Tag: Madonna Madame X
It’s Both Shocking and Not That Madonna Still Doesn’t Have Taylor Swift Beat When It Comes to Having More Number One Albums on the Billboard 200
While the news of Madonna landing her tenth number one album on the Billboard 200 with Confessions II has been met with joy and triumph [Read More…]
On People Praising Madonna for Embracing “Nostalgia” with Confessions II
Maybe the most vexing thing about the near unanimous praise for Madonna’s fifteenth studio album, Confessions II, is that what people (especially critics) seem to [Read More…]
When It Comes to Her Father-Daughter Dynamic, It’s Just as Madonna Once Said: “Life Is a Circle”
There was a time in Madonna’s life when it probably would have been unfathomable (mostly for Madonna herself) to imagine having a close relationship with [Read More…]
Madonna Is Still the Greatest Pop Star of the Twenty-First Century
While no one wants to hear this (least of all ageists or the Beyhive), Madonna remains, despite Billboard’s recent list to the contrary, the greatest pop [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Serves Her Version of Britney Spears’ “Lucky” Video With “Lights Camera Action”
Proving that female pop stars only get better with age (even if Madonna already did that starting as early as 1998), Kylie Minogue is having [Read More…]
The Unspoken “Trick” of Madonna’s Longest-Charting R&B/Hip Hop Single Since “Take A Bow” Is One She’s Been Using for Decades
For a long time, Madonna has been aware of the benefits of a certain “gimmick”: the musical collaboration. Where once she would have shied away [Read More…]
“Kiss of Life” Is Another Kiss of Death For Kylie Minogue’s Disco Stylings
Kylie Minogue might be trying her best to resuscitate the decided artistic flop that was Disco (tailored to an older gay gentleman imagining himself to [Read More…]
Make Money First, “Do Art” Later: Madonna’s Madame X Theatre Tour Gets the Concert Video Treatment
The more time has gone on, the more Madonna can rely on self-referential material. Not only to reinvigorate it and apply it to the present, [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Like A Prayer” Video Setting A Precedent for Something Like “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
In one of the many Instagram “vignettes” posted in late Summer 2020 of Madonna’s screenwriting workshops with Diablo Cody, there is a moment where she [Read More…]
Don’t Talk to Madonna About Using Gas Masks (or Riding a Disco Ball) In Your Performance
While Madonna and Lady Gaga may have played nice for the cameras at M’s illustrious Oscar after party last year in 2019 (which is ten [Read More…]
