Beatriz Negreiros

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2021

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Lana Del Rey: how to kill an artistic persona in the social media age

Lana Del Rey is back with her seventh studio release, ‘Blue Banisters’, tomorrow – and off social media indefinitely. A full decade after she blew up with her viral hit Video Games, it’s worth asking; can an artistic persona pull through the social media age, or is it meant to be destroyed by parasocial relationships (and rivalries) we form with the people behind them?


When I first heard the opening lines of Lana Del Rey’s 2019 record ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’, I was perplexed. God-damn man...
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The quest for the new in the old: Leonardo Prieto and Son de AquĂ­

2020 might have been a tough year for musicians all around the world, many of whom saw their ambitions slashed by a pandemic that took the sector by storm. But Rotterdam-based multi-instrumentalist Leonardo Prieto managed to come out of it with two new records set for release this year; his solo debut and his band Son de Aquí’s new album, coming very soon. We ringed him to discuss everything from recording across borders to welcoming Metallica, Mozart, and Buena Vista Social Club into the same v
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From “Foreign” to “International”, from “Parasite” to “Minari”: Is Hollywood really ready for


A year after the Korean thriller won big at the Oscars, Lee Isaac Chung’s 2021 snub at its sister ceremony begs the question: did anything really change?

Just before Christmas, The Hollywood Foreign Press stirred controversy by revealing Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari”, one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2020, would not be eligible to win at any of the Best Motion Picture categories in the upcoming Golden Globes.

According to THFP, the film was relegated to the foreign category, much lik
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This Machine Kills Portuguese Fascists: how Fado Bicha are rewriting the rules of musical tradition

João Caçador and Lila Fadista met in Lisbon through their mutual love of fado. Initially, the rigid conventions of the traditional music genre didn’t seem to match their queer identities, but, together, they found a way to make it theirs. Now, they discuss defying conservatism, representing a silent legacy and fighting back the resurgence of the extreme-right in a country on the eve of a presidential election.

February 2019. There was a tension in the Lisbon air that winter. The stress was, to