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Music Reviews
Album Review: Katy Perry – “Smile”
Beth Winchester September 6, 2020

On Katy Perry’s latest, long-teased album Smile, Perry remains resolutely pop. While her peers and successors are increasingly genre-hopping and dropping surprise records and EPs, Perry’s Smile feels …

Beth Winchester September 6, 2020
Music Features
The TYF Monthly Mixtape: May 2019
Ryan Gibbs June 6, 2019

In our new feature TYF Monthly Mixtape our music writers share Spotify playlists of the songs – new and old – they’ve had on repeat for the last month. Think of it as a successor to …

Ryan Gibbs June 6, 2019
Interviews
Interview: Nathaniel Motte of 3OH!3 (Part 2)
Brittany Menjivar August 10, 2018

If you went to school dances in the late 2000s, you were most likely familiar with 3OH!3. This synthpop duo, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte from Boulder, Colorado (the band name is taken …

Brittany Menjivar August 10, 2018
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Music Reviews
Album Review: Calvin Harris – “Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1”
Ryan Feyre July 5, 2017

If you find yourself riding in your car with the windows down on a nice summer day, the Calvin Harris’ new album Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1 should be one of your go-to party playlists to put on the …

Ryan Feyre July 5, 2017
Podcasts
This is Pop? Podcast Episode 6: Katy Perry
Ryan Gibbs July 2, 2017

For the past nine years, Katy Perry has been one of the biggest names in pop music, selling millions of albums and scoring hit singles around the world. But critical reception of the singer has largel…

Ryan Gibbs July 2, 2017
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Music Reviews
Album Review: Katy Perry – “Witness”
Jon Winkler June 12, 2017

Many people assume that Lady Gaga is the 21st century heir to Madonna’s throne of mutating pop mystique, but Katy Perry would be a solid runner-up. Everyone’s favorite “California Gurl” ha…

Jon Winkler June 12, 2017
Music
Katy Perry Releases “Chained to the Rhythm” Music Video
Camille Espiritu February 22, 2017

Katy Perry shines light on society’s flaws of the American Dream with her latest music video for “Chained to the Rhythm”. The video welcomes us to a theme park called “Oblivia” which isn’t shy f…

Camille Espiritu February 22, 2017

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