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Album Reviews

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Katy Perry’s “Smile” is entirely generic yet still danceable 

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Each song seems written to maximize its chart-topping potential, losing the sense of genuine excitement and emotion that listeners have seen from her in the past.
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College Life, International Women's Day 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019
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Who run the world? Girls! — Throwback jams to empower you on International Women’s Day

Nothing says International Women’s Day like some empowering music from our youth! Here are our favorite girl power songs that will both make you nostalgic and proud to be a woman or know one.
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College Life

Monday, February 25, 2019

Crossovers we didn’t know we needed: Artists we want to see collaborate

These two great forces teaming to produce an iconic pop anthem has inspired us to think about the amazing tunes that could be created if some of our other favorite artists paired up to produce music. Here are the Clog’s picks for other random artists that should collaborate in the future.
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Culture Shot

Friday, January 11, 2019

How Girls’ Generation’s ‘Gee’ paved the way for K-pop in the US

Of course, “Gee” wasn’t a hit in the West, at least not by industry standards. But the song set a new precedent that later K-pop acts, such as Psy, BTS and Loona, would follow — their success would be measured in YouTube views, Twitter follows and Instagram likes, and not solely by chart peaks.
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Culture Shot

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Call me by your name and I’ll call you Lauren B.: The sad queer history of ‘The Bachelor’

“The Bachelor” franchise is about heterosexuality — it’s not a show that knows how to handle LGBTQ+ identities. The franchise is so rooted in the heteronormative “romantic love” of a cisgender boy proposing to a cisgender girl at the end of the show that anything outside of that formula does not compute.
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College Life

Thursday, July 26, 2018

5 political podcasts to help you cope with the world’s current chaos

Listen to some of these podcasts to help you stay updated during your everyday life. More importantly, these podcasts won’t depress you too much.
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Frameline42, Pride 2018

Thursday, June 21, 2018

‘Fun in Girls Shorts’ presents humorous, heartfelt representation in short films on queer girls

The annual “Fun in Girls Shorts” collections have the potential to present some of the best of the Frameline film festival.
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College Life

Friday, May 25, 2018

The ultimate 150-song playlist for National Sing Out Day

From pop to rap and even some alternative, we’ve got it all in this playlist — but we promise, the Chainsmokers will not be featured on this list — we’ve heard too much of them at frats.
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College Life

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Clog’s take on this year’s Grammy nominations snubs

We believe this year’s Grammys will see the album, song and record of the year categories absent of many of music biggest stars.
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College Life

Monday, October 23, 2017

Breaking down Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do”

Love it or hate it (we at the Clog love it, just sayin’), Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” music video for the banger is a piece of art.
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