Pop Culture

When you hear Missy Elliott’s music on a dance floor, you become flooded with nostalgia and go hard.

You don’t have to be a football fan to know ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick. The quarterback-turned-activist famously took a knee during the National Anthem in 2016 in protest of racial inequality and police brutality in America. Since then, he’s been exiled from the league while standing at the centre of its controversies regarding athletes and activism.The recent announcement of the Super Bowl Halftime performers has brought Kaepernick back into the spotlight, as fans question why their favourite artists are aligning themselves with the controversial football league.

On Sunday night, over 30 million people tapped their Instagram like buttons to propel a small, orange egg to Internet superstardom. The situation makes no sense, but nonsensical Internet news isn’t anything out of the ordinary by now.

In the age of YouTube and Spotify, K-pop (or Korean pop music) has become a global phenomenon that plays a remarkable role in the country’s growing economy.

When Bohemian Rhapsody won the award for Best Motion Picture—Drama at this past Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, the palpable shock coming from the show’s star-studded crowd summed up how the entire evening had gone. 

If you’re like me, you probably took one look at the winter snow and thought,  “Wow, I’m not going outside again until spring.”

As 2018 comes to an end, it can be challenging to remember all that’s happened over the past 12 months of pop culture insanity.

Every year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City invites the hottest new Broadway musicals to perform a number that’s broadcast live on national television.

Today, emo music dominates pop culture as emo rap: joylessly auto-tuned rap songs about numbing pain with drugs, and often sung by face-tattooed men with more criminal charges than they have hits.

If long nights of bingeing true crime shows left you questioning your faith in humanity, you need Netflix’s docuseries, Dogs.

A 70-year-old man robbing banks and escaping prison is an unusual swan song. Not for Robert Redford. 

Nine years since the release of their debut album, Mumford and Sons have returned to their roots.

I entered The Screening Room, this weekend ready to be blown away. After obsessively watching and re-watching Timothée Chalamet’s breakout film, Call Me By Your Name, and following his rise to fame, I had high hopes for the actor’s newest role as a crystal meth addict in Beautiful Boy.

Although Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born achieved widespread praise for its heart-wrenching story and talented cast, its reaction risks glossing over the conspicuous presence of toxic relationships.

This weekend was full of drama surrounding Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s fresh breakup.

As the days get shorter, and school is filled with more midterms and assignments, it’s easy to be gloomy. However, this time of year gives reason to look up—it marks the NBA’s return.