Rina Sawayama’s ‘This Hell’ blazes with fiery ferocity

In true Rina fashion, “This Hell” somehow combines dazzling whimsy and real substance, filling the emptiness left behind in the wake of hate.
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In true Rina fashion, “This Hell” somehow combines dazzling whimsy and real substance, filling the emptiness left behind in the wake of hate.
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Sawayama handed down a searing, dynamic performance, rife with spurts of energy and the occasional moment of wistful melancholy.
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Filled to the brim with catchy melodies and danceable instrumentals, the LP is — for the first time on a Coldplay record in a long while — fun, and is certainly worthy of a listen from fans and casual listeners alike.
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The documentary provides a stark, emotionally honest look into the horrors of Spears’ conservatorship through lenses of power and control.
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The second a gay man wears a dress, the universe explodes. So instead, queer men often focus our energy on these pop divas — the only acceptable way to express our femininity.
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The media is able to create an image for a person that takes on a life of its own: There’s Britney Spears and there’s “Britney Spears.”
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While “Framing Britney Spears” might not be concrete enough to be used in court against Spears’ conservatorship, it could easily catalyze a reckoning of the abuse she faced at the hands of the media.
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In a world where rape victims are silenced and forgotten, “Promising Young Woman” asks: How can women possibly find justice?
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His words suggest he feels owed a place and a voice in the R&B genre, a musical space that has long been pioneered and popularized by people of color.
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“WAP” offers nothing original. It is purely iterative — it only gives the illusion of originality, by way of its cousin, sensationalism.
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