Coming of age during a pandemic
This is the summer when I will be turning twenty. I didn’t expect to be spending yet another birthday under pandemic restrictions, but here we are. As I spend my…
Lorde’s ‘Stoned at the Nail Salon’ and the wistfulness of growing up
Lorde has always been an artist who is concerned with moments of transition. Her debut album ‘Pure Heroine’ (2013) captures a specific feeling of teen angst; that is the experience…
Welcome to the Whimsical World of Tyler, the Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost
Tyler, the Creator’s new album Call Me If You Get Lost recently came out on June 25th, and is a welcome surprise to his discography. Over his previous two albums…
Bo Burnham’s Inside Review: A Masterpiece of the Online Condition and the Nature of Performance
In Bo Burnham’s aptly titled comedy special ‘Inside’, its title can mean multiple things. In a literal sense, it is a portrait of an artist being locked inside a room…
