Tag: britney
Charli XCX Gives Major Britney Spears Energy With the Rain Portion of the Brat Tour
It’s no secret that Britney Spears has influenced a great many of the pop stars who arrived onto the scene after her. From Miley Cyrus [Read More…]
Twin Songs in the Britney Canon: “Don’t Go Knockin’ on My Door” and “Lonely”
Although Britney Spears’ musical canon is filled with recurring motifs (packed with use of the epithet “baby”), perhaps the most “twin-like” songs in her oeuvre [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #50: Madonna Not Winning Most Iconic Performance at the 2024 VMAs
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 affects. [Read More…]
Like Everything That “Pays Homage” to 00s Pop Culture, Halsey’s “Lucky” Is A Pale, Unsatisfying Imitation
The rollout of Halsey’s “new era” has been almost as rocky as Katy Perry’s. While the latter tried to pass off the Dr. Luke-produced “Woman’s [Read More…]
Camila Cabello Tries To Be Everything to Every Listener With “Chanel No. 5,” Ends Up Doing a Bad Imitation of Britney Spears in the “Stronger” Video
As promotion for C,XOXO ramps up ahead of its release, so, too, does Camila Cabello’s bid to keep pushing the “rebrand” angle of the record. [Read More…]
“Please Please Please” As A Theme Song For Britney Spears’ Dating History
Perhaps of all the celebrity women who can relate to a song like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” Britney Spears is the most equipped to [Read More…]
The “Toxic” Video for a New, Less Glamorous Era: Charli XCX’s “Von Dutch”
Although Charli XCX’s first album, True Romance, wasn’t released until 2013, she has always exuded the sonic and visual aura of being a daughter of [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…]
“Mind Your Business” Has the “Piece of Me” Tone That Keeps Britney Spears Firmly Associated With the 00s
For those who were worried that the 2000s might never come back authentically (instead having to settle for ersatz imitations like the makeup aesthetic on [Read More…]
Britney Is Once Again Humiliated and Painted as the “Crazy” One–This Time Just For Trying to Be a Fangirl
For those who have followed the latest in an endlessly bizarre series of celebrity news items, perhaps the most unexpected of late has been Britney [Read More…]