Taylor Swift Takes Us Back to 2014 With 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
In 2014, a mere nine years ago, the world seemed simpler. It always does with hindsight. But in 2014’s case, things really were decidedly “safe” [Read More…]
Goosebumps Comes For the Very Generation That Grew Up On It
When it comes to repackaging pop culture, nothing has ever been sacred. Least of all R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps, which has been reworked a few [Read More…]
Not Justin Ken’ing Britney While She Was Having An Abortion
There is a very particular moment in Britney Spears’ revelatory The Woman In Me, during which she at last has the courage to rehash having [Read More…]
A White Picket Marriage of Sonic Ideals: Holly Macve and Lana Del Rey’s “Suburban House”
At a glance, Holly Macve might be easily mistaken for “Lizzy Grant.” That is to say, a blonde version of Lana Del Rey. The Irish [Read More…]
Madison Beer Retreats to the “Sweet Relief” of the 2000s, Corroborating That There’s Little Relief in the Present
As is the case with most of “Gen Z pop culture,” it’s usually grafted from the 2000s. The latest addition to that truism comes in [Read More…]
Perhaps Lana Del Rey Needs A Reminder of What Having “Absolutely No Money” Means
Lana Del Rey has long been “accused” of being the daughter of a rich man. From the outset of her success, there were speculations that [Read More…]
Charli XCX Creates Her Own Version of CSS’ “City Grrrl” With “In The City”
In 2011, CSS released their third album, La Liberación. Still finding it difficult to recreate the “virality” of 2005’s “Music Is My Hot Hot Sex,” [Read More…]
A Chasm in the TV Space-Time Continuum, Or: Rachel Green Fucks Don Draper
Just when you thought scenes of Rachel Green Alex Levy boning Don Draper Paul Marks (not the other way around, as some might sexistly presume) [Read More…]
There Should Be Two Movie Theater Options For the Eras Tour Film: One For People Who Just Want To Sit There Without Clapping, Dancing and Singing and One For People Who Want to Do the Exact Opposite
Maybe it was unfathomable to movie distributors that anyone other than a “bona fide Swiftie” would bother showing up to the Eras Tour film. After [Read More…]
For the Broke Asses in the Ultra Cheap Seats: The Eras Tour in Movie Format Makes It Clear That Taylor Swift Is Still the Apolitical “Good Girl”
Billed instantly as a “three-hour career-spanning victory lap,” Taylor Swift’s sixth tour is, needless to say, her most ambitious yet. Part of that ambitiousness has [Read More…]
