Tag: Jack Antonoff
The Introvert’s Conundrum When Pitted Against the Extrovert’s Will
Taylor Swift did a couple things in the span of one award acceptance on Grammy night that elicited polarized reactions. And, considering that Swift, in [Read More…]
Margaret Qualley Serves Taylor Swift in “Delicate” for Bleachers’ “Tiny Moves” (Which Is Meta Because Taylor Swift Serves Margaret Qualley for “Delicate”)
Continuing to act as Jack Antonoff’s muse in multiple ways, Margaret Qualley makes a far more pronounced appearance in the latest Bleachers video than she [Read More…]
Bleachers’ “Alma Mater” Video Is Not As Lynchian As It Wants To Be
As the incestuously intertwined relationship between Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and the former’s new wife, Margaret Qualley, intensifies, perhaps it’s to be expected that [Read More…]
No Sleep (Til Every Last Dollar Is Extracted): Taylor Swift Releases Midnights: The Til Dawn Edition—Oh, and Midnights: The Late Night Edition
For those who had gotten their rocks off on making various memes about Lana Del Rey’s barely detectable presence on what was supposed to be [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey’s “A&W”: It’s Not About Selling Root Beer, So Much As Selling Yourself
Considering Lana Del Rey’s history with shilling soda pop on the side (hear: “Diet Mountain Dew” and “Cola”), one’s initial assumption about a song title [Read More…]
Florence + the Machine Gives Us (Dance) Fever
While some women are espousing motherhood in technologically-oriented ways, others are eschewing the practice altogether. This much is declared by Florence Welch on “King,” the [Read More…]
Stoned at the Nail Salon: Lorde’s “Way Existential” Rumination on “Aging”
Not taking a page from the pop star handbook that insists “produce, produce, produce” and “always stay in the spotlight lest they forget you” that [Read More…]
Singing Teen Girl Lyrics Thirteen Years On & Ironically Getting More Agency Out of It: Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
One wonders at times if there were several moments when Taylor Swift might have cringed throughout the re-recording of her 2008 sophomore album, Fearless. The [Read More…]
Chemtrails Over Taylor Swift’s Folkloric Country Club
Wasting no time in establishing that Chemtrails Over the Country Club is her “country-folk” album, and that she’s going to out-folk Taylor Swift’s folklore (also [Read More…]
A Car Crash: “Chemtrails Over the Country Club”
In an odd turn of events that, like bankruptcy, happened gradually then suddenly, Taylor Swift has managed to out-Lana Lana Del Rey, leaving the latter [Read More…]