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The next time you find yourself checking out the racks of a fast fashion retail franchise, take a moment to be more conscious of how you choose to spend your money.
No other artists have excited classic rock fans in recent years as much as Greta Van Fleet. On Oct. 9, they released their first new song in over a year, “My Way, Soon”, which is already charting at 38 on the Billboard 200 list. The tune is very refreshing both as a work of art and for its free–spirited message. With lyrics like “I’ve packed my bags and I’ve got my freedom” and “I’ll throw out the plans and live with no burden,” it reminds us that even in life’s worst moments, we can lift ourselves up and start anew.
In June of 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled same–sex marriage legal in all fifty states.
George Kusunoki Miller has hidden behind many personas. Over the past few years, he has worked under many names: Filthy Frank, Pink Guy and now, Joji. But, in his sophomore album Nectar, Miller lets it be known that Joji isn't a persona: Joji is him.
A year ago, Travis Scott dominated the stage under a flurry of multicolor lights as a headliner for the Made in America Festival in Philadelphia. Marked by dazzling stage effects and hectic mosh pits, it seems almost impossible in the age of COVID–19 to imagine thousands of strangers colliding and screaming along to massively popular hits like "STARGAZING" in such close quarters. Now, after months of canceled tours and shows worldwide, coronavirus has forced artists like Scott to look towards other streams of revenue.
SuperM, marketed as “the Avengers of K–pop,” has been rocking televised stages with empty audiences this year. Formed in 2019 by SM Entertainment, one of the biggest companies in the K–pop industry, the members all come from well–established groups on the SM roster including EXO, NCT 127, Shinee, and WayV. SuperOne, which came out on Sept. 25th, is the supergroup’s first full–length album, and ended up falling short of its high commercial expectations.
As vintage Nike crewnecks and Champion joggers become essential components of the drip, thrift shopping— or thrifting—to find classic gems has become a favorite pastime of the American millennial and teen. The pleasure of finding affordable and fashionable gems at thrift stores is a joy many of us can relate to, but not everyone views thrifting as a fun shopping trip with friends. Some "industrious" people see thrifting as a potential business to make big profits.
"I'm cold," Jónsi sings to open the title track of his latest record, Shiver. The verse represents a stark left turn for an artist who—both in his solo career and as the frontman for legendary post–rock band Sigur Rós—has radiated warmth, comfort, and joy.
Just a week ago, President Trump tested positive for COVID–19. Within days of his diagnosis, he was rushed to the hospital to receive a dosage of an antibody cocktail meant to fend off the virus. Afterwards, he drove by his supporters and waved at them from the backseat of his car as the virus still lived in his system.
In early May, Nicki Minaj's remix of Doja Cat's "Say So" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart—the first song by two female rappers ever to do so. This triumph was made even sweeter by the fact that Beyonce's remix of Megan Thee Stallion's Savage had secured the number two spot. Four Black women had outsold every other artist in the country that week. There is no more significant proof that we are currently watching some sort of hip–hop renaissance unfold.
It didn’t feel like the semester was starting when the semester was starting. There was no packing, no four hour car drive, no move–in, no saying bye to my mom, no walking around campus. There was no walk across campus from Gregory to my first class. Instead when I say I’m going to class I mean I’m going to search for the Zoom link on Canvas and click a few buttons. It feels unreal to both be in class and looking at the digital two dimensional representations of my classmates’ faces, but I sometimes forget that people didn’t always have to turn on and off their mics before and after saying something in a meeting.
Screenshotting my Spotify tracklists or sharing music through my Instagram story is truly an unappreciated endeavor. After months of feeding the public with small tidbits of my excellent music taste, I’ve realized one thing: Nobody cares. Then, I discovered Bopdrop—an app for people who actually care about what others are listening to.
On Tuesday, Oct. 6, we lost one of the greatest rock and roll guitarists of all time. Aside from founding the decade–defining band Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen planted the technical and stylistic seeds for generations of guitarists in both rock and metal music.
In the fall of my senior year in high school, I, like many others, attempted to encapsulate 17 years of my life within a 500 word text box. Every meaningful experience I ever had was meticulously scrubbed, buffed, and polished, akin to a piece of silverware gleaming with promise unfulfilled. Intending to major in English Literature, I refrained from including my less impressive daydreams in the application—hurrying down Locust with a stack of books in hand, poring over Proust in the shade of an old tree on college green, and spending my days emulating the spirit of Jo March in critical seminars and discussions.
“Bad things happen in Philadelphia. Bad things.”
Almost no one had heard of Dominic Fike when Columbia Records signed a whopping four million dollar record deal in 2018 with the Florida native. Virtually a ghost online, with no music out on any platform, Fike had industry giants enter the ring for a dirty, no–stops bidding war on what was a risky—and pricey—record deal.
The Hello Kitty ACAB and the Hatsune Miku says “All Cops are Bastards!” memes are a new internet cultural symbol present in Twitter profile pics, Instagram feeds, and TikTok audios. Although Hello Kitty ACAB is supposedly a radical critique of the prison industrial complex, these images are instead indicative of the sanitization of violence, performative activism, and the commodification and commercialization of the radical aesthetic. Essentially, “woke” memes and pretty infographics are antithetical to their very purpose.
In case you haven't heard from the endless Instagram ads, texts from your local political parties, and overall tension in the air, there's an election in November.
Over the course of its nearly 45–year history, SNL’s role in American politics has been unique. From its humble beginnings as an underdog television program, SNL has maintained an influence over politics—specifically presidential politics—as it has parodied national figures and created sharp works of satire on the state of our nation. Some have been critical of the show for being too partisan, but I’ve enjoyed watching SNL’s long history of poking fun at both sides of the aisle. I couldn’t tell you whether I laughed more at the late Phil Hartman’s performance as Ronald Reagan, where he snapped back and forth between his doddering public image and a shrewd, calculating persona, or at the very same comedian, only six years later, stuffing civilians’ Big Macs in his mouth as Bill Clinton. I can nearly recite “Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton Address the Nation,” a deeply feminist cold open performed by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler that emphasized the effects of sexism on both political parties during the 2008 election.
Like many other employees across the nation, staff members at Asian Arts Initiative (AAI) shifted their work online in the wake of coronavirus. Usual in–person activities were readily replaced with Zoom meetings, breakout sessions, and quick email threads. To recreate a sense of connection, Cat Ramirez launched the AAI Pen Pals Project in April, giving staff members the opportunity to send handwritten postcards to each other. In September, the AAI Pen Pals Project was re–launched and redirected for an additional cause: raising funds for the struggling USPS.
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