Camila Cabello called herself “a weirdo” when she announced her fourth solo album, and “I Luv It,” its Playboy Carti-assisted, Gucci Mane-sampling fever-dream lead single, certainly fits the bill. Zip-tie synths accompany Cabello’s breathless delivery of semi-surrealistic lines like “I go soprano/ Baby go down low/ And when he leads/ …
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Following immense speculation around the health of Kate Middleton after abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace released a photograph Sunday that broke the internet for its botched editing job. Although the image featured the Princess of Wales, Catherine, alongside her three giggling children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis — …
Read More »'The Crown' Has Become Lame Royalist Propaganda
The Crown is back. The sixth and final season of Netflix’s royal drama begins with some Big D Energy: It’s all about Diana and Dodi, the young lovers whose whirlwind romance ended tragically in the Paris car crash that became the “Where were you?” moment for a generation. The first …
Read More »Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are in Their Flop Era
Sometimes you can just feel it when a celebrity is entering a flop era. I vividly remember watching Katy Perry using drag queens as props on Saturday Night Live in 2017, accompanied by a rapper who had recently used a homophobic slur, dressed in a hideous Beetlejuice-style striped jacket, and …
Read More »King Charles's Silly Coronation Concert Was a Monarchist's Fever Dream
When I heard that there was going to be a Coronation Concert at Windsor Palace to celebrate the crowning of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, my first thought was: “Wow, who would voluntarily perform at that?” Some international viewers might have expected the biggest stars the U.K. has to …
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