Tag: Madonna music videos
FKA Twigs’ “Love Crimes” Video Shows Off a 90s Influence with Aesthetics That Recall The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and, Of Course, Madonna
On a seemingly unstoppable mission to create visuals for her songs with Jordan Hemingway, the latest video from FKA Twigs is “Love Crimes,” the first [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…]
There Would Be No “Bad Girl” Video Without Diane Keaton
Of all Madonna’s many videos, perhaps one of the most standout (while still being simultaneously underrated) for its cinematic qualities is 1993’s “Bad Girl.” And [Read More…]
Madonna’s Influence Once Again Makes Itself Known in the Work of Sabrina Carpenter—This Time Via Her 2025 VMA Performance
Just when you think Sabrina Carpenter might be taking a break from her busy schedule of making Madonna references (whether doing her interpretation of M [Read More…]
“Sleazy” As the 2010s Version of “Material Girl”
For those who would question how Kesha has become synonymous with the term “recession pop,” the reason goes far beyond the success of her dance [Read More…]
Zara Larsson’s “Midnight Sun” Video Is An Homage to 00s Aesthetics, But Especially Madonna’s “Love Profusion”
As MARINA recently said on the opening verse to “I <3 You,” “They’re all going to Y2K.” This message was received loud and clear by Zara [Read More…]
On the Backlash to Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend Album Cover
As is the norm with female pop stars, Sabrina Carpenter was able to go along with unchecked praise and reverence there for a while (read: [Read More…]
Madonna’s Satan Year
It seems fitting that this is the year Madonna turns sixty-six—her “Satan year,” as it were. After all, satanic panic is chic again, what with [Read More…]
Madonna’s “American Pie” Video Is the Closest She’s Come to Identifying With/Admitting to Her “Average Americanness”
The Madonna we know today is one associated with glamor (and yes, that now extends to particularly expensive “beauty treatments”), with being “cosmopolitan.” Rarely, if [Read More…]
