I’ll never forgive myself for letting the media (mostly just Kanye West’s opinion) warp my view of the entire Kanye-Taylor Swift saga, one that started with the infamous VMA kerfuffle in 2009 and was a founding catalyst for what became Taylor’s Reputation era. Looking back, I was a hopeless, closeted…

2020 was majorly fucked up in so many ways. Seemingly constant throughout this hellish year was quality music output, though, be it from established megastars or new offspring of the streaming era. Top 10 lists can be so annoying; what REALLY goes into making a top 10 list? Do publications…

I am open to the forthcoming Shawn Mendes documentary changing my mind upon watching, but I don’t think it will deter me from a core belief of mine: Shawn Mendes is a pop singer, not a pop star. What he is charismatic/a heartthrob (to some…) in a relationship with another…

Positions is here. We got a surprise album release announcement in October, the title track and lead single last Friday, and now the full-ass album. Let’s not beat around the bush; it doesn’t feel exceptionally novel or envelope-pushing, but this is a great album. I’m drawing plenty of parallels to…

I know I’m late to the Black Swan party. Like, a decade late. But last night, after work, I transitioned from my desk to my bed and put the Natalie Portman psychological thriller on my laptop and got involved. I think that ‘getting involved’ is an understated way to describe…

I was very excited to get into the Blackpink Netflix documentary Light Up the Sky from the moment they announced it was coming out. My arrival at K-pop as a genre, as something to stan, as something to be fascinated by, only came about a year ago thanks to the…

On Tom Aspaul’s debut record, Black Country Disco, we are transported to the absolute nadir of his life: most of the songs are about not believing in his own songwriting abilities, the death of a friend and the misery of a breakup. And yet, if you don’t really listen to…

A very popular video on TikTok right now is a laughably dark mash-up of sorts; a supercut of infomercial-style clips depicting the dangers of bookshelves, and the potential for them to fall on toddlers hanging on them, is given a dramatic overhaul with the addition of the song ‘Sofia’ by…

When we’re chatting over Instagram DMs, prior to our actual interview, L.A.-based pop star Vinícius assigns me homework. I am to watch the Madonna documentary Truth or Dare, explore Mariah Carey’s entire discography (including the MTV Unplugged live EP) and watch Lady Gaga’s early-career ‘Gagavision’ YouTube series, of which there…