Yes, praise the lord: Megan Thee Stallion, “Hot Girl Summer,” feat. Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign – On paper, a duet between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj (with the trifecta of Ty Dolla $ign) is an obvious fantasy, though not quite foolproof—Minaj has been off her game in the post-Queen era. But this song, as they say, goes off, in practice as it does in theory. We needed an anthem that involves neither nor roads nor horses (well, one Stallion), to ease the horrific part of summer, and this it it. And now we must drop it low and bruise our knees in response. —Clover Hope
Yes, I say with a tear running down my face: Lana Del Rey, “Looking For America” – Americana imagery is Lana Del Rey’s bread and butter; playing Jackie O in the video for “National Anthem” and crooning Pepsi-Cola pussy and cherry pie eyes on the track “Cola.” But Lana moves outside of her comfort zone on her new track “Looking for America.” Lana’s rumination about Americana expand beyond blue jeans and moneyed men into the nation’s most unique ill: gun violence. On Instagram, Lana said she wrote the song in response to the back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, which she said affected her on a “cellular level.”
Yes, I say with a tear running down my face: Lana Del Rey, “Looking For America” – Americana imagery is Lana Del Rey’s bread and butter; playing Jackie O in the video for “National Anthem” and crooning Pepsi-Cola pussy and cherry pie eyes on the track “Cola.” But Lana moves outside of her comfort zone on her new track “Looking for America.” Lana’s rumination about Americana expand beyond blue jeans and moneyed men into the nation’s most unique ill: gun violence. On Instagram, Lana said she wrote the song in response to the back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, which she said affected her on a “cellular level.”