Tag: Billie Eilish
Goy Toy: Billie Eilish As A Gentile Prototype Telling People to Accept Themselves and Do What Makes Them Feel Good Doesn’t *Quite* Ring True
“‘I feel more like a woman, somehow,’ she says, surprised.” This Billie Eilish asserts of going blonde in her much talked-about British Vogue cover story. [Read More…]
“I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman” With A Dash of “I’m A Slave 4 U”: Billie Eilish’s “Your Power” Video
It’s quite apropos that a song about a man “in the industry” abusing his power should possess a video with such overt aesthetic nods to [Read More…]
The Present Purpose of Rockumentaries Is A Little Blurry
“Are you okay? I’m okay because you’re okay,” Billie Eilish announces at the final show of her 2018 Where’s My Mind Tour in Salt Lake [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #33: The Generational War Over an Emoji
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it [Read More…]
Euphoria Is A Billie Eilish Song
In the fifth episode of Euphoria, “03 Bonnie and Clyde,” Billie Eilish’s “you should see me in a crown” plays as Katherine “Kat” Hernandez (Barbie [Read More…]
Billie Eilish Makes A Strong Case to Keep Dead Malls As Mausoleums to American Capitalism’s “Glossier” Era
While Billie Eilish, at her “tender age” (to use a cringe-y expression), could never possibly know the true clout a mall once had (reaching a [Read More…]
Declan McKenna’s Zeros Adds Up to Something Worthy of Your Record Player
For those who have been searching for another singer of “substance” besides Billie Eilish to materialize from Gen Z, one supposes British songwriter Declan McKenna [Read More…]
Billie Eilish’s “No Time To Die” Video Offers A Lounge Singer Trope & Not Much Else
Where music videos for Bond themes are concerned, there has been no shortage of memorable ones. From Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” with [Read More…]
Kesha Joins A Growing Genre of Green Screen Videos in the Time of Pandemic Pop
Pandemic pop isn’t just a dystopian genre that focuses solely on au courant lyrics like, “Move bitch, you got coronavirus/I’ma chill at the crib ‘cause [Read More…]
Billie Eilish’s “Livelier” Sequel to “No Time to Die”: “My Future”
After releasing the more ironically than ever titled “No Time to Die” back in February, when people (ahem, Americans) still thought the movies were going [Read More…]