Tag: 2020 new music
Blackpink Dips Their Toe Into A “Full-Length”Record With Blackpink: The Album
After so much buildup, a band as lusted after by K-pop and regular pop fans alike as Blackpink perhaps felt the best way to live [Read More…]
Romy Finally Gets the Chance to Be the 80s-Era Pop Star She Was Meant to With “Lifetime”
Romy a.k.a. Romy Madley Croft a.k.a. Romy xx a.k.a. Romy from The xx a.k.a. Romy, not from Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. However you [Read More…]
For A Song Called “Hallucinogenics,” Matt Maeson and LDR Make It Sound Soberly Vanilla
Maybe it was appropriate that Matt Maeson’s first single was called “Cringe,” for that’s the effect his music has on anyone who doesn’t view the [Read More…]
SZA Brings Back 00s-Inspired Costuming and Choreography in “Hit Different”
From the orange cargo-inspired pants to the off-orange crop tops worn by SZA and her dancers (in a look reminiscent of Britney Spears in “Sometimes”–with [Read More…]
Disclosure Defibrillates 2020 With A Bit of Energy
While a seemingly generic album title, there can perhaps be no better name than Energy for Disclosure’s third record, and their first full-length one to [Read More…]
Katy Perry Doesn’t Quite Bring a Full Smile to One’s Face With Latest Album
In terms of being an “apology” record for 2017’s Witness, which might one day be vindicated in the same way Christina Aguilera’s Bionic has been, [Read More…]
The Lolita Shtick Ain’t Workin’ in Blackpink featuring Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream”
Even the mention of Moses can’t lend much depth to the latest single from Blackpink, a group that might be better off either not singing [Read More…]
Kiesza Trades 90s Dance For 80s Pop on Crave
Although not a total departure from her 2014 debut, Sound of A Woman, it’s clear that while Kiesza was on hiatus, she began to veer [Read More…]
Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky” Adopts the Aesthetic of Kylie Minogue and the Interpolation of Stevie Nicks
In the spirit of the single release being the new normal before an artist finally gets around to putting a handful of them on a [Read More…]
The Blessed (Madonna) Reunion of Missy Elliott and Madonna Thanks to Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” Remix
In 2003, the only thing more shocking than Madonna kissing Britney Spears (before also kissing Christina Aguilera, whose smooch didn’t get half as much play) [Read More…]
