“The Other Woman” has always been Black: Lana Del Rey’s viral cover of Jessie Mae Robinson’s masterpiece Gianna Caudillo February 24, 2023 Black Culture, Columns and Opinions 1 Comment “2023 is the year of female rage,” says the caption on a TikTok showing a conventionally attractive white woman, eyeliner done like Priscilla Presley’s, dress straight out of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)...
Addison Rae: the pop princess that got away Adrian Ceja December 12, 2022 Opinion If you are on TikTok, you have probably heard the name Addison Rae. She is the fourth most followed person on the social media platform, and has amassed over 88 million followers (as of December 2022). She hail...
Omar Apollo Sells Out The Fox Theater Eliza Scheer November 11, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Omar Apollo performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland on November 3. The show was completely sold out–with tickets reselling for nearly five times their original price. The audience was composed of many college...
Do Today’s Pop Artists Make Albums Anymore? Adrian Ceja March 21, 2022 Opinion Even if no one wants to narrow it down to just one, everyone has a favorite album of all time — the one piece of art they would save if every other work of music vanished from the place we call Earth. My albu...
Greer Live in San Francisco Jax Samsell November 8, 2021 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Greer is a four piece ensemble from Los Angeles, California, whose presence has been cemented in memories since 2014. As Gen Z’s favorite niche Internet celebrities, seeing them live at the August Hall in San...
Hana Bryanne steals hearts with her new single “Klepto” Baylie Raddon July 29, 2021 Reviews Hana McElroy, or Hana Bryanne as she is known on TikTok, took the video-sharing app by storm using just her guitar and her clever lyrics. Since she was last featured on the B-Side, McElroy has transformed her v...
Positivity in a pandemic: Hana Bryanne on making an EP and going viral on TikTok Baylie Raddon April 15, 2021 Uncategorized 1 Comment In a time of great uncertainty for all, Hana McElroy, or Hana Bryanne as she's known online, uses the changes happening around her to her advantage. The 18-year-old California native was a high school senior wh...
TO BE OR NOT TO BE THE MAIN CHARACTER: GEN Z’S ESCAPE INTO MUSIC Layla Dargahi March 16, 2021 Creative Writing, Uncategorized I was surprised the day I learned I was not the only child that escaped into their own music video once the radio turned on. The sorrowful look in the eyes, the distant and longing stare as trees pass the car w...
Unmasking Edith Whiskers Anna Armstrong March 5, 2021 Album Review 2 Comments If you spend as much time on TikTok as I do, it is likely you have heard the slowed, acoustic version of “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros sung by Edith Whiskers. You might have heard the class...
How TikTok is reshaping the music industry Daniella Ivanir October 4, 2020 News It’s the summer of 2019, you download TikTok (ironically, obviously) so that you can do some dance with your friends at a party. You don’t think much of it and for a while, the app sits on your phone, unop...