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.
With the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift has taken squad goals to the next level
If the cost-of-living crisis wasn’t already biting hard enough, it seems our favourite pop stars are simply hellbent on procuring our hard-pennies for a...
45’s of the week – Aly & AJ, White Lung, Tempest and more!
Aly & AJ – 'With Love From'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKIWzM2slaA
If you grew up on the Disney channel, you will likely remember Aly and AJ, the sisters who...
Megan Trainor is doing it for the huns
For music fans, Friday 21 October was undoubtedly the biggest release day of the year. With big new albums from Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift,...
Being funny in a fan language; Matty Healy, sincerity and shitposts
It’s something of a cliché to describe a band as Marmite but if you held The 1975 up at a breakfast buffet, you would...
Does 2022 have space for Blink 182’s toilet humour?
Emo nostalgia, it seems, can be like buses. You wait for one or two big comebacks (love you, Paramore and My Chemical Romance), and...
45s of the week: Jamila Woods, Nessa Barrett, Leah Weller and more!
Jamila Woods – 'Boundaries'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPd1cB2yy4o&t=26s
When Chicago-based artist Jamila Woods released her album ‘Legacy! Legacy!’ in 2019, it was one of the most underrated highlights of...
Christina Aguilera’s ‘Stripped’ at 20: a powerful sex-positive shift for the ‘Dirrty’ pop princess
When I think of my childhood as a music fan, I often think of Top Of The Pops. Without internet or Sky TV in...
‘This Is Why’ is Paramore at their fluid, creative best
The joke often made in online pop-punk fanbases is that Paramore are a rare band who do no wrong. That's somewhat simplifying things; over...
How do we break the cycle of artist burnout?
After summer holidays, festivals or time away from school or work, many of us enter the Autumn period feeling refreshed, ready for the challenges...
What do we know about ‘Midnights’? Exploring the potential of Taylor Swift’s sleepless nights
As one of our generation’s greatest storytellers, Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about keeping her fans fed. Having released three original albums...