Jenessa Williams
Jenessa is a freelance music journalist, fandom academic and the writer of Subtweets, our weekly column that dissects the trending topics setting Music Twitter alight. She likes millennial hip-hop, noughties emo and advocating for a new era of diversity and representation in both.
2020: The year where music’s fourth wall fell
When I started my year by pressing play on Bombay Bicycle Club’s ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’, I didn’t necessarily expect to be listening...
What would noughties indie have been without Topshop?
When I was 14, Topshop was everything. A glossy emblem of all things trendy, I couldn’t afford many of their wares, but it didn't...
Grammy nominations 2021 – A great year for rock, a strange one for rap,...
Ah, the yearly Grammys conversation. The vast amount of categories and time taken to wade through them normally delays the internet outrage somewhat, but...
#FreeBritney and the challenge to regain female pop autonomy
For any 90s babies, Britney Spears has long been an emblem of freedom. The sugary-sweet princess of pop with a headstrong, fourth-wall-breaking edge, her...
It’s time to legitimise women of colour’s place in rock music
Like her or loathe her, Doja Cat is an artist rarely out of the news. Having gone viral in 2018 with the captivatingly-absurdist ‘Mooo!’...
Taylor Take 2: Swift is free to re-record her early work, but can you...
For those who haven’t been following, the day of Taylor Swift’s musical emancipation has been a long time coming. The mammoth legal saga all...
Should Harry Styles be bringing his Golden ticket to smaller venues?
Let’s get this out the way early; I adore Harry Styles. He is a precious fish-feeding, lust-inducing sunflower of a human and I want...
Instead of focusing on Billie’s body, we should be admiring her political influence
At a time where we’re all stuck at home perpetually scrolling Twitter for some kind of enlightenment, it doesn’t take much for a popstar...
Mariah Carey is back and making an early bid to save Christmas 2020
Who does pop personality quite like Mariah Carey? A beacon of excess with the voice of five octaves, she remains one the true few...
We all love the arts, but when are we going to finally start respecting...
How have you spent your lockdown? Whether you are front line staff or furloughed, working from home or stuck in quarantine isolation, I’d be...