21 Savage released his third studio album American Dream on Jan. 12, 2024, alongside a fake biopic trailer which tricked rap fans and critics alike. Though there are a few songs which feel fresh, with expertly constructed flows, the lyrics never live up to the album’s call for personal expression and vulnerability.
At the start of Amazon Prime’s animated show Invincible, Mark Grayson, a half-Korean-American and half-extraterrestrial-species guy, appears to be your typical 17-year-old superhero who’s unlocked a sudden myriad of powers and becomes too optimistic about his ability to make the world a better place.
The creative process for any artist is sacred — this incredibly vulnerable and personal affair is unique to so many artists, and yet local legend Snail Mail (the moniker for solo indie artist Lindsey Jordan) has let fans into her own creative journey with the release of her new extended play (EP), Valentine (Demos).
As we start another year, it's also decidedly the time to reflect on the past year's worth of music releases and trending streaming habits. Initially marketed as a Year in Review in 2013, Spotify Wrapped has engaged its users with a unique presentation of their listening habits over the past year.
Saltburn, the sophomore film of writer and director Emerald Fennell, is a thrilling, campy dark comedy set in the early 2000s English backcountry, taking place in a house by the name of Saltburn.
Not unlike her protagonist, Triet herself boldly defies what is expected of her. In depicting even the most major plot points, she is more eager to stimulate discourse than to satiate traditional tastes.
Was my inner side-braid-wearing, archery-obsessed self from 2012 secretly thrilled at the prospect of a new Hunger Games movie? Admittedly, yes. But I also didn’t want The Hunger Games to become the latest franchise to be recycled, repackaged and presented as new.
Danny Brown’s newest album, Quaranta, is a retrospective piece in which the Detroit rapper analyzes his past 40 years of life, questions how his profession has affected his relationships and ultimately reaffirms his love for expressing himself through music.
Contributing writer Noël Da recounts her experience at the Ethel Ennis Birthday Bash held at Keystone Korner Baltimore on Nov. 29, which celebrated the career of one of the late Baltimore jazz musicians.
This week’s picks include the latest Studio Ghibli film from Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron, a historical mystery novel called The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, the Pink Friday 2 sequel album from award-winning rapper Nicki Minaj and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra performing Vivaldi, Liszt and Brahms at Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall.
Does it feel like every new Netflix release somehow makes it to No. 1 in movies in the U.S. on Netflix? Conveniently, yes. Does every single one of them even deserve to be there? Absolutely not. Will I continue to watch every single one of them? Yes, especially if they’re by David Fincher.
The JHU Theatre Department’s performance of The Clouds riffs on the common objects and struggles of Hopkins students, mapping The School of Athens (or “The Thinkery”) onto Homewood Campus.
When my friend and I burst out laughing at an unintentionally funny jumpscare, I knew that the Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) movie wasn’t going to succeed as a horror movie. Instead, it exists in the weird space where it doesn’t achieve real horror but rather uses subdued scare tactics to achieve a PG-13 rating (and ultimately, get a larger audience for the box office).
What is a superhero? I think, for most of us, what instantly comes to mind is a caped crusader in brightly colored spandex. This costumed person uses their superpowers, which vary from flight to invisibility to X-ray vision, to fight bad guys. They do what’s right. They’re moral. They protect their city or their world from the stuff the average person can’t.
I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving. You’re looking forward to Thanksgiving. Even our professors are probably desperate for a break. With that in mind, if you want to get started on break early, we here in the Arts & Entertainment section have the best new releases and recommendations for you!
Joji’s concert at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., as part of his Pandemonium tour, was full of as many dramatic musical performances as fun comedic interludes.
As finals season draws closer and closer, the weather is getting frostier and student groups are finally starting to crank out the performances that they’ve been rehearsing for all semester.
The Barnstormers’ performance of Witness for the Prosecution is a thrilling experience which implicates the audience as jury members in an authentic murder mystery.
Arts & Entertainment Editor Timothy McShea sits down with one of the JHU Gospel Choir’s publicity chairs, Bethy Belai, to discuss the beauty and sense of community in worshipping through art.
But back in the day, when jazz was pop, it was the music of youth! It was the music of talking back to your parents, staying out too late, being cool, having sex with people you barely knew and generally being young and wild. It shook its hips and swung between virtuosity and depravity. The Peabody Jazz Ensemble brought that young vitality into the music, live and free, in their concert on the evening of Oct. 27.
