On the heels of releasing a sexed-up, ultra workout-friendly (especially when taking into account the accompanying video) single called “Yes Baby,” Madison Beer has now offered a sharp…
Read more With “Bittersweet,” Madison Beer Is No Longer Saying “Yes Baby”In what is perhaps a “sign o’ the times” for the world of pop, the week in music has offered an overarching theme that centers on “laying to…
Read more The Week of Laying to Rest a Feud Remixes: “The Boy Is Mine” and “Girl, so confusing”Less than a month after Sweetener was released, Ariana Grande’s freshly-made ex-boyfriend and possible love of her life, Mac Miller, was found dead in his Studio City abode.…
Read more Ariana of the Spirits: Grande Goes From Feeling Haunted and Depressed on “ghostin” to Sexy and Elated on “supernatural”As two pop stars often compared on a vocal level, it’s also no surprise that Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande tend to have overlapping themes in their music.…
Read more Two Different Emotional Approaches to the Aftermath of “Homewrecking”: Sabrina Carpenter’s “because i liked a boy” and Ariana Grande’s “yes, and?”It’s safe to say that, of all the pop stars working today (apart from, of course, Madonna), Ariana Grande is the one most blatantly enamored of postmodernism—wherein no…
Read more Ariana Grande’s “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” Video: A Postmodernist’s Wet DreamThanks to Taylor Swift’s ever-increasing monopoly on the subject, if there’s anyone who flies increasingly under the radar for writing and singing about love/breakups apart from Jennifer Lopez,…
Read more Forget Me Now: Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine Enters the Canon of Pop Icon Divorce AlbumsIn a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture…and all that it affects.As Mariah Carey has…
Read more Mondo Bullshittio #47: Madonna Not Being on the “yes, and?” Remix, Or: Mariah Carey Not Only Brings Nothing to the “yes, and?” Remix, But She Also Sounds Like An AI Version of Herself“I miss the old Ari. You know, the singer.” So says one of the many invitees (all critics) to Ariana Grande’s performance art piece in Montauk (the location…
Read more “Yes, And?” Video Pays Unexpected Tribute to Paula Abdul’s “Cold Hearted”For a minute there, Ariana Grande had a reputation for releasing new music as frequently as Rihanna once did (the singer-turned-makeup mogul could formerly be relied on for…
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