No Fanfare, Just 'Folklore': Taylor Swift’s Nostalgic Escape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_0zPAfyo8 "So much for summer love and saying 'us,' 'cause you weren't mine to lose..." Out of nowhere (well, The Woods), Taylor Swift emerged on Thursday (July 23) to announce the release of her eighth studio album later that night - without any fanfare, just…
'Norman Fucking Rockwell!': Lana Del Rey (Album Review)
"So this is the American dream, right now. This is where we’re at—Norman fucking Rockwell. We’re going to go to Mars, and [Donald] Trump is president, all right. Me and Jack [Antonoff], we just joke around constantly about all the random headlines we might see that week, so it’s a slight cultural…
'Fuck It I Love You' & 'The Greatest' Video: Lana Del Rey Signs Off for Summer (And Maybe Forever)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSX_OcpeJg&feature=youtu.be And if this is it, she's had a ball. Sorry, #HotGirlSummer: Sad Girl Fall is rapidly approaching. Lana Del Rey might currently inhabit our world, but it doesn't feel like she actually belongs in it, like a depressed…
'Looking for America': Lana Del Rey Reacts to the Latest Mass Shootings With a New Song
What is there even to say anymore about The State of Things in America in 2019? It's all too sad, too infuriating, too grim - and despite all the helpfully retweeted advice to channel that energy into campaigning and donating and volunteering and voting, I think it's also completely acceptable and…
'The Archer': Taylor Swift Calls Out the Hypocrisy of Taylor Swift
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpKc3C9V3w Taylor Swift, indie underground punk singer-songwriter and hotly tipped One To Watch in 2019, has a new song out. It's called "The Archer," released on Tuesday (July 23), and it's the third song released thus far off of her forthcoming album, Lover - and…