Omg we have a new descriptor

No cheating!!! What are you listening to right now ???

The most important part of this column to me is that we’re all now in agreement that “Never Really Over” is a Katy all-timer, in our hearts if not on the charts.

“Promiscuous”

Romance is beginning every single day next to your beloved, rolling over and being completely entranced in your respective phones for 45 minutes

ok this is fierce

The A&R person who didn't secure me espresso for dua... a fork in the road of her career and indeed, history

What if instead of 'I was influenced by Britpop by way of Massive Attack', she was simply like 'I wanted to make a soundtrack for how much I love going on vacations'...

10/10 on Pitchfork, I fear!

The moment she finally landed on the lyric 'I be like 'Ooh! It's amusin''

Meanwhile I almost got kicked out of student housing at GW for ripping a bong watching Saving Private Ryan alone on a Friday night in 2006 …

It's honestly comforting to be reminded just how much can change in a year

I promise that you'll never find another like me espresso

Something about the Dua album campaign being like “no, no, we are staying the course, and this will work!” is very Biden 2024…

Reading these early reviews and wondering how the entire Dua rollout narrative might have been different if she had never uttered the words 'psychedelia', 'Massive Attack', 'rave culture', etc...

🌧️New Pop Pantheon🌧️

If the light is off then it isn’t on! T. Kyle is here to discuss the ascension of Hilary Duff from OG Disney Princess to pop diva. We’re talking Lizzie, Metamorphosis, “Sparks”, the Today Show Meme, “fan demanded version” and more:

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One thing I’ll say about Hilary Duff’s enduring legacy: any time I see rain falling down, she’s on my mind….