Category: Madonna
The Hypocrisy of How Female Performances Are Critiqued
In the classic 1991 documentary, Truth or Dare, Madonna unabashedly declared, “I know I’m not the best singer and not the best dancer, but I’m [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Future” Seems A Direct Response to Performing in Israel
Despite living in “modern” times, people still very much want to be told what’s “good” and what’s “evil,” as though the line between those two [Read More…]
“I Rise” Is The Motivational Anthem Madonna Has Been Trying to Perfect for Awhile
As far back as 1986 with True Blue‘s “Love Makes the World Go Round,” Madonna has been working toward crafting the perfect “unity” anthem. The [Read More…]
Madonna’s “Medellín” Video Is Her Most High Art Visual Rendering Since the Bedtime Stories Years
Although, unquestionably, all of Madonna’s music videos (except perhaps “Everybody”) have consistently exhibited a predilection toward her painterly influences in life (Tamara de Lempicka, Remedios [Read More…]
Let’s Take A Trip: Madonna and Maluma’s “Medellín”
Just when you thought you had the song of the summer pegged as something by Marina or Billie Eilish or Mark Ronson (feat. Lykke Li), [Read More…]
Denim Jeans and Rosary Beads: Like A Prayer at 30
Establishing a certain fondness for releasing the “serious album” in the spring (as she would later do with Ray of Light in March of 1998 [Read More…]
Madonna Takes on the Character of Her Truth or Dare Persona for 1990 Iteration of Maternalness
Sucking on her candy of choice in those days–a Mike and Ike–she says, “I think I have unconsciously chosen people that are emotionally crippled in [Read More…]
“White Mustang”: “Burning Up” Meets “Deeper and Deeper”
Because to be famous in the twenty-first century is to release little “teases” of your work on social media, most knew what to expect from [Read More…]
That Time Madonna Wrote “Push” For Guy Ritchie To Tell Herself That Him Being A Dickhead Was At Least Inspirational
In 2005, Madonna had endured her greatest physical trauma yet: falling off a horse. Naturally, because she’s Madonna, she got back on it literally and [Read More…]
Madonna’s Letter About Sharon Stone/Whitney Houston Isn’t As Much About Them As A Contempt for Public Taste
Madonna herself has been called by the most damning of her critics such usual derisive adjectives as “derivative,” “hack” and, Morrissey’s favorite, “McDonna.” Yet what [Read More…]
