Posts by Emily Yoshida
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Judging The X Factor: Gene Simmons’s Family Jewel, an Illustrated Man, and a Bunch of People Who Could Use Some Auto-Tuning
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. By the end of this post, one of them will have lost his or her mind. Place your bets now! Dear The X Factor, We never […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen, ‘Good Time’
Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream-radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit that she has heard enough times to render the song meaningless, and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 12 Peak: No. 8 on Billboard’s Hot 100, September 15, 2012 Current Radio Play Frequency No. 33 on […]
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Kanye West’s Sex Tape Is Real. And So Is the Other One.
Before this weekend, Kanye West’s Beautiful Dark 20-Minute Fantasy was the Schrödinger’s cat of celebrity sex tapes — a rumor, swaddled in integrity-protecting allegedlys and reportedlys, with nothing but a shirtless screen shot and a pinky-swear from Radar.com to help determine whether that purebred shorthaired Bengal was still kickin’ it in the dark. We had […]
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Judging The X Factor: Jilted Lovers, Divine Vengeance, and Riding the Pepsi Dragon
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. Take this magical journey with them; they could use the company. On Day 4, the X Factor spaceship crash-landed in Greensboro, North Carolina, home of the […]
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Judging The X Factor: Britney’s Marilyn Monroe Birthday Song Moment, Positive Raps, and an Amazing Panda
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. This is their story, and it does not end well.
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Tyga, ‘Make It Nasty’
Welcome to the Overplayed Song of the Week. Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit that she has heard enough times to render the song meaningless, and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 30 Peak: No. 77 on Billboard’s Hot […]
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Lana Del Rey Might Sing Better Than Isabella Rossellini on Her ‘Blue Velvet’ Cover for H&M
It’s unclear if songwriters Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris were aware they were penning such a subvertible ditty when they wrote the textile-fixated 1950 ballad “Blue Velvet,” which was first performed at a fashion show in Boston. On the surface, it’s a somewhat bland, syrupy torch song, but plenty of other artists have picked up […]
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Judging The X Factor: When Love for Britney Spears Gets a Little Scary
For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. This is the hill upon which they will die.
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Judging The X Factor: Britney’s Big Debut and a Very Special Season Premiere
The X Factor spaceship blasted off last night with a heavily medicated Britney Spears lashed to the windshield like a gut-shot trophy buck. And although Idol broke our faith and left us curled up on the floor of the Grantland offices, Lisanti and I decided to sign on for another season of singing competitions. Why? […]
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Overplayed Song of the Week: Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo, ‘Let’s Go’
Welcome to the Overplayed Song of the Week. Every week, Hollywood Prospectus editor and masochistically devoted mainstream radio listener Emily Yoshida will pick an aging Top 40 hit that she has heard enough times to render the song meaningless, and thus likely to inspire otherwise inaccessible epiphanies. Weeks on Chart: 18 Peak: No. 5 on […]
