Photo courtesy of The Daily Utah Chronicle While 2020 was an inactive year for events and festivities, quarantine playlists flourished due to all of the new releases. Pop music was a standout genre, resulting in a plethora of new tunes for fans. Here are the top five albums […]
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Shawn Mendes’ “Wonder” brings comfort to the end of 2020
Photo courtesy of Josiah VanDien 2020 has been a whirlwind of a year in many ways, but Shawn Mendes is ending it with a bang with the release of his fourth studio album, “Wonder,” on Dec. 4. “Wonder” marks a change for Mendes as he displays experimentation with new sounds […]
Yungblud’s “weird!” serves as Gen Z liberation album
Photo courtesy of Stefan Brending, Wikimedia Commons It’s not very easy to be labeled “weird” in 2020. We’ve seen singers perform in meat dresses, movies with sharks in tornados and memes that get progressively more bizarre every time you refresh your browser. The point is, we’ve seen a lot. So […]
New “Big Mouth” season covers more serious and taboo topics
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons After its initial success in September 2017, Netflix original animated series “Big Mouth” returned for its well anticipated fourth season on Dec. 4, 2020. Created by Nick Kroll, Jennifer Flackett, Andrew Goldberg and Mark Levin, the show focuses on pre-teens going through puberty. This […]
BTS achieve major success after new album release
Photo courtesy of Dispatch, Wikipedia The KPOP industry is often criticized for its roots in soft power/Hallyu wave, and its source of funding leads to idols being categorized as products of a monetized system; the value of their talents and artistry constantly being overlooked. Time and time again, I’ve […]
New movie “Mank” highlights old Hollywood classics
Photo courtesy of Fair Use, Wikipedia Six years have passed since David Fincher’s latest film directorial endeavor, not counting his work on the Netflix show “Mindhunter,” and now he returns with “Mank,” a movie about the making of “the” movie: “Citizen Kane.” The film follows American screenwriter Herman J. […]
KPOP group ENHYPEN releases anticipated album
Photo courtesy of Bella Poarch, Wikipedia Formed through the KPOP reality survival show “I-LAND,” boy group ENHYPEN debuted on Nov. 30 under BELIFT LAB, the joint entertainment company between BigHit Entertainment and CJ ENM, with a six song record breaking album. In just two days after release, the music […]
Top gaming gifts to consider this holiday season
Photo courtesy of Igor Karimov, Unsplash Let’s face it. If you have not bought a Playstation Five or Xbox Series X or S yet, there is little chance of securing one for the holidays. However, there are still plenty of options to get the perfect gifts for the gamer […]
Recommended ways to conquer a reading slump
Photo courtesy of Patrick Tomasso, Unsplash Reading is one of the oldest forms of art known to man. People have been picking up books for hundreds and hundreds of years, with no end in sight. Even with the advent of movies, television, video games and all the other modern […]
Taylor Swift surprises fans with a documentary release
Photo courtesy of Cosmopolitan UK, Wikipedia Taylor Swift has surprised her fans yet again this year with the release of her Disney+ documentary titled “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” on Nov. 25. Reminiscent of her announcement for her eighth studio album “folklore” from July, she announced the documentary the […]