Tag: Taylor Swift
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…]
Lil Nas X Joins the Tradition of Musicians Styling Themselves as “J Christ”
Causing outrage by positioning oneself—literally—as Jesus is nothing new in the music industry. Whether it’s Nas (from whom Lil Nas X obviously takes a portion [Read More…]
The 2024 Golden Globes Does What It Can to Keep Itself on the Train Track
The Golden Globes is no stranger to being riddled with scandal. Even in the 1950s, when it was still a relatively germinal organization (with the [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…]
Taylor Gets “Imma Let You Finish’d” Again With Accusation of Her Being Unworthy for Time Person of the Year
Once again, Taylor Swift has dominated the conversation and, once again, a large part of that conversation is whether or not she “deserves” something. In [Read More…]
After the Rio de Janeiro Debacle, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour Continues to Accent the Idea Not Only is Concert-Going An Extreme Sport, But That Fans Are Peons and Their Idols Are Aristocrats
For most Americans, the stadium tour “experience” is already something of a nightmare/competitive sport. And yes, concert-going in general has become more competitive in the [Read More…]
A Lana Del Rey Song Posing As a Bleachers One, Or: The Antonoff-Del Rey Partnership Persists on “Alma Mater”
For those hoping that being a “superstar” producer had left Jack Antonoff no time to remember his own musical “project,” Bleachers, the media regrets to [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Takes Us Back to 2014 With 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
In 2014, a mere nine years ago, the world seemed simpler. It always does with hindsight. But in 2014’s case, things really were decidedly “safe” [Read More…]
There Should Be Two Movie Theater Options For the Eras Tour Film: One For People Who Just Want To Sit There Without Clapping, Dancing and Singing and One For People Who Want to Do the Exact Opposite
Maybe it was unfathomable to movie distributors that anyone other than a “bona fide Swiftie” would bother showing up to the Eras Tour film. After [Read More…]
