Tag: Madonna
“Putting yourself through something uncomfortable in pursuit of art and performance”: Charli XCX’s Music, Fashion, Film: The Film
Since, evidently, calling something a “visual album” is now so 2013 (yes, a nod to Beyoncé “chang[ing] the game with that digital drop”), it appears [Read More…]
With Some Help From Vincent Cassel, Charli XCX Expresses How the “Camera” Makes Her Feel
Almost immediately after Charli XCX found herself caught up in the immense success of 2024’s “Brat summer,” she seemed determined to pivot away from music [Read More…]
Madonna Goes All in on Recycling the Confessions on a Dance Floor Era for her World Cup Halftime Performance
There’s a reason Madonna was chosen as the first act to take the “stage” at the MetLife Stadium on July 19th for the first ever [Read More…]
It Says Something That Even Madonna Wants to Revisit the 2000s
As many have continued to point out in their reviews of Confessions II, it’s, like, “a big deal and stuff” that Madonna is willing to [Read More…]
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…]
The Weekend Certain Other Pop Stars Tried to Compete With/Upstage Madonna’s Confessions II Release
Let one start by saying that no other pop star-related event could have possibly been more important than the release of Madonna’s Confessions II on [Read More…]
In Many Ways, Madonna’s Confessions II is Erotica II
To say that people have been waiting with bated breath for Confessions II to come out would be an undoubted understatement. For, as every Madonna [Read More…]
Madonna Adds New Lore to Her NYC Arrival Story (And It Of Course Involves Frida Kahlo)
Madonna has been in a very “looking back” kind of mood in the months that have led up to the release of Confessions II. After [Read More…]
Charli XCX Is Not a Bad Girl Anymore (Wink Wink)
It would seem that Charli XCX’s love-in with Madonna during Paris Fashion Week (whether sitting together at Yves Saint Laurent’s SS27 menswear show or cohosting [Read More…]
