Tag: Madonna discography
With Her Full-Circle Confessions Moment, Madonna Steals the Show at Sabrina Carpenter’s Weekend 2 Coachella Performance
There’s no shortage of people who have argued that Madonna’s appearance at the 2006 edition of Coachella is what truly “killed” the festival. Or rather, [Read More…]
The Real Reason Madonna’s “Thief of Hearts” Virality Was Such a Surprise (Yet Also Not at All)
Maybe the most unusual thing about Gen Z glomming onto Madonna’s 1992 non-hit, “Thief of Hearts,” via TikTok isn’t the fact that it’s a “deep [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Where’s the Party” Signaled a Reaction to the Rise of Neoliberalism
While Madonna has always herself been one of the most glaring examples of a capitalist (and, perhaps even more tellingly, of the baby boomer generation [Read More…]
Madonna Singing in Italian Doesn’t Quite Translate to Sonic “Oro” on “La Bambola”
The anticipation for Madonna to return to the spotlight with new music has continued to mount in the, unfathomably, seven years since she last came [Read More…]
The Dreamers, Non-Incest Edition: Madonna (Seemingly) Advocates for at Least Two Lovers in Dolce & Gabbana’s The One Advertisement
The last time Madonna was in a commercial of an actually filmed nature, it was 2023 and the “brand” in question was Itaú a.k.a. the [Read More…]
When It Comes to the Rockumentary Genre, The End of an Era Ain’t It—Truth Or Dare (and I’m Going to Tell You a Secret) Still Is
As if knowing, on some level, that she would need a form of “insurance” to make it so that the masses would remember “Taylor Swift” [Read More…]
With Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter, Madonna Highlights an Era of Intense Artistic Growth Spurred by Intense Artistic Scrutiny
On October 25, 1994, almost exactly two years after Madonna released Erotica, and with it, a backlash against her like never before, she reemerged with [Read More…]
Udo Kier’s “Mainstream” Pinnacle: Madonna’s “Deeper and Deeper” Video
Having appeared in movies with titles like Life is Too Long and Swan Song, it was always apparent that Udo Kier didn’t tremble in the [Read More…]
Madonna’s Reanimation of Confessions on a Dance Floor for a “Twenty Years Edition” Isn’t Reflective of the Luster and Excitement Surrounding Its Original Release
As Madonna starts to get back into the mode of “feeding” her audience “properly,” she’s been breadcrumbing a few “new old” releases over the course [Read More…]
Comparing Madonna’s “Right On Time” to the Nature of Some of Taylor Swift’s Recent Lyrical Offerings
At a time when Taylor Swift’s lyrics have never been so glaringly cringe, Madonna, funnily enough, chose to release one of her own “From the [Read More…]
