1 March 2019 I have a bit of time for Lewis Capaldi. He clearly has a sense of humour; the video for his 2022 single 'Forget Me' is an unlikely shot-for-shot recreation of the video for Wham!'s 'Club Tropicana'. He's had to deal with a crushing public episode of mental health difficulties while onstage at … Continue reading Lewis Capaldi – ‘Someone You Loved’ →

15 February 2019 The word 'bored' in the title of Ariana Grande's third chart-topping track in three months is an open goal, and I'm not one to turn down a tap-in. ‘Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored’ also follows the Taylor Swift playbook of leaning into Ari's public private life, with flavours of bad-girl … Continue reading Ariana Grande – ‘Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored’ →

25 January 2019 When Tattoos Go Wrong is always great entertainment for the schadenfreude in our hearts. To tie in with the release of her hip-hop track '7 Rings' and its Japanese-themed video, Ariana Grande got herself a tattoo of the song's title in Japanese characters. However, it turned out that the phrase in Japanese … Continue reading Ariana Grande – ‘7 Rings’ →