Tag: Lana Del Rey
(Not So) Random Access Memories: Ariana Grande Delivers Her Version of Tropico With Brighter Days Ahead Short Film
Returning to the premise of “we can’t be friends (wait for your love),” Ariana Grande has expanded on the concept that Eternal Sunshine was built on: Eternal Sunshine [Read More…]
Listening to Lana Del Rey’s “American” Now
Although it took a while for people to get on board with the idea that Lana Del Rey wasn’t “glamorizing” America in her early work [Read More…]
When the World Was at War, We Kept Dancing: Shygirl’s Club Shy Room 2
Shygirl’s latest EP, Club Shy Room 2, had something of an eerie release date in terms of being timed to coincide with one of the Orange [Read More…]
Addison Rae’s “High Fashion”: Her Version of “Material Girl,” With a Dash of Britney, Lana, Carrie and Dorothy Thrown Into the Visuals
With the flick of a lighter, the video for Addison Rae’s first single of the year (and third single in the span of about seven [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey and the Eerie/Fiery Prophecies of Her Norman Fucking Rockwell Era
Like most of Lana Del Rey’s oeuvre, finding references to California is the name of the game. Well, not so much “finding” them as being [Read More…]
Nosferatu Was Made For Lana Del Rey a.k.a. Ellen Hutter
While The Shangri-Las might have been the OGs when it came to perfecting the notion of “he’s good bad, but he’s not evil,” Lana Del [Read More…]
The Substance and “Margaret”
While Lana Del Rey couldn’t have possibly intuited that a very specific line in “Margaret,” one of the songs from her 2023 album, Did You Know [Read More…]
With “Delusional,” Kesha Joins the List of Female Pop Stars Calling Out Shitty Exes
While Kesha has certainly had her share of songs referring to no-good exes (or just no-good men in general), “Delusional” marks the first truly blatant [Read More…]
It Was Easier to (Sort of) Believe in the Defiant Optimism of a Song Like Lana Del Rey’s “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing” in 2017
2017 marked the first year that Lana Del Rey actually “deigned” to get political in her music. And yes, it took fellow quintessential white female [Read More…]
Beyond Brat Summer, Or: Why It Was A Summer of Americana Via The Bikeriders and “Tough”
In many ways, Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders and Lana Del Rey x Quavo’s “Tough” achieve the same dichotomous thing: acknowledging the death of what America [Read More…]
