Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
On Monday Claire L. Evans and Jona Bechtolt, the artistic and romantic partners who make up the electro band Yacht, claimed that a sex tape they had made had been stolen and leaked. Across several social media posts—mostly on Facebook—they announced that to take control of the situation, they were going to sell the video…
On Saturday night, Beyoncé performed at NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The concert was protested by a group of local police, who set up about a mile from NRG Stadium, Houston TV station KHOU reports. “Some of her performances we believe to be anti-police,” Pasadena, Texas Coalition for Police and Sheriffs president Tony…
.entry-header “When I Needed You” Carly Rae Jepsen released her third album, Emotion, in 2015. The closing track on the record is When I Needed You. In this episode, Carly tells the story of how the song was made. You’ll hear the first demo for the song, a version she co-wrote with her longtime collaborator…
“The software is functioning as intended,” said Amber. “Wait,” I asked, “so it’s supposed to delete my personal files from my internal hard drive without asking my permission?” “Yes,” she replied. Maybe I’m Not Pressing the Keys Hard Enough. I had just explained to Amber that 122 GB of music files were missing from my…
The problem with Views—the recently abbreviated title of Drake’s fourth official studio album—is that the buildup has been so monumental. In an era when monolithic pop albums seem to drop from the sky, Views has finally been released into the world, but only after a surprise mixtape, summer-defining singles like “Hotline Bling,” the beef with…
The queen, in middle-fingers-up mode, makes her most powerful, ambitious statement yet What does it mean for Beyoncé to drop a new surprise album on the world within days of a giant like Prince leaving us? It’s a welcome reminder that giants still walk among us. Lemonade is an entire album of emotional discord and marital meltdown,…
Over the Christmas holidays, I made the decision to forgo perming my hair and go natural. For me, it felt like if I was ever going to come to terms with my black womanhood, then I had to confront my fears. When the hairdresser swivelled the chair so I could see myself in the mirror,…
UPDATE: June Ambrose, a costume designer and creative director who has worked with Jay Z and Beyoncé in the past, weighs in on Twitter. There’s no truth to the rumor, folks. No truth at all to Jay Z and Rachel rumor, ridiculous! — juneambrose (@juneAmbrose) April 24, 2016 See original story below. Anyone who…
On Monday, April 18, a man sued Kanye West and TIDAL for “duping” fans into having to pay for a subscription to the music streaming service. A story, originally reported by the AP, and then by Pitchfork, states that Justin Baker-Rhett has filed a class-action lawsuit against the pop-culture icon and the struggling streaming company. According…
(ps. Get this project as a poster on Pop Chart Lab! It includes 40 more rappers in the analysis, including Childish Gambino, 2 Chainz, Immortal Technique, and Kendrick Lamar.) 35,000 words covers 3-5 studio albums and EPs. I included mixtapes if the artist was just short of the 35,000 words. Quite a few rappers don’t…