How many layers of ersatz must a piece of culture be wrapped in before it buckles under the weight of its own falsity? Would you believe two? It’s true. The proof is on the soundtrack to ABC’s Dirty Dancing remake, which is airing next week and already has received scathing reviews (Variety’s Sonya Sariya calls it, “a…
It’s a tale as old as time (to quote another song by the chanteuse this post is about): Kate Winslet, star of Titanic, does not enjoy hearing Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” love theme of Titanic. In 2012, Winslet told MTV News that the song made her feel “like throwing up.” She then clarified: “No, I shouldn’t…
The video for “I Don’t Want to Live Forever, the Fifty Shades Darker collaboration between Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik, was allegedly written in a week. The video for it looks like it was conceived and shot in one day.
What could be more fitting in this bleak December month than player-piano covers of popular alt-rock songs that connect the untamed Wild West to our future as automatons on a quest to gain consciousness? Westworld’s soundtrack is finally getting a proper release, and I always wondered what the hell “Black Hole Son”…
If Justin Timberlake were a Troll doll, he would have been abandoned at the bottom of my toy box with all of his hair cut off long, long ago. His throwing Janet Jackson under the bus, hopping in the driver’s seat, running her over repeatedly, and sampling the sounds of the wheels crushing her body in his music in the…
We’ve had to sit through months of sexist Ghostbusters fanboys in a full-blown outrage woody because the new Ghostbusters is comprised of four very capable, very funny women instead of men. The mommy-fear was palpable there, and perhaps a plant, because even despite Missy Elliott, the real thing Ghostbusters fans have…
To get us pumped for the upcoming second season of Empire, Fox and Columbia Records have released two new songs, both sung by Jussie Smollett, who plays Jamal Lyon.
Hey, quick question? Would you fuck to the Jurassic Park theme?
Very Specific Playlists is a weekly feature in which Jezebel staffers make very specific Spotify playlists based on their weird proclivities.
The full tracklist for the Lorde-curated Hunger Games soundtrack is awesome, random: Lotta new Lorde tracks, Raury, Charli XCX, Tinashe, Bat For Lashes, GRACE JONES and a Kanye remix. Lastly, there's an intriguing-sounding intro song by Belgian singer Stromae featuring Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip, and Haim. It's called…
"On the outside, I look fragile/But on the inside is something you can't touch...CUZ I'M COUNTRY STRONG!" Oh, you know you wanna hear this one.
500 Days Of Summer co-writer tells the LA Times that "every relationship has a soundtrack," and that said soundtrack holds clues to whether or not a couple will last. Bonding over The Smiths, he notes, is "not good." Uh-oh!
Have you heard about this new trend for "personal music stylists" who customize "domestic soundtracks" for rich people's homes? These guys go to their clients' houses (presumably professionally decorated), look at their personal photos, and go though their preexisting music to get a sense of the desired ambiance —…
