Tag: Madonna
With She’s the Best, Troye Sivan Would Like to Prove He’s the Best…Male Pop Star on Offer at the Moment (And One Who’s Looking for “Ridiculous, Inconvenient, Consuming, Can’t-Live-Without-Each-Other Love”)
In 2023, the last time Troye Sivan released an album (namely, Something to Give Each Other), he was still in his twenties. In between that [Read More…]
The Similar Ways that Zara Larsson and Tinashe Dive Into Their Insecurities About Fame with “The Ambition” and “Empty Stadium”
With Tinashe now experiencing the same kind of “at last”/“it’s about time” success with her eighth—that’s right, eighth—album, Popstar, that Zara Larsson did after releasing [Read More…]
Madonna Channels Her Infamous Mantra—“I’m tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay”—During the Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Rehearsals for the 2026 VMAs
In the spirit of MTV’s (sadly) defunct Making the Video series, the network released a similarly-styled segment called Making the Performance after documenting the rehearsals [Read More…]
Maisi and the Disco is About to Break Out of the Dance Floor’s Shadows with Some Help from “Madonna”
For all the flak Madonna got over her incredible opening performance to the 2026 VMAs, one would never know it based on the continued love [Read More…]
There’s a New Britney and Christina in Town for Madonna’s 2026 VMAs Performance
In 2003, Madonna wasn’t necessarily “riding high.” For while she might have just released an album that is only now fully appreciated, American Life wasn’t [Read More…]
When Madonna and Charli Get Together for the “Danceteria” Afterhours Mix, the Party Starts to Feel Stilted
For “many moons” now, Madonna and Charli XCX had been effectively “dancing around” one another (finally coming face to face at the SS27 Yves Saint [Read More…]
Another Post-“Bad Behavior Exposed” Plug for Chateau Marmont: Miley’s “Justify My Love”-esque “Let’s Get Married” Video
In the spirit of Miley Cyrus’ tendency these past few years to channel Lana Del Rey, the video for her latest single from Bass Persuades, [Read More…]
Troye Sivan Makes the Middle Ages Seem Like Gay Heaven (Complete with a Madonna Sample) for the “Party” Video
Once again proving that he’s studied under the School of Brat (as also evidenced by “She’s the Best”), Troye Sivan’s second single from She’s the [Read More…]
Kay Lives Through the Torture in Shygirl’s “Lucky (Hymn)” Video, a “Part II” to “Alyse”
For those who have been waiting with bated breath to figure out where the two goons from Shygirl’s “Alyse” video took “Kay” (Samson Hughes) in [Read More…]
The “A” List: Ariana and Addison Shine Through the Most on Adéla’s Debut, Prima
Although Adéla is proudly Slovakian, she opted for an Italian word to characterize her debut album: Prima. A word associated with “first” (as in, this [Read More…]
