Solange’s visual album for “When I Get Home” was a toast not just to black culture, but to black American southern culture, afrofuturism, and the rise of the weird black girl.
Category: Sounds
Why ‘reputation’ still slaps to this day, track by track
A year into stanning, I haven’t lost steam for Taylor Swift’s “reputation.”
A brief inquiry into the September + October bops that have been shaking me
September and October slung a lot of fabulous new music my way and I’m still recovering.
Attending ‘March for Our Lives’ as a young, queer woman of color
Just by chance, I was able to make my way down to D.C. to be apart of history. Here is what that week-long endeavor was like.
Fall Out Boy, G-Eazy, Lizzo + Bebe Rexha take on gun violence with ‘Stay Amped’ benefit
Proceeds will go to Everytown for Gun Safety and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ organization.
Scoring ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
For my Shakespeare final, I turned my Beatrice and Benedick head canon into a playlist.
Discovering what England really sounds like
Reggae, hip-hop and grime: these genres are valid and deserve to be recognized as English.
Rihanna and onion rings in Shoreditch
Somewhere between a diner and “dame más gasolina,” we paid £10 to listen to 50 Cent.
Nothing but respect for my princess
The best princess since Brandy, circa 1997.
Where to study late-night in London
Spoiler alert: it is not the pub.