Tag: Madonna
And So The Pop Star Begat… Lolahol
In the end, it was only a matter of time before Madonna’s firstborn should fully take advantage of the womb from whence she came. Sure, [Read More…]
With Finally Enough Love, Madonna Has Shown Yet Again That Everything Old Is New
When one is the progenitor of an entire pop cultural lexicon, it gives her plenty of license to reuse and redesign whatever she sees fit. [Read More…]
That Don’t Impress Michael Alig Much
Perhaps because of the pandemic and the long-standing existence of the internet, people, specifically “youths,” forgot all about words like “club” and “subculture.” The latter [Read More…]
Pussy Power: Anitta’s “Gata” Video Riffs On “Express Yourself”
In addition to serving up Catwoman vibes (someone please cast this gata), Anitta’s visuals for her latest video in support of Versions of Me, “Gata,” [Read More…]
Madonna Arrives At That “Impossible” “When I’m Sixty-Four” Moment, Yet, As A Woman, Doesn’t Have the Same Respect or “Cachet” as Paul McCartney
One of the most noticeable themes Madonna has touted in recent years during interviews or speeches is a certain sense of “survivor’s guilt.” Not just [Read More…]
Olivia Newton-John As Blueprint for the Late Twentieth Pop Star
With her tan complexion, blue eyes and sandy blonde hair, Olivia Newton-John personified the “all-American girl” despite being an English lass of Jewish descent who [Read More…]
Sandy Olsson Taught Us: Be What He Wants You To Be
It’s been a common trope for such an interminable eon that, even now, we scarcely “overthink” it. View the requisite female makeover of any rom-com, [Read More…]
Pillaging Loot That’s Already Been Plundered: On Beyoncé Doing Madonna
“The loot we pillaged had been plundered.” It’s one of the most indelible lines from Jeremy Atherton Lin’s Gay Bar. An aphorism that speaks to [Read More…]
Madonna Reinforces an Increasingly Anachronistic Message on an Updated “Material Gworl”
Madonna has been quite busy repackaging her music this week. In addition to proving that Beyoncé is just as much of an opportunist (frequently posing [Read More…]
The Weeknd and Radiohead Are of the Belief That If It’s An Animated Music Video, It Ought to Be As Fucked Up As Possible
As The Weeknd seeks to expand the universe of Dawn FM into the animated realm, he picks up the expectedly surreal (especially for anyone who [Read More…]
