Music

JoJo Siwa is Not the Villain, She’s Just a Famous 22-Year-Old In Desperate Need of Attention

Bar Mor Hazut

Brat Summer Is Over—Let It Go Gracefully

Lana DeGaetano

Benson Boone Really Isn’t That Bad. You’re All Just Mean.

Ben Weiss

We Want Messy Musicians Back: How Therapy Buzzwords Have Ruined the Raw Authenticity of Pop Music

Ben Weiss

Album Analysis: Why Lady Gaga's ‘Mayhem’ Sounds Both Old and New

Ben Weiss

'And the Oscar Should Have Gone to…': Why ‘Better Man’ was the Best Movie Musical & Biopic of 2024

Ben Weiss

From Punching Cameras to Swinging Umbrellas: Why you should support celebrities defending their personal privacy

Lana DeGaetano

‘Abracadabra, amor-ooh-na-na’: Why Lady Gaga’s newest return to form feels more authentic in its weirdness

Ben Weiss

‘Bring back physical media': What the Film & TV industry can learn from the rise in vinyl sales

Ben Weiss

‘It’s easily digestible that way’: Why musicians are encouraging their songs to become TikTok punchlines

Remy Millisky

How ‘Spotify Wrapped’ Has Become a Beloved Annual Source of Self-Deprecating Internet Humor

Ben Weiss

‘Addison Rae won over a side of the internet that had once despised her’: How the former TikTok star broke the curse of her mainstream origins and became cool

JR Atkinson

‘If that ain’t country, tell me what is’: Why “going country” has become a common pivot for pop stars

Ben Weiss

Demure VS BRAT: How the trend uplifted modesty and denounced its predecessor of the messy party girl aka BRAT

Lana DeGaetano

'Bumpin' that': How "Brat" summer inspired a million green memes

Remy Millisky

‘Fallin’ from cloud nine’: Katy Perry failed to capture the zeitgeist with “Woman’s World,” how the star lost her voice and authenticity

Ben Weiss