Brandy, Monica, Lonely Boy and Pussy Power: Ariana Grande’s Movie-Inspired Music Video Universe Expands With “The Boy Is Mine”
When last we left Ariana Grande, she was having her memory erased and sitting atop a table across from Evan Peters with a birthday cake [Read More…]
A Reluctant Bonnie to Her Clyde: Sabrina Carpenter Ushers in the Short n’ Sweet Era With Barry Keoghan…and A Slight Who’s That Girl Narrative
Although “Espresso” might technically be the “first” visual to signal what Sabrina Carpenter has now confirmed as her Short n’ Sweet era, it is “Please [Read More…]
Charli XCX Makes BRAT Into Her Own Personal Acronym For: Being Really Attractive & Tumultuous
While the modern meaning of the word “brat” might be “a child, typically one that is badly behaved,” there was a time in its early [Read More…]
Eric: Change Comes From Within (Even If You’re Without A Puppet-y Shell)
Set during the time and place everyone loves to romanticize—New York City in the 1980s—Abi Morgan’s Eric isn’t your typical kidnapping story. But then, nor [Read More…]
No Daylight for the Scheming: Night and the City
While the U.S. was riding “high” off the post-war economic boom in 1950, some Americans chose to stay behind in Europe (though most are aware [Read More…]
SATC’s “Hot Child in the City” Predicted the Current Millennial/Gen Z “Mindset Swap”
As a show that gets continually reassessed in a harsh light with every “years later” rewatch, a batch of Gen Zers recently viewing Sex and [Read More…]
“360” Featuring Robyn and Yung Lean Continues to Showcase Charli XCX’s Commitment to the Art of the Remix
A collaboration between Charli XCX and Robyn and Charli XCX and Yung Lean, respectively, has seemed like a long time coming. That said, perhaps Charli [Read More…]
The Three Instances of Monoculture in 2023 Were Helmed By White Women: Taylor, Barbie and Britney
As the halfway mark of 2024 occurs, further reflection on where society was this time last year can’t help but come to mind (and, for [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #49: Attempting to Sue Madonna For Being “Pornographic”
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Weyes Blood’s “Andromeda” Video Mirrors the Wistful, Leap-of-Faith Themes of the Song
Refusing to let a divine album like Titanic Rising fall into the forgotten category just because it’s been five years since its release, Weyes Blood [Read More…]
