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

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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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