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…]
Change Your Gender, (Maybe) Change Your Life: Emilia Pérez
If some story aspects of Emilia Pérez seem familiar, it’s because writer-director Jacques Audiard was inspired by a particular chapter in Boris Razon’s 2018 novel, [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…]
FKA Twigs Lets Her Projections Run Wild on “Perfect Stranger”
The theme of projection in romance seems to be trending at the moment. At least if one takes Dua Lipa’s “Illusion,” Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie [Read More…]
“…And Good Business Is The Best Art”: The Apprentice
Although director Ali Abbasi and writer Gabriel Sherman are certain to put a disclaimer title card at the beginning of The Apprentice that notes creative [Read More…]
Lindsay Lohan Once Again References Past Movie Glory in Yet Another Commercial
Despite Lindsay Lohan’s rather limited filmography, it hasn’t stopped her from continually homing in on the main three movies that launched her into the spotlight—The [Read More…]
Dionysus Beware: Party Girl Gods Charli XCX and Kesha Finally Join Forces
Perhaps saving the best for last in terms of who she wanted to unveil as a collaborator on her Brat remix album, Charli XCX has [Read More…]
