Chappell Roan: Trust That It Will Somehow Work Out

emilytreadgold #1, Features

Chappell Roan is known for her shimmering, bold melodies and her ultra-specific lyrics. Her song “Pink Pony Club” is already a cult classic and with each new song she cements her place as an artist that absolutely needs to be on your radar. She opened for Olivia Rodrigo, she’s touring with Fletcher, and her shows keep selling out. We talked …

Liv Slingerland Is A Name You Need To Know

emilytreadgold #8, Features

I can’t remember the first time I saw Liv Slingerland perform but I know I’ve seen her name countless times. She’s toured with everyone from Olivia Rodrigo to Halsey but now she’s getting ready to release her debut album. Her song “Hey You” is the perfect teaser for her unique sound, guitar-driven, angsty but still bouncy and vibrant. We talked …

Cali Rodi: A Taste Of Nostalgia

emilytreadgold #1, Features

I’ve been a fan of Cali Rodi for a while now and I’m a huge fan of her pop-punk covers on TikTok, her voice is just MADE for the genre. It has all the angst and raw emotion that we crave and she’s just so passionate about her music. We caught up with Cali to chat about pop punk, her …

SOUR As An Asian American

emilytreadgold #7, Editorial

I 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 was almost like she appeared out of nowhere, but after screaming “All I Want” for the last six months prior, I knew this was going …

New Music Sunday: May 23rd 2021

emilytreadgold #1, New 9 Tracks

Olivia Rodrigo made this her year, this is the album we’ve all been waiting for and it does not miss. From start to finish Olivia’s anger, sadness, her emotions are so palatable and it’s relatable even if you’re in your 30s and reflecting on that first heartbreak that still stings when you look back on it. She says, “There’s nothing …

Stop Pitting Women Against Each Other

emilytreadgold #2, Editorial, News

Love 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 some wonderful drama, any girl-on-girl rivalry rubs me the wrong way, especially since pitting women against each other. It’s 2021. We don’t need to stoop …

Olivia Rodrigo Is The Pop Star We Need

emilytreadgold #7, Editorial

Olivia 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 know about, but when her song “Driver’s License” hit the music charts last Friday, we got a taste of who she’s going to become. “Driver’s …