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Pop culture
Pop culture news and analysis from The Nation
April 8, 2020
Sasha Geffen’s debut book reveals that the history of pop music is a history of gender rebellion.
March 31, 2020
Britney Spears called for the redistribution of wealth—but she’s not even allowed to give away her own money.
February 13, 2020
The New Jersey rapper’s debut album is a showcase for a one-of-a-kind voice.
January 6, 2020
It’s tacky and willfully inauthentic. Of course it’s popular again.
December 30, 2019
The hybrid work of Julia Wolfe’s oratorio Fire in My Mouth, FKA twigs’s Magdalene, and Kris Davis’s Diatom Ribbons all showcase the experimental spirit of this year’s most exciting music.
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December 2, 2019
Mixing sacred imagery and snatches of memoir, the British artist’s new album is Magdalene a beautiful and eerie statement.
November 8, 2019
How crony capitalism and crippling austerity turned democracy into a dirty word.
October 11, 2019
Hollywood is uneasy with superheroes, yet the genre is a mirror for troubled times.
September 17, 2019
Led by the Casablanca polymath Abdelakabir Faradjallah, the band Attarazat Addahabia defined the sound of the city.
September 10, 2019
Her new album channels the spirit of Puerto Rico’s activists.
