'Coffee': Kelly Rowland Is Back With an Ode to Morning Sex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZZ6dPPawM&feature=emb_title Many moons ago - a decade of moons ago, to be exact - a certain vocal powerhouse of our generation sung of the joys of "Sex For Breakfast" on the now scientifically-proven-to-be-ahead-of-its-time advanced listen of an album, Bionic.…
by Bradley Stern
'Delete Forever': Grimes Grieves the Friends She's Lost to Drugs
God, everything from Miss Anthropocene looks and sounds so right. Grimes is due to arrive soon (and, soon enough, so is The Child) with her latest body of work, which promises to be more than worth the wait since 2015's Art Angels, a top album of that year. Having already supplied several…
by Bradley Stern
'Fifteen': Mandy Moore Reflects on Her 'Candy' Pop Star Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Uzd7El26E 2020 is already quite a year for early '00s pop princess retrospectives: Britney's being honored with a walk-through career retrospective in the form of In The Zone experience in LA (erm, mixed feelings), and Jessica Simpson is currently appearing on…
by Bradley Stern
'Solita': Kali Uchis Keeps Dancing on Her Own
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdj-6Bd5wk I haven't written about Kali Uchis on MuuMuse until now because, well, let's face it - I haven't written on MuuMuse much this past year(s), period. But I intend to change that in 2020, if only for my creative sanity and happiness. Why not start getting…
by Bradley Stern
'Save Room For Us': Tinashe Sparks Joy in Japan
Tinashe is truly living her best life. From the moody mixtape days of the early '10s (can you believe that's a thing we can say as we enter into 2020?), to the major label era of Aquarius onward, to a return to her DIY roots, the 26-year-old entertainer's come full circle with her career - and she…
by Bradley Stern
'Amor de Que': Everybody Wants a Piece of Pabllo Vittar
Aside from soybeans, crude oil and iron ores, there are few hotter exports to come out of Brazil than Pabllo Vittar. She's so hot, in fact, that every boy in town wants a piece of Pabllo. The 25-year-old Brazilian baddie-turned-international drag icon - arguably the most globally renowned drag…
by Bradley Stern
Hikaru Utada & Shiina Ringo Reunite With 'Roman to Soroban'
The last time Hikaru Utada and Shiina Ringo got together, they were taking a trip into outer space for a brief, but necessary two hour vacation on Fantôme's "Nijikan Dake No Vacance" in 2016. Having returned back down to Earth - or, more likely, arrived at some far-off planet accessible only to…
by Bradley Stern
'Fuck It I Love You' & 'The Greatest' Video: Lana Del Rey Signs Off for Summer (And Maybe Forever)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSX_OcpeJg&feature=youtu.be And if this is it, she's had a ball. Sorry, #HotGirlSummer: Sad Girl Fall is rapidly approaching. Lana Del Rey might currently inhabit our world, but it doesn't feel like she actually belongs in it, like a depressed…
by Bradley Stern
'Mother's Daughter' Video: Miley Cyrus Femmes the Future
Miley Cyrus is, in my humble and oft-dragged opinion, the closest to being "the Madonna" of the '00s Disney Girls. That's not to start an exhausting Stan War in the comments section, or take away from her own unique brand of artistry. It's just that Miley shares some of the same characteristics as…
by Bradley Stern
'God Control' Video: Madonna's Triggering Statement About American Life
Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Madonna's tackled countless points of social contention throughout her over thirty year-long career as the Queen of Pop™ - religion, racial injustice, gender inequality, sexuality, war, power, greed, corruption. You name it, Madonna's probably sung and…
by Bradley Stern
Hikaru Utada's 'Laughter In The Dark' Tour Hits Netflix
And she wrote the English subtitles herself. It's such a surreal feeling to even write this, but it's real: Hikaru Utada's Laughter In The Dark 2018 Tour special is now available on Netflix, globally, as of Wednesday (June 26). This marks her first-ever Japanese concert special to be made available…
by Bradley Stern
'Push': Kazaky, the High-Heeled Ukrainian Boy Band, Returns
You hear that? The faint click-clack, click-clack of a troupe of muscly Eastern European men somewhere not so far off in the distance? Yes, that's right: Kazaky is back. The Mortal Kombat-gone-gay dressed, high-heeled Ukrainian hotties have been around for a while now. I first wrote about them all…
by Bradley Stern