Fangirl Editorial
Women To The Front: King Marie and Dana Lu
May 1, 2024Last month in honor of Women’s History Month, audio software company Serato featured a series titled “Women to the Front” which was a series of short-form visualizers that celebrate the barrier-breaking stories of female DJs...READ MOREWhat Are We Gatekeeping Anymore?
October 4, 2023"We were gatekeeping her from the Swifties," the comments were coming through on a TikTok I made about introducing Ethel Cain to my Taylor Swift group chat. This was in 2022. Ethel Cain made Preacher's...READ MORELetters To Taylor Swift: Callie Carlucci
August 3, 2023The universe creates a full circle moment for Taylor Swift and me. Taylor came into my life when I was eleven. At a voice lesson, my voice coach said that the theme for the next...READ MORELetters To Taylor Swift: Carolina Caggiano
June 26, 2023Went to 4 concerts and now preparing to see her in Brazil! So our tour came to an end but here is #whatyoumademedo Taylor: 4 shows 4 cities 4 outfits 13 hours of shows 13...READ MORELetters To Taylor Swift: Eddie Torres
June 20, 2023Taylor Swift, her name alone, makes me smile. During the darkest times in my life, Taylor has been the one to keep me company. She has been the one to shine light in so many...READ MORELetters To BLACKPINK: Fans Write In From Discord
June 6, 2023When I first saw BLACKPINK at Coachella in 2019, it was a performance I will never forget. From watching them at the Sahara stage to headlining the main stage just four years later was incredible....READ MOREA Lesson In Internalized Misogyny: I’m Sorry Taylor Swift
April 21, 2023My relationship with Taylor Swift is complicated. When her first album came out, I was 15 and pretty much a loser. I was in high school, and Taylor, to me, despite what she said in...READ MOREWhat Happened To Pop Stars?
February 27, 2023It’s easy to look at the pop music landscape in the defining eras of their respective reigning pop queens: Britney Spears and her Max Martin pop dominance, Beyonce’s continual reign over the culture, Taylor Swift’s...READ MOREOne Direction Could Never Happen Again
July 27, 2021Over the weekend, I was at my friend's house, and we started watching old One Direction videos. From their time at X-Factor to their music videos, they were really selling us this idyllic group, and...READ MOREWhy Lorde Is So Important
June 9, 2021I’m constantly reminded of Lorde’s break onto the music scene. Her anthem “Royals” was catchy and beautiful in it’s simplicity, but more than that it emphasized something that is so rare in music. The song...READ MORESOUR As An Asian American
May 24, 2021I say this with as little boasting as possible - as a High School Musical franchise fanatic, I *personally* knew Olivia Rodrigo was always going to be a star. With the debut "driver's license," it...READ MOREA Love Letter To Hayley Williams
May 18, 2021As a product of the 90s, I grew up listening to pop divas like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, but I never really identified with them. Don’t get wrong, I’m definitely all for women expressing...READ MOREBody Image and Fashion In The Music Industry
May 5, 2021Billie Eilish's British Vogue cover was a massive point of contention this week. The star who masked her frame and her hair in outlandish colors and oversized clothes posed for an Old Hollywood style shoot...READ MORE“Boy band” Isn’t An Insult, You Need To Get Over It
April 13, 2021When you think of boy bands, what comes to mind? One Direction? NSYNC? The Backstreet Boys? I recently posted a Tik Tok saying all bands with boys are boy bands, and people got very, VERY...READ MOREWhy Can’t Tik Tok Women Be Taken Seriously In Music?
April 5, 2021Okay, I think we've waited long enough for this, and that is my opinion on TikTok stars and their rise to the music scene. Before I begin, I want to deem the question - why...READ MOREStop Pitting Women Against Each Other
January 26, 2021Love triangles in music are nothing new. In my generation, we had the iconic Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, Aaron Carter feud. Now we have Olivia, Sabrina, and Joshua. While all of this is delivering us...READ MOREArtists To Watch In 2021
January 26, 2021Maude Latour We are by no means new Maude fans. Our obsession with Maude just keeps coming up every time she releases a new song. If you want to feel like you're in a coming-of-age...READ MOREOlivia Rodrigo Is The Pop Star We Need
January 12, 2021Olivia Rodrigo isn't a name you might have heard before unless you're embedded in the world of Highschool Musical: The Musical: The Series, HSMTMTS, a layered world of Disney that only the most die-hard fans...READ MORE