- 21. Heather Youmans Wants To Help You Get "A Little Closer To Happy" With Her Newest Singl
- (Music)
- ... “A Little Closer To Happy” is a testament to finding your light at the end of the tunnel, while also understanding that it’s okay to not always be okay, and that sometimes, we just need to make it through ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 22. Meet the Next Generation of Superstar Activists: Exclusive BUST Interviews
- (Feminism)
- ... for us to have a more expansive conversation on feminism,” she says. “Feminists need to be allies, advocating for other feminists. So, if you are a cis feminist who understands the honor and dignity of ...
- Created on 15 February 2021
- 23. 5 Up-And-Coming Women Musicians You Should Know
- (Music)
- ... new self-titled album is their fourth overall and their third to feature Gilbert. One stand-out is “I Mourn These Yellowed Leaves,” the record’s long, complex centerpiece. “The idea of fall [is] such a ...
- Created on 28 January 2021
- 24. Here's How Georgia's Stacey Abrams Saved America: Exclusive BUST Intervi
- (Feminism)
- ... We had no money, but we watched PBS and read books. She wanted us to understand that our economic circumstances would not dictate our capacity. She and my dad worked hard to make sure that we had the broadest ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 25. When Mickey Guyton Sings, We Listen
- (Music)
- ... she got a standing ovation. However, she got little traction on country radio. The content of Guyton’s song isn’t exactly the same as Kacey Musgraves’ peppy “High Horse,” and the racism in country music ...
- Created on 18 September 2020
- 26. Real Clothes' Experimental Album, "Precaution," Is Perfect For Quarantine Blues and Escapism: BUST Intervie
- (Music)
- ... delivers Fox's present-day makeup: feeling the loss of lives, the effects of being Black in 2020, and understanding where our minds go when we are feeling trapped in our homes. Influenced by EBM Industrial, ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 27. Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes
- (Movies)
- ... coming at her from all directions. The film offers a unique understanding of the Madonna-whore complex in the stage of life when a person is starting to understand their sexuality and in an ideological ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 28. Making Sense Of The #FreeBritney Movement
- (Entertainment)
- ... may not know this about me, but I am strong, and stand up for what I want! Your love and dedication is amazing, but what I need right now is a little bit of privacy to deal with all the hard things that ...
- Created on 28 August 2020
- 29. Aja Volkman Of TWO Teaches Us How to "Pull The Knife Out": BUST Premier
- (Music)
- ... situation or allowing bad things to happen but accepting your current reality without judgement. Easy to understand. Hard to execute. And probably why they call meditation a practice. Notions of “radical ...
- Created on 10 August 2020
- 30. Margo Price On Her New Album, Musical Journey, And Marriage To Her Creative Partner: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... understandably difficult balance to strike. Here, she speaks candidly with BUST about her year, her career, and trying to keep it all together. How are you holding up during this quarantine? We’re ...
- Created on 10 July 2020
- 31. Alt-Pop Artist Tei Shi Talks New EP, "Die 4 Ur Love," and Music During Quarantine: BUST Intervie
- (Music)
- ... from BUST Week of Women: The Chicks, Tei Shi, En Vogue Fight Your Seasonal Sadness With Frida Sundemo's Latest Single Singer-Songwriter Emmy Wildwood Understands That "Everything Hurts": BUST Premiere ...
- Created on 08 July 2020
- 32. Big Freedia Opens Up About Beyoncé, Bounce, Being Black in New Orleans, and Her Boo: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... because my momma would say, ‘You go out there and show them who you are. Stand up, be a man, and fight their ass.’ I was scared to death. I’m a church boy, I’m a sissy, I was terrified. I didn’t want to ...
- Created on 23 June 2020
- 33. Musician Ashley McBryde On Loss, Her Influences, And New Album “Never Will”: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... (and a stellar band), McBryde delivers an excellent album that splits the difference between rock and roll and traditional country. The wonderfully titled “One Night Standards” (which was the disc’s first ...
- Created on 07 May 2020
- 34. Cameron Esposito's New Memoir Offers Two Words of Advice — Save Yourself: BUST Interview ...
- (Books)
- ... a book? I had sort of an unusual process. I was writing a column for the AV Club about my life as a stand-up, and I also was making a webseries for early BuzzFeed — like, Buzzfeed before they had employees ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 35. Allie X's "Cape God" Welcomes Us Into Her Meditative Dreamworld: BUST Intervi
- (Music)
- ... from the jazz program at University of Toronto. And I started listening to noise and experimental and electronica. And then I started to understand, I guess, the artistic side a little more, and that there ...
- Created on 21 February 2020
- 36. Puss N’ Boots On Their New Album, Their Favorite Songs, And What They Love About Each Other: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... “The Great Romancer,” in particular, stands out) but each of the ladies gets a couple of moments in the spotlight. And there are other instances — such as the title track and the instrumental “Jamola,” ...
- Created on 20 February 2020
- 37. Alice Smith Wants You To Trust Yourself: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... which means you have to pay attention to yourself and be real honest. You have to take the time that it takes, which can be a long fucking time, to just understand and accept yourself. And move on. You ...
- Created on 10 January 2020
- 38. Leave Summer Walker Alone
- (Entertainment)
- ... hope people understand and respect that at the end of the day, I’m a person. I have feelings, you know. I get tired. I get sad, and it’s just a lot. So I don’t want to lose myself for someone else. I want ...
- Created on 20 November 2019
- 39. King Princess Takes Her Throne: Concert Review
- (Music)
- ... angrier as Straus sang, “You broke my heart/Now I want somebody good.” Other standouts included her concluding performance of “Hit the Back” and her encore, “Ohio,” a track that, reportedly, almost made ...
- Created on 07 November 2019
- 40. HAIM's New Single Addresses Depression—And Still Makes You Want To Danc
- (Music)
- ... brand new every time. Nothing about the song isn't perfect, but let's talk about the lyrics. “Now I’m In It” is about depression and understanding how it feels to go through a period of hopelessness — ...
- Created on 31 October 2019
