Tag: Madonna Hung Up
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…]
No Smoke, Just Mirrors: Dua Lipa Offers Up Some Madonna-Inspired Magic on “Houdini”
By now, it’s not exactly “undercover” (despite any “spy movies” a certain pop star is about to be in [*cough cough* Argylle]) that Dua Lipa [Read More…]
Be(be) Aggressive…With Your 70s Influence: Bebe Rexha Relies on a Go-To Pop Formula for Her Third Album
For whatever reason, Bebe Rexha’s nonstop bop of a sophomore album, Better Mistakes, landed with a thud on the Billboard 200 when it was released [Read More…]
“La Isla Bonita” Redux: “Hung Up on Tokischa” Video Continues Madonna’s Tradition of Catholic Imagery and Latino Fetishism
In 2005, when Madonna first repurposed the lines, “Time goes by so slowly for those who wait,” it still felt somewhat earnest. Even if she [Read More…]
Madonna Is “Hung Up on Tokischa” Beyond the Confines of Artistic Collaboration
The ostensible “romance” between Madonna and Tokischa has been brewing since, appropriately, Pride. Recreating her VMAs maneuver at a performance she called Finally Enough Love [Read More…]
On Being An OG and Trying to Make “Fun” Happen in New York
Madonna, a bona fide OG of the era in New York that people still most romanticize—the 80s—has been unable to avoid trying to recapture the [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Loses Some of Her “Magic” With Latest Song
While the first single for Disco, “Say Something,” was a hopeful glimpse (and apparently a source of inspiration to Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky” video) into [Read More…]
