Reclaiming Taylor Swift’s Songwriting Genius
On Tuesday 25th of January 2022, Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn woke up and chose violence – or at the very least, a...
In Conversation with Amelia Dimoldenberg
“I am very picky. Like everyone is with who they date. It goes through criteria. Are they exciting enough? Is there a buzz around them? Do we think they’re going to be big if they’re not already? Watching previous interviews, do they have charisma? Are they funny? All these different things.”
Why I’m still disappointed by How I Met Your Mother’s finale
Spoiler alert!
The finale of How I Met Your Mother aired in 2014, and its discordance with everything that came before it and unexpected direction...
Billie Eilish and the exhaustion of being a young woman in the public eye
Since Billie Eilish burst onto the pop music scene in 2016 with Ocean Eyes, her voice has reverberated around many a bedroom, club, and...
Review: Lil Nas X’s ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’
"In his adolescence, the Church told Montero that being gay would send him straight to Hell – so the singer reckoned, why not get into his thigh-high stilettos and slide down there on his own terms?"
Beth Ranasinghe dives deep into Lil Nas X's recent single "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)".
“Hey Ya!” Or Hey Nah?: Why your life is empty without “The Love Below”
"It feels almost like an Alice in Wonderland journey of sound – despite the constant growing and shrinking, we still know that we’re down the rabbit hole." Lily Kershaw looks back at André 3000's side of Outkast's 2003 double album, "The Love Below".
(Re)call Me Maybe: Re-evaluating Carly Rae Jepsen
"By putting on Katy Perry or Jessie J, you’re probably not looking for a quasi-religious experience. There’s no need for overly philosophical lyrics or boundary-pushing orchestral accompaniments; rather, you want catchy hooks, relatable lyrics, and, above all else, fun. Jepsen does this all flawlessly." Katie Kirkpatrick advocates for justice for Carly Rae Jepsen
The Court Painter: The Exclusivity of the ‘Popular’ Artist
For the casual modern art admirer, it might initially be difficult to comprehend the business of art in the 17th-century; a time in which...
In Vogue
Vogueing is having a moment. Again. The last time saw Madonna’s 1990 hit “Vogue” soar to the top of the charts in America and was supposed to herald a period of greater exposure for the New York ballroom community. It didn’t.
Dark Trends: Sexy Sociopaths
As we’ve learnt more and more about the confusing grey splodge of the human mind, we’ve uncovered more and more of what makes sociopaths tick. As such, they’ve increasingly inhabited that attractive idiosyncratic loner role in our popular imagination.
#Cancelled: Disillusionment in the age of Twitter #MeToo
Watching Weinstein movies like Pulp Fiction, or as more recently discussed, listening to music by R Kelly, in a way are acts of undue forgiveness.
Don’t Look Back in Anger
The 90s was undoubtedly the greatest film decade, writes Josh Travers
Ageing under the spotlight
Sophie Burdge condemns ageism in pop culture and our generation's obsession with beauty
Oxford shrimp named after Pink Floyd
The new discovery has been given the name of the 1970s band due to its “pink claw”
