“precious little diamond,” as the weeknd depicts a la dolce vita life that’s full of thrills and short on love and commitment. it’s a metaphor for the first rush of success, and a predictor of bigger fame to come. —m.r. ‘snowchild’ (2020) image credit: youtube on a trap-...
rick diamond/getty images in 1976, christine mcvie’s patience with husband john’s alcoholism reached its end, and she started dating the band’s lighting director curry grant. the exaltation of that new relationship can be heard on “you make loving fun,” a buoyantly funk-infused snap...
As Shinoda noted, Linkin Park also resonated because they weren't afraid to be vulnerable.Hybrid Theory's "Crawling" and the diamond-certified "In The End" cemented Linkin Park's unique position to soundtrack teenage angst (or confusing emotional intensity of all ages) before ruthless vulner...
That’s where the genius of Moroder and Bellotte’s production comes in. Theirinnovative and painstaking recording processyielded something that hadn’t really been heard in a pop song before: a continuous, sequenced electronic bassline and washes of synths. It’s uncomplicated, but unstoppable; ...
10 slot in five other countries. The hypnotizing lyrics, “When I’m f__ked up/That’s the real me,” were on the tips of everyone’s tongues in 2015, and the bass-boosted track went on to earn diamond certification, making it one of the most successful Weeknd songs of his career....
Cat Power’s songs have protested the cruelties we inflict on each other; yet the abstracted poetry of “Cross Bones Style,” inspired by two orphans whose parents were killed in South Africa’s blood diamond mines, is both frighteningly specific and lingers like a myth. –Owen Myers...
In the video, he mugged with diamond teeth and coiled-up charisma—shirtless, venomous. The money started rolling in, followed soon after by the jokes: Can you believe he’s named after Rakim but he raps like this? And true, nothing about Rocky’s music is as intricate, groundbreaking, ...
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Those groups of singing, dancing heartthrobs went supernova, as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC led the way to Diamond sales and total cultural omnipresence. Nu-metal became the rock mode of the moment, with bands like KoRn and Limp Bizkit spiking an alternative genre that had become increasing...
Rick Diamond/Getty Images There was a time, not so long ago, when combining country and hip-hop was considered blasphemous, problematic, gauche, and maybe even avant garde too. “Cruise” was all of this and more, a high-summer love song in which trucks, girls, and the FGL boys themsel...