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Justin Bieber’s “SWAG”, A Comeback Worth Talking About?
I spun SWAG on release night expecting a standard pop victory lap. Instead I got smoky bass lines, diaristic voice notes and the most relaxed vocals Bieber’s delivered since Journals. The record’s R&B-first palette; think quiet-storm keys, trunk rattling 808s and unvarnished confessionals; pulled me in fast, especially on “Therapy Session,” “Yukon” and the deceptively…
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Beyonce’s Shirt Isn’t the Problem; Misogynoir Is
It’s officially gotten weird. Beyoncé, one of the most influential Black women in music history, wore a t-shirt during her Cowboy Carter tour stop; and apparently, that was enough to send the internet into a meltdown. The shirt in question? A statement tee referencing America’s violent past and its current contradictions. Was it provocative? Yes.…
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