Tag: Rihanna
Madonna Is Still the Greatest Pop Star of the Twenty-First Century
While no one wants to hear this (least of all ageists or the Beyhive), Madonna remains, despite Billboard’s recent list to the contrary, the greatest pop [Read More…]
Masks! Innuendos! Double Cigarette Smoking!: Addison Rae’s “Aquamarine”
While Addison Rae might have only been five going on six years old when Aquamarine came out, clearly it must have had a lasting subliminal [Read More…]
Charli XCX Creates Her Own Version of CSS’ “City Grrrl” With “In The City”
In 2011, CSS released their third album, La Liberación. Still finding it difficult to recreate the “virality” of 2005’s “Music Is My Hot Hot Sex,” [Read More…]
Anne-Marie’s “Unhealthy” One-Ups Lana Del Rey and Rihanna’s Love of Toxic Relationships
While some women like to at least slightly pretend they would “emancipate themselves” if they “could” from a toxic relationship, some simply like to own [Read More…]
Heaven Knows What: The Rihanna and Lana Del Rey of Movies
In 2011, Rihanna released the music video for “We Found Love.” Directed by Melina Matsoukas, its central focus is Rihanna in the role of a [Read More…]
Rihanna Gets Through the Halftime Show
For those wondering if Rihanna “ate” at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the expression feels especially pointed considering most were curious as to whether Ri [Read More…]
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” Is A Return to Some of Her Most Iconic Ballads
Gradually getting the masses accustomed to her presence among us as a musician again (as opposed to just another beauty and fashion mogul), Rihanna has [Read More…]
Rihanna Joins Up With Jay-Z’s Capitulating Policy on NFL and the Super Bowl: If You Can’t Make ‘Em Anti-Racists, Join ‘Em
It was a rejection of “the Establishment” immortalized on 2018’s “Apeshit.” A single from the seemingly one-off artistic collaboration of Jay-Z and Beyoncé billing themselves [Read More…]
Jay-Z, Champion of Capitalism as “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” As Opposed to System That Has Fucked Over Most of His Brethren
Capitalism and the Black community do not exactly constitute an “acceptable” (and certainly not “safe”) topic to talk about. Least of all by a white [Read More…]
The “We Found Love” Video Is What “D.M.B.” Wants To Be, But Instead Exudes “Settling” Toxicity Rather Than “Intensity” Toxicity
With Rihanna continuing to show her lack of concern over not having released any new music since 2016 (unless you want to count the errant [Read More…]
