Chelsea Monteiro“The Next Kate Bush” and How We Talk About Female ArtistsThere’s an unfortunately common trope in Pop Culture known as the Smurfette Principle. Coined in 1991 by an essay by Katha Pollitt, the…Feb 3, 20191Feb 3, 20191
Chelsea Monteiro7 Rings: A Disappointment in Songwriting and StorytellingAt the time of this writing, Ariana Grande is the only pop star left standing. When the 2010s started, the Hot 100 was swarming with…Jan 20, 2019Jan 20, 2019
Chelsea MonteiroImmaterial: Sophie, Gender, and IdentityFor as long as I can remember, I hated my body. This wasn’t clear to me at first; as soon as I hit puberty, my brain started throwing up…Jan 14, 2019Jan 14, 2019
Chelsea MonteiroTop 25 Albums of the Year, 13–1Before finishing the list, I wanted to advertise to new EP I released, titled Sunday Out and available here!Jan 5, 2019Jan 5, 2019
Chelsea MonteiroThe Top 25 Album of 2018: 25–14It feels good to save the best albums of the year for last, even if I’m dipping into the new year to publish this. And 2018, no matter…Jan 3, 2019Jan 3, 2019
Chelsea MonteiroThe Top 10 Worst Albums of 2018I’ll be honest, 2018 was, in terms of music releases, a very good year. I can’t wait to get to my favorite albums of the year, because…Dec 30, 20182Dec 30, 20182
Chelsea MonteiroTop 10 Best Hit Songs of 2018There are a lot of music critics online right now talking about how terrible this year was for pop music. And I’m not going to disagree…Dec 22, 2018Dec 22, 2018
Chelsea MonteiroThe Top 10 Worst Hit Songs of 20182018 was the year pop music officially went into hibernation. Sure, 2017 was the first major sign that trap rap was becoming the…Dec 17, 2018Dec 17, 2018
Chelsea MonteiroEnd of the Year Catch-Up: 2018 vol. 21. Invasion of Privacy-Cardi BDec 8, 2018Dec 8, 2018
