Fangirl Editorial
What 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 MOREA Lesson In Internalized Misogyny: I’m Sorry Taylor Swift
January 6, 2021My 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 MOREOur Favorite Albums of 2020
December 31, 2020If I had to sum up what all of my music taste has been in 2020, it would be the word “longing.” It’s like I’m craving everything that we can’t have right now. I want...READ MOREStop Trying To Define Miley
December 8, 2020I’ve been seeing a flurry of tweets about how the new Miley Cyrus album isn’t “rock” it’s pop and this to me just feels like fighting words for a multitude of reasons. Genres are Dead...READ MOREfolklore and feelings: fan messages to Taylor Swift
September 14, 2020The funny thing about listening to folklore is that when I heard it, I knew it would be an album full of regret and melancholy accompanied by waves of sadness. I’d like to think of...READ MORE10 Years Of One Direction: What It Means To Us
July 23, 2020We could not let One Direction’s 10-Year Anniversary go by without saying anything. It’s actually how we all became connected and stayed as close as we have. My favorite part about the group is that...READ MOREThe Repercussions Of When A Musician Sends Unsolicited Dick Pics
April 16, 2020Note from the editor: Samantha first told me about the unsolicited photos from The Band Camino member Graham Rowell years ago; at the time, I told her it was her story to tell, but I...READ MOREThe Women Who Dominated 2019
December 30, 2019I feel like every year I read headlines about it being a year for women in music, but nothing really changes. While that’s a depressing though, at least this year Lizzo broke into the mainstream,...READ MORE