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Still Thinking So Far Ahead: 10 Years of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange

By the time Frank Ocean detonated a coming-out bomb on Tumblr (peak 2012 internet culture, as it were) a week shy of...
SZA performs "20 Something" During COVID-19 Quarantine

No Longer “20 Something”: SZA’s ‘CTRL’ Five Years Later

In a 1974 interview, the legendary British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading said this: “Black women don’t sing sweet because they haven’t been brainwashed...
Kendrick Lamar in car in music video for "Element"

Kendrick Lamar Knows He’s Not That Special

Cause really I'm just a nigga that's evil and spiritual - Kendrick Lamar, "Poe Man's Dream" (2011) It's...
Spotify Loud and Clear 2022

Spotify’s ‘Loud & Clear’ Obscures “Professional” Artist Earnings

There aren't many large tech companies as transparent with their data as Spotify. The bar is pathetically low, but Spotify clears it...
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Don’t Take ‘Atlanta’ Too Seriously

Best-case scenario, the show is just a show that makes people aware. It's not going to do the transformative work we've been...
Illustration of Renouncing Poptimism: Man Praying To Pop Artists

Growing Up and Renouncing Poptimism

“You are in for an extended period of time when the basic structure of your life is subject to some inevitable and...
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If Walls Could Talk at Euphoria High

At what point does the use of adult actors progress from utility to a loophole allowing writers/directors/Hollywood at large to portray content...
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NCT Hollywood and SM’s Race into the Metaverse

The third major stage in K-pop's culture technology model, as designed by SM boss Lee Soo-man, is exportation. Like the creation of...
Radiohead Perfume Genius Queer Romance

Two Songs, One Convo: Radiohead’s “True Love Waits” and Perfume Genius’ “Alan”

If you’re like me — fraught with the anxiety of getting older and realizing that you’ve yet to achieve even a fraction...
Do It For Demon Album Cover

SahBabii’s Life Philosophy As Heard in ‘Do It For Demon’

Do It For Demon is a serious departure from the sounds and subject matter that have come to define SahBabii. The acute...