Bong Joon Ho's Parasite has surfed a wave of critical acclaim since winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes over frontrunners like Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood and Pain & Glory. In the process, it has broken new ground for both Asian cinema and genre films. Not that Parasite neatly fits into the latter box unlike The Host or Snowpiercer. And therein lies its language barrier-busting appeal. At its core,...

Charli XCX collaborated with an impressive list of friends and musical heavy-hitters on her self-titled album. It is admittedly great to hear her shaping the future of pop with the likes of Troye Sivan, Lizzo and Christine and the Queens. However, I should note that her solo output on the LP is even better. One of the clear highlights is "White Mercedes." On it, the pop-saving angel comes to grips...

UPDATE: Becky G unveiled the tracklist for 'Mala Santa,' which includes several massive hits including "Mayores" and "Sin Pijama." Check it out below.After what seems like an eternity, bilingual pop queen Becky G is finally ready to unleash her debut album. She fired up her social media accounts this morning to announce the arrival of Mala Santa on October 17. (It roughly translates as "Bad Saint")....

Few songs have had as much impact on the direction and marketing of popular music as Lana Del Rey's breakout hit. Officially released on October 7, 2011 (it had leaked months earlier), "Video Games" arrived at a time when Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Ke$ha dominated the airwaves with their upbeat, electro-pop bangers. Lana, however, offered an entirely different proposition. Here was a sullen songstress...

Warning: This interview contains spoilers! Since bursting onto the world stage with Memories Of Murder, Bong Joon Ho has established a reputation as one of cinema's true visionaries. Whether he's reinventing the monster movie (The Host) or twisting a family drama into something else entirely (Mother), the South Korean filmmaker never fails to up the ante. That's particularly true of his critically-adored,...

Another week, another important moment in Spearstory. That's the history of Britney Spears for the uninitiated. Just a couple days ago, we marked the 11th anniversary of "Womanizer." The simple but very effective anthem launched the second half of B's career and netted the Princess of Pop her second number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Now it's time to turn our attention to her third chart-topper,...

Melanie Martinez's K-12 arrives today (September 6) after a four-year gestation period. That might sound unnecessarily long, but it makes a lot more sense when you understand the scope of the project. This isn't just an album or even a visual album. The 24-year-old has written, directed and starred in a feature length movie musical that brings the music, and all of its (timely and varied) themes, to...

Today is October 1, which means spooky season officially began. And Kim Petras officiated the transition with the unveiling of Turn Off The Light. Arriving at the stroke of midnight, it serves as an update on her acclaimed Vol.1. The menacing mixtape also cements her status as the uncontested Queen Of Halloween. Comprised of 17 bops and floor-filling instrumentals, the collection (it houses all eight...

Judy has the best intentions. By putting the end of Judy Garland's life under a microscope, director Rupert Goold aims to humanize the legend and highlight the devastating trauma heaped upon her by a lifetime in the studio system. And he almost achieves it thanks to his cast. Renée Zellweger embodies the titular character with such ferocity that an Oscar nomination is a mere formality. In her hands,...

Charli XCX refuses to do the same thing twice. Why? Because that would be boring. And she is anything but boring. The pop innovator recognizes her insatiable hunger for evolution on the first lines of Charli. "I go hard. I go fast, and I never look back," she chants over slick synths on the aptly-titled "Next Level Charli." That realization sets the scene for what is surely her most revolutionary collection...

Turning around a speedy review of a Lana Del Rey record is a thankless task. While the album is increasingly treated as a relic from the past, Lana still views it as an art form, cramming in layers of melodies and ideas that slowly seep out over time. It took me months to get a handle on Honeymoon, while Ultraviolence continues to unfold five years later. Until Friday (August 30), I considered those...

Taylor Swift belatedly lays out the mission statement for Lover on its final track. As "Daylight," a thoughtful and lushly composed love song, closes, the 29-year-old delivers a spoken outro. "I wanna be defined by the things that I love not the things I hate," she muses. "I just think that you are what you love." That's abundantly evident from one listen to the 18-song collection. Released on August...