New York-based newcomer RAEGAN has returned with her new queer anthem “WALTZ” to mark the beginning of Pride Month. This empowering track holds great significance as it was written during RAEGAN‘s senior year of high school, a period when she embarked on her own personal journey as a young queer individual. Through the lens of a lesbian relationship, “WALTZ” skillfully reimagines the timeless tale of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo And Juliet,’ offering a fresh and heartfelt perspective. Moreover, “WALTZ” represents a pivotal moment in RAEGAN‘s life, where she fearlessly embraced her own queerness despite encountering resistance from her parents. This track showcases… Read more »
We’re mixing things up this week on Geek Girl Riot, bringing you three very different titles: Into the Badlands, Everything, Everything, and Still Star-Crossed.
South Arcade is back with a new music video for “DEADMEAT,” and you just might be able to hear it on the idobi Radio Summer School tour, which is running through the end of July. The bright pop-tinged track is accompanied by a video game-animated music video with a totally cute modern love story with a perfectly Y2K aesthetic. The band says, “We went into writing wanting to tell a sort of modern Romeo and Juliet story (but with a less depressing ending), and we left with ‘DEADMEAT.’ It has this reckless optimism about it where the two characters’ worlds… Read more »
Ahead of their run on the idobi Radio Summer School Tour, South Arcade has revealed their new single, “DEADMEAT,” preceded by “SUPERMAN.” The band says, “We went into writing wanting to tell a sort of modern Romeo and Juliet story (but with a less depressing ending), and we left with ‘DEADMEAT.’ It has this reckless optimism about it where the two characters’ worlds shouldn’t really overlap, but they’ve found each other regardless — they want to escape all of that noise, steal a car, and leave town. It had this ‘us against the world’ energy that we loved.” South Arcade… Read more »
Games We Play released a new single and music video for “Girl Shaped Crater,” a track set to appear on the forthcoming record Life’s Going Great. The solo project from Emmyn Calleiro, Games We Play offers refreshing pop-punk sounds across recent singles including “too young.” and “All My Untalented Friends (Ooo La La).” The full album will be available on March 1 via Fueled By Ramen. Check out the Romeo And Juliet-themed “Girl Shaped Crater” music video below as we wait for the full record. “It’s about the most amazing person in the world who doesn’t see herself as you… Read more »
It’s a dark knight on Geek Girl Riot…because we’re getting you fired up for The Batman. But first: We talk about all things Cyrano.
Geek Girl Riot’s Sherin Nicole and Day “R2-Day-2” Al-Mohamed had such a blast chatting to comic book writer and creator Jeremy Whitley back in June, they just had to call him up for part deux and ask him Whachudoin’?
