The Lizard Review
A podcast featuring detailed amphibious rantings on songs, artists, records, and rocks. The host shares passionate and humorous commentary on music and related topics. Episodes are available on Substack.
Episodes
ANALYSIS : State of Grace and Begin Again
RED is famously one of Taylor Swift's greatest fall records - to some, it is one of the greatest fall records OF ALL TIME. In the spirit of season, here's a lyric analysis of the bookends of that album, State of Grace and Begin Again. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Were DOOMED From the Start
In 2010, there was perhaps no one more famous on planet earth than Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the stars of the Twilight series. After trying to keep their relationship a secret in spite of the magnifying glass on their lives for nearly a year, the truth finally came out...and ruined everything. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access
Stuffed Animals as Iconic Pop Albums
One of my absolute favorite kinds of videos to watch on YouTube are ASMR videos - they're how I relax, unwind, calm down, and fall asleep. In celebration of the announcement that the Lizard Review will begin posting on YouTube this next week, I decided to pay tribute to my favorite YouTube videos by doing a little bit of pop girl ASMR for you all. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discus
Do The Billboard Charts Matter?
Since the launch of Nielsen Soundscan in 1991, A LOT has changed about the way we consume music, which means that a lot has changed about the way music consumption is reflected on the Billboard chart which has purported itself to be a fair aggregate of the music that MOST people are generally listening to and the music that MOST people like since its inception. With the influx of digital music dow
Revisiting 4 of The WILDEST Celebrity Marriages
With the influx of reality television, the media's obsession with female celebrities reaching a fever pitch, and the digital era all converging at once....there were some pretty interesting public weddings that took place in the y2k era. Before we had celebrities like Tom Holland and Zendaya wisely choosing to keep their nuptials private, we had people like Kim Kardashian and Jessica Simpson turni
Revisiting Britney Spears' ICONIC 2003 Interview With Diane Sawyer
In November 2003, on the precipice of a brand new chapter of her life and career, Britney Spears sat down with Diane Sawyer for a Primetime interview to discuss everything from her so-called "new edgier image", to her new album, her family, life in the public eye, and her highly publicized breakup with NSYNC member Justin Timberlake. Even 23 years later, this interview is compelling, shocking, an
The Lizard's Favorite Summer Albums
Every season has its own set of albums that make it special - here's summer's very own list of the most free, hot, angry, fun, and sunny albums that I spin every single year without fail.Playlist on Spotify / Apple Music This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
Taylor's Journey With Marriage Through Her Lyrics
Love and relationships are something Taylor Swift has loved to explore in her lyrics from day one - and part and parcel with that exploration, she has spent a fair amount of time in her catalog even from her youngest years ruminating on marriage. Through her lyrics she’s expressed a lot about what she thinks a marriage should be, when marriage should come, the kinds of men she thought she would ma
If Pop Girls Were Taylor Swift Albums
This episode dares to ask some of the boldest questions ever asked....questions like...what if Beyonce' were a Taylor Swift album? What if Dua Lipa were a Taylor Swift album? What if Avril Lavigne were a Taylor Swift album? If we could sort some of the most famous women in music into Taylor Swift albums as if they were personality types, where would we place them? Come along with me for a very lon
Revisiting Taylor Swift's Iconic 2012 Vogue Cover Article
Continuing on with my series of revisiting the ghosts of magazine articles' past, today we reflect upon yet another ICONIC moment of Taylore : the moment that Taylor got bangs for her Vogue cover shoot and discovered the look she perhaps was always meant to have... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.
The Ultimate Sunday (1994) Ranking
For the first time EVEERRRR, I attempt (and succeed at) ranking all eighteen songs from Sunday (1994.) I made the TierMaker myself! Feel free to use it at your own leisure to create your own rankings. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
Going Through My Husband's Playlists
I am the supreme overlord of what music gets played in this household and when...but my husband DOES have his own playlists and he does on occasion listen to his own music. These playlists NEVER get played aloud in the house, but they exist, and today, we go through them to excavate some truly mystifying hidden treasures.... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr
Spotify's Top 100 Greatest Songs of the Streaming Era
The streaming era of music is still unfolding before our very eyes, but one thing is beyond for certain - streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music have changed the way we engage with, enjoy, and find music. Streaming has opened up the entire world (or at least, those with a spare 11.99 to spend a month) to the whole confection of music, all the way from the 1940's to today. There's plenty g
Panic! At The Ship of Theseus
Once upon a time in a land not so dissimilar to our own, there was a band that made all the wrong choices at all the right times...this is a story about the 2000's, the scene, the girls who loved it, and the men who hated it. Panic! At The Disco was a group of teenaged boys who wound up thrust into the center of a brand new genre and a brand new scene that was only just beginning to take shape, an
Revisiting Taylor Swift's Iconic 2014 Rolling Stone Interview
In 2014, Taylor was reinventing herself - new hair, new city, new midriff, new genre. The Rolling Stone interview that came out just a month before her record-breaking release of 1989 was our first real peek as fans into what this era truly held in store for us, and revisiting this article now 12 years later is like a time capsule to what I never ever would have imagined in a million years would b
Lover Remade
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The Top 10 Most Formative Pop Culture Moments of My Life : Part Two
Here in the top FIVE of the most important pop culture moments of my lifetime, we get down into the instances that I've carried with me for almost my entire life - including the single greatest televised pop performance ever, Justin Timberlake being an enemy to women, a frantic hoedown in an attempt to save face, and MORE.... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subsc
The Top 10 Most Formative Pop Culture Moments of My Life : Part One
What do Paris Hilton going to jail, Beyonce surprise releasing her self titled record in 2013, and the Jonas Brothers' purity rings all have in common...? They were all representative of moments in pop culture that helped define both the zeitgeist and the way that I engaged with pop culture and the world at large going forward. As a millennial woman, y2k and early 2000's pop culture and the things
The Lizard's 2026 Grammy's Predictions
The 2026 Grammy's are almost right on top of us, and as such, it's time to do one of my most favorite things in the entire world....BE WRONG FOR AN HOUR!!! 🎉 Although my predictions usually don't come to pass (2025 notwithstanding - I had an oddly good sense of who would win last year but that is NOT the norm) it's still fun to go through all the nominees one more time before the big show and put
Freeing Myself From the Shackles of Hate : The Gracie Abrams Files
Gracie Abrams is one of the most famous gen z artists in music, and her biggest claim to fame is that she's a songwriter following in the footsteps of Taylor Swift. She's had multiple top ten songs, is dating a very famous actor, and is lucky enough to call her a friend of Taylor Swift. But you don't get to one million friends without making a few enemies, and well....let's just say EYE used to be
The Lizard's 2025 Movies Wrapped : Powered by Wikipedia
Do you like movies? I like movies. Movies are good. Movies are fun to watch. I enjoy the endeavor of picking a movie to watch. I like popping popcorn in the microwave. Movies are powerful. Movies can change how we think and see the world. Movies are art. Movies....are movies.... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit th
The Lizard's Top 32 Songs of 2025
If I had to sum up the year in music of 2025 in one word I would call it : DYNAMIC!! There were so many great records that came out from so many different corners of music, and we were TRULY lucky this year that we got to listen to it all. Here's MY personal list of my favorite 32 songs of the year. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo
My Very Own Made Up Taylor Swift Christmas Album
It's been nearly 20 years since the last time Taylor Swift released a Christmas project - it was called the Sounds of the Season, and while it's a beloved and nostalgic piece of Christmas lore to me now, we DESPERATELY need something newer and, frankly....BETTER!!!!! Come with me as I cobble together a fantasy version of an ideal Taylor Swift Christmas record. This is a public episode. If you'd l
The Lizard's Favorite Christmas Songs, Ranked
Lots of people walk into department and grocery stores and malls during the holiday season and hear Christmas music playing and groan. NOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are a lot of great (and greatly bad) Christmas songs in the world...but only a select few can make it onto my all time favorite list. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to
I Watched The Terrible Jonas Brothers Christmas Movie So You Don't Have To
Just don't watch it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
My Favorite Songs from My Least Favorite Era of Music
In determining your taste in music, what you HATE is almost as important as what you LOVE...after many many years of considering it, I've finally decided what my least favorite era in the history of music is - we talk about WHAT I hate about it, what artists were the biggest offenders, and also, what I didn't hate about it, and which songs and artists made the era bearable. This is a public episo
2026 Grammy's Nominations : Tater Tots Strike Back
This year's Grammy's is a STARK contrast to last year's Pop Girl Summit. The nominees this year, particularly in the Big Four, are far more dynamic and representative of music from all across the board. Who got snubbed, who got what they deserved, and WHO were the jumpscares that we never predicted being nominated...? Here's my reaction to all of the nominees in the major categories. This is a pu
A Frighteningly Angry Halloween Lyric Analysis
There's nothing as scary as female rage...HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
EVERY Autumn is Gilmore Girls Autumn
Gilmore Girls is one of my favorite shows of all time...and it also happens to be one of the most fall-coded shows ever created. We're FINALLLYYY doing Autumn behaviors on The Lizard Review and kicking it off STRONG with a semi-chaotic ranking of my twelve favorite Gilmore Girls episodes of all time, because some of these other people I've seen ranking episodes really need help... This is a public
No, Taylor Swift Is Not A Tradwife
Insane sentence to have to type OR say in the year 2025...but alas, here we are. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
If I Can't Have Showgirl, I Want Badlands
My trip abroad and beyond was filled with many happenstances including roaches, pizza, and a Polaroid to heal old wounds...but now that I'm finally back from a long workation, it's finally time to get myself back into the official mindset of SHOWGIRL. Shift with me back into Showgirl and Swiftie mode as we talk about the most recent developments in the world of the new record including the theatri
A Ranking of The Lizard's Favorite Pop Records (sort of)
In honor of there being a very huge pop record coming out in the next couple of weeks (I wonder to what I refer...) I decided to reflect on some of my favorite pop records of all time and also attempted to "rank" them, even though ranking is an evil word here on The Lizard Review. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit
Going to the South with Hayley Williams
When a song is just soooo good you have to LIB OUT!!!!!!! Hayley Williams surprise released a 17-song confection with no official title on her website - it was completely contextless, and we all dove into the tracks not knowing quite what to expect : one of the absolute best ways to engage with new projects. The songs are full of twists and turns, different spheres of influence, multiple complexit
The Lizard's Ultimate Showgirl Primer Guide
Many might say that a "showgirl" is a very specific thing, and that you can't just walk around calling any celebrity you feel like a "showgirl..." here on The Lizard Review, I DO EXACTLY THAT!!!!!! In preparation for Taylor's new album The Life of a Showgirl, come with me on this mega episode as I talk about what exactly a showgirl is (or isn't) in my eyes, which albums and artists are the perfect
You Look Like A Showgirl In This Light
One of the most compelling songs on the Tortured Poets Department happened to be the final song - a tale of women in history who have risen to prominence and fame and have experienced all of the wonderful and terrible things that go along with them. Clara Bow was an interesting enough song as its own, but with the reveal of The Life of a Showgirl being the next album, like Carrie Bradshaw I just s
2025 VMA's Nominations and an Impassioned Plea for the Lawn Mowing To Stop
Will this year's MTV Video Music Awards be, as the kids say, a "flop summit"? Following a lukewarm eight months of music for 2024, one could say it wouldn't necessarily be surprising...breakdown all of the nominees for this year's award show with me, including some Taylor Swift ts12 predicting (of course) and some ranting and raving about how excessive lawn mowing is ruining the earth. THANK YOU!
The Lizard's Favorite Taylor Swift Songs
One of the most important rituals of any stan is the process of "ranking" things. Anything and everything. Outifts, albums, lead singles, cats, romantic partners, and, of course, songs. Judging by the title of the episode you may be thinking you are about to experience yet another one such ranking - from the top at number one, all the way to the bottom. Sadly, this is not the case. Consider this m
Why Artists Start Making Bad Music
A question that haunts every single person about at least one band or artist that they used to love : what happened? In the longest episode of The Lizard Review yet, I go through four different examples of four VERY different artists who all have only one thing in common - they once were considered great artists, and now no longer are. Some of them become cheesy, some of them sell out, some of the
The Lizard's Essential Albums : The One That Takes Me on a Holiday Away From Reality
The latest in my series about the albums that made me into who I am - this is about an album that made me feel very far away from wherever I didn't want to be when I was a kid. It's an album that made me dream of beaches and oceans and piers and highways along the coast that I had never been to before, an album that made me feel like life was sunnier than it seemed, and most importantly, an album
It's New, The Declaration of Independence. It's Blue, Some of the Stripes on the Flag.
The 4th of July is many things...the most important is that it's a celebration of the day I got married, but the SECOND most important thing is that it's a celebration of the start of summertime. And what more perfect way to kick off summer than doing a lyrical analysis of Taylor Swift's best summer song - Cruel Summer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscriber
Music Catchup : Is Sabrina Carpenter Singlehandedly Dismantling Modern Feminism?!?!!?
A lot of people seem to seriously, seriously think so. In this episode, I go into a biigggg discussion on why people feel that way, her newest song and album cover, and whether or not there's ANY credence to this claim whatsoever. PLUS : we get into Pitchfork's MISERABLY negative review of Benson Boone's newest album American Heart, and discuss a little bit of Addison Rae and a little bit of Jense
I'm Guilty As Sin and Fresh Out The Slammer In Your Silver Ford With Stained Glass Windows
Is love truly the only thing that can save us in the end? That is the question posed by the four songs we're comparing and contrasting today in this lyrical analysis - Guilty as Sin and Fresh Out The Slammer by Taylor Swift, and Stained Glass Window and Silver Ford by Sunday (1994.) What do these songs have in common? What does Taylor have in common with the band? How does their songwriting differ
I Met Sunday (1994) And Drank Their Last Coors Light
On a fateful autumn day this last September I encountered a brand new band who had only yet released a nine song EP. They were mysterious, different, talented, and had some of the most specific and interesting branding I've seen from any other bands I've discovered so far this decade. That nine song EP quickly jumped up to one of my most played albums of the year, so naturally when they went on to
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Analyses
One of the most underrated and overlooked songs on Tortured Poets may actually be one that has the most to mine....a simple and admittedly childish metaphor is actually far more than it seems once you really start digging into the depths of this song and what it represents in the narrative of the album. Celebrate ONE YEAR of Tortured Poets on The Lizard Review by analyzing one of my favorite songs
The Lizard's Top 15 Y2K Songs
One of my all time favorite time periods of music had it all...the best boy bands and girl bands in history, some of the most iconic female pop stars of all time, iconic producers, and legendary iconography. It ALSO had misogyny, villainous men topping the charts, and beloved female pop stars punching one another backstage at the VMA's. Nonetheless, I love y2k, flaws and all, and I decided to (att
Happiness vs Happiness
Happiness is a butterfly...or is happiness a sunset? There will be happiness after you...or will it always escape from my hands into moonlight? Two different schools of thought on the same concept are presented by two of the most established and prolific female songwriters in the world - Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift. On the one hand, Taylor Swift writes a full narrative of the five stages of grie
Severance and Sandwich
Many of you are aware of my ritual of watching the new episode of Severance every Friday while eating a sandwich...nothing has ever been more important to me in the history of the world...and now that season two has officially concluded, there was no new Severance and no sandwich to be had...so I decided to bring Severance and Sandwich to the Lizard Review for a little bit of a kiki on my personal
The Lizard's Top 5 Greatest Pop Ballads of All Time
In the past five years, the number of truly great, iconic, and timeless pop ballads has dwindled significantly in comparison to years prior...WHERE ARE ALL THE GREAT POP BALLADS?!?!?!?!?! Join me as I struggle to answer this question, clarify what is NEEDED in order to create one of these iconic pop ballads, AND as I count down my personal top five GREATEST pop ballads ever created.Playlist on Spo
Learning the Basics of Szanese
SZA is one of the most innovative, unique, and talented artists working in music right now and she also happens to be one of my favorite artists as well. In this episode, come along with me and learn the basic fundamentals of engaging with SZA's music in the best possible way you can. Take Beyonce's advice and remove the barriers of genre from your mind, and soon, you will find yourself realizing
New Music Friday : Call Me When It's Doomsday
Friday only comes along every once in a blue moon...on THIS New Music Friday, we get into the brand new single by up and coming band Sunday (1994), as well as the new single from Selena Gomez featuring Gracie Abrams from the already ill-fated collaborative record being cobbled together with Benny Blanco. Plus, the new album from It Girl Tate McRae, and a shocking reminder from Marina that sometime
The Only Exception is Mine
Happy Valentine's Day! In honor of the magnificence of this holiday, I did a bit of a sister song lyrical analysis of TWO songs that I believe fully encapsulate the spirit of the day and that I also believe are intrinsically and inextricably linked together and have been since the dawn of time - one Paramore song, one Taylor Swift song! I also start the episode off by detailing a truly demented dr
Lizard Ketchup : Sarah Michelle Gellar Says Abracadabra in a Sports Car
Oh if only there were a man in my life who wasn't working on Super Bowl Sunday...catch up with me on some of the latest pop culture news including the Super Bowl and all its nonsense featuring Queen SZA gallantly allowing Kendrick on stage, what albums we have to look forward to in the next couple of months, an impending Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, and all of the latest music from January. IN
Foolish One, Step Away From The Mailbox Slowly and With Your Hands Up
A lyrical analysis of one of the GREATEST songs that almost never was...a vault track deep from the archives of the original Golden Era of Taylor Swift : Foolish One from Speak Now (Taylor's Version.) It's one of the best vault tracks because it does everything a vault track should do - shed more light on songs from long ago, take us right back to the time period it would have originally existed i
The Lizard's Essential Albums : The One That Changed A Genre Forever
This was an album about growing up, about moving away, about changing from a girl into a woman, about navigating the world while being unsure of how (or even if) you fit into it. It was also an album that shook the foundations of pop so much that it launched the careers of dozens of other girls after it, that pissed men off, that confused critics, and that changed the way I would look at music for
Grammy's 2025 Final Predictions
In one of the most STACKED Grammy's for the girls in recent memory, it's hard to pick favorites OR frontrunners....we have Miss Pretty Girl Sabrina Carpenter, Miss I'm Everywhere I'm So Julia Charli XCX, Miss I'm LITERALLY Everywhere Taylor Swift, Miss Congeniality Chappell Roan, and Miss Cowboy Carter herself Beyonce. And that's just the beginning... here's me doing my best to put my FINAL word i
New Music Friday : The Wild and Woolly Ethel Cain Record
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The Lizard's Year End Roundup : 2024
Defining suicidal ideation for Elmo, getting caught up in one of the most obvious PR-created hate trains of the decade, Luigi, the end of an Eras, cowboys, and MORE are all what helped to define 2024 as a year of evanescent everything, from viral trends to culturally impactful music to everything in-between. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc
The Legend of Cece Natalie : Real Miss Raunchy B***h
Drinking detox tea outside the AMC. Stealing gas money so she can ride the mechanical bull like she's a cowgirl. Calling the cops on your new girlfriend. Scoring 40's. Working at the trampoline park part time. Recording vocals in her mother's Kia. Doing Paper Magazine interviews in her minions pajama pants. Making one of the best albums of 2024 from her living room with a blanket up as a divider f
For Those Of Us Who Do NOT Live In A Cave With A Dog
Happy Holidays!!! Here's some of the Christmas music I've been adding to my ever expanding Christmas playlist this year, from Kelly Clarkson, to Ella Fitzgerald, to The Carpenters. Also, an evisceration of yet ANOTHER of Gwen Stefani's baffling tributes to Blake Shelton (yeah, it's a Christmas record, for some goddamn reason.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other sub
Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus : REVISITED
On the walls of long forgotten about structures buried deep beneath the sands of time, there is an old fable etched in a language that no one speaks anymore. It is a tale of love lost, of infatuation, of meeting the wrong person at the wrong time, and of heartbreak. It is a tale that spans decades, that spans eras, that spans across timelines, that spans across lovers and outfits and rules....it i
ACCESS ALL LIZARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Allow me to introduce you to your new favorite girl band...Flo just released their debut LP titled ACCESS ALL AREAS - a referential, nostalgic, y2k r&b bonanza inspired by the likes of Destiny's Child, but put together by three young gen z women who have been working to put this album together for nearly five entire years. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscri
A Tortured Poet is the Muse
What do Taylor Swift and Halsey have in common...? Well, they're both writers, they're both creatives...and they both dated the exact same TORTURED POET and lived to write about it, and in doing so have given us an interesting codex of songs to compare and contrast. In this episode, I pull apart Halsey's Lonely Is The Muse from her latest record The Great Impersonator, and reflect on what it means
It's Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!! Here's an early episode 🎃 One of the most iconic pieces of Halloween history is a little film starring three queens (Bette Midler, SJP, and Kathy Najimy) that captures the essence of what Halloween felt like when you were a kid - magical, ripe with possibility, and creepy. It was a massive commercial and critical FLOP when it was first released, but over time, this film ha
Halsey Impersonates Monstro Elisasue For Her Album The Great Impersonator
This is the story of a thousand wigs, a thousand tears, a thousand hours, a thousand years, a thousand shows, a thousand influences, a thousand hurts from the biggest to the smallest, and of a thousand different people, one of them being myself, somehow all of them being Halsey. They told her she has no sense of identity, and they asked her, "do you even know who you are?" The Great Impersonator r
This Is The Soundtrack of a Killer, Bella
The year : 2008. The book : a bestseller. The actors : thought they were making a cute little indie film only to discover their entire lives being upended. Rock band Muse : said sure go ahead give throw them a bone, no one will even remember we were on this soundtrack! Hayley Williams : was also there. The author : Mormon lady obsessed with making playlists. The director : looked like she collecte
Always Throw Spilled Salt Over Your Left Shoulder, And Other Lessons
In observance of the Holy Rite of the Lizard's Birthday, please participate in a FAVORED Lizard Birthday Ritual by watching the greatest film ever made, Practical Magic, starring two of the greatest actresses of our times, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, and then come back and listen to this episode for a full dissection of the film's true depths....sadly not many critics have ever seen the grea
Lizard (1994)
A deep and personal look into my latest and greatest fixation, a brand new band called Sunday (1994) and their new EP that's perfect for the Fall season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
The Lizard's Essential Albums : The One That Reminded Me Music Can Be Fun
The third in a series where I go through the most IMPORTANT and influential albums in my life - this one is about the boundless joy that comes from realizing it does not matter what anybody thinks about you, and it reminds us that life and music and art are all things that can be fun, if you allow them to be. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac
When You Do Clownery, The Clown Comes Back To Bite
A 2010's empire built upon notions of standing up for yourself, girl power, and unrelenting poptimism comes crumbling down right before our eyes in Katy Perry's final stab at relevancy in the 2020's, her new album 143. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
The 2024 VMA's : The Diva Parade That Kept Getting Interrupted By Boring People
Was it the best one ever? Well, no.... Was it the worst one ever!? WELL, NO!!! The 2024 VMA's was truly a moment of divas being up, and flops being down and down BAD. Not everyone can share pieces of the crown I fear! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
The History of the VMA's
Britney Spears' most iconic performances. Miley Cyrus getting caught on smack cam in front of a live audience. Beyonce pregnancy announcement. Madonna showing cheek and panty live on television. Eminem fighting a puppet. Kurt Cobain tormenting Axl Rose for fun. And that's just the beginning... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi
Touchdown, Call The Tayvises and Cut 'Em From The Team
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Short n Sweet Sugar Water
Sabrina Carpenter's new album where she exposes Shawn Mendes as a poor man's Justin Bieber, Maude Latour's debut record where she more than proves herself as capable of fitting in with her gen z contemporaries, and a brief look at how we treat celebrities following Chappell Roan's comments on celebrity and fan culture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers
New Music Friday : The Crimes of Blake Lively Edition
Halsey is regaining footing after a disappointing lead single, Tinashe is pushing forward amidst her viral success, Addison Rae is BACK, Beabadoobee is Michelle Branch 2.0, Gaga and Bruno Mars surprise the hell out of me, and the internet wants you believe that Blake Lively is trying to destroy it all...all that AND MORE in today's NMF. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with
Sabrina, What's Good!?!?!?
An American tradition (gathering celebrities into one room and forcing them to play nice with one another for four hours) has returned....Join me in reading through ALLLL the nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards, and hear some of my predictions for who will win what (and why.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit
The Sharp Knife of Summer
A lyrical analysis of, what else.....August by Taylor Swift. A song about a first love that becomes a lost love and everything that goes along with it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
The Lizard's Essential Albums : The One That Showed Me The Ugly Truth
The second in a series where I go through the most IMPORTANT and influential albums in my life - this one served in ways I never thought possible and did it all while shaking the foundations of my reality. Through others, we become ourselves. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
The World's Best Pop Songs That No One Remembers
Gwen Stefani did a lot of things during her LAMB era that I'm sure you'd LIKE to forget about...sadly I won't let you!!! Plus, Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, and Doja Cat. Accompanying playlist on Spotify // Apple Music This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
You're Going To Be Late For Zach Bryan's Birthday Party...
NEW MUSIC AND POP CULTURE FRIDAY!!!!! Featuring Remi Wolf, Clairo, Halsey, Longlegs, Griff, Zach Bryan, and a shadow figure lurking in the background. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
The Lizard's Essential Albums : The One That Made Me Feel Understood
The first in a series where I go through the most IMPORTANT and influential albums in my life - this one made me feel seen and heard at one of the most pivotal times in my life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe
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