John Lennon’s “Mother”: A Song “About 99% of the Parents”
Despite “Mother” being one of John Lennon’s most deeply personal songs, there was a point when he told a concert audience in 1972, “A lot [Read More…]
The Expectation That Being a Fan of Something Creates An Automatic Bond With Another Person Or That There’s a “Right” Way to Be a Fan
There’s a series of scenes in the opening credits to Daria that present her in an array of different scenarios being stoic amid a sea [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “Candy Necklace” Video Deliberately Blurs the Line Between Fantasy and Reality With Its Meta Framework
When an artist reaches a certain point in their career, self-reference can’t be avoided. In Lana Del Rey’s case, that tends to become quite a [Read More…]
Mafia Mamma Adds to the Ever-Growing List of Affronting “Italian” Content
It’s unclear who thought the premise of Mafia Mamma would be a “fire” idea, but the fact that Toni Collette co-produced it indicates that she [Read More…]
Lukas Matsson Has His Lexi Featherston Moment
There must be something about being inside a rich person’s apartment overlooking the New York skyline that makes a party guest have a rather overt [Read More…]
David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray’s “Baby Don’t Hurt Me” Pays More Homage to A Night at the Roxbury Than Haddaway
As the latest in an increasingly long line (no nightclub pun intended) of songs that have seen fit to extract 90s dance hits for a [Read More…]
Better Off With No “Alone” Video
As though the song itself weren’t disappointing enough, Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj teamed up again to bring listeners a visual for “Alone”—their poor adaptation [Read More…]
Don’t Be Afraid of Beau Is Afraid—Unless the Overbearing Jewish Mother Trope Is Your Worst Nightmare
As one of those movies that has so much psychological buildup surrounding it before one even goes into the theater (or rather, if one goes [Read More…]
Love Is Like A Drug-Addled Rollercoaster on Ellie Goulding’s Higher Than Heaven
Like so many musicians forced into seclusion during the pandemic, Ellie Goulding was “inspired” (for lack of a better word) by COVID-19. Or, to put [Read More…]
Karl: The Last to Get the “Separate the Art from the Artist” Sanction
Among the many pop culturally-attuned industries that have been oh so careful to shore up their displays of wokeness post-#MeToo is the fashion biz. Some [Read More…]
