s “Cave”: A Vampire’s Anthem in Time For Spooky Season
Still fresh off bringing the heat from her EP of the same name, Tove Lo has nonetheless graced her fandom with yet another danceable ditty. [Read More…]
FKA Twigs’ “Perfect Stranger” Offers Only Pros to Meeting Strangers, While Madonna’s “Beautiful Stranger” Is More Cautiously Aroused
Madonna as the titular character in Desperately Seeking Susan once said, “Good going, stranger.” It seemed, in its odd way, to presage a song of [Read More…]
