8-Counts on One Bar: On Saweetie’s ‘SNL’ Performance and Why We Expect Female Musicians to Dance

On the November 20 episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, rap’s resident “Icy Girl” Saweetie performed a handful of songs for a live audience. For unfamiliar viewers, Saweetie represented her brand exceptionally well. The performances served glamour, attitude, and…some light choreography. To be fair, the latter has previously been a critique from Saweetie fans; in…

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Kehlani’s ‘It Was Good Until It Wasn’t’ Is Part Heartbreak, Part Fixer-Upper

In her sophomore studio album It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, Kehlani is reflective on the love that was. After short-but-intense relationships with her baby daddy, Javaughn Young-White (comedian Jaboukie Young-White’s younger brother) and rapper YG, she is clearly considering her problematic relationship habits through song. Indeed, the song “Serial Lover” seems to address her…

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