Tag: Madonna
Lourdes Leon Makes The Most Gen Z Ad Yet–Which Is A Dichotomy Because Much of It Is Pulled From the Madonna (A Baby Boomer) Playbook
While “Lola” might be on the borderline of the generation we’ve come to call Z, her birth year of 1996 makes her amply attuned to [Read More…]
Billie Eilish’s “No Time To Die” Video Offers A Lounge Singer Trope & Not Much Else
Where music videos for Bond themes are concerned, there has been no shortage of memorable ones. From Duran Duran’s “A View To A Kill” with [Read More…]
Kylie Minogue Loses Some of Her “Magic” With Latest Song
While the first single for Disco, “Say Something,” was a hopeful glimpse (and apparently a source of inspiration to Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky” video) into [Read More…]
An Imagining of Madonna’s Biopic With A Jennifer’s Body Tone
While Jennifer’s Body continues to be vindicated as time wears on and people suddenly realize how on-trend a boy-eating bisexual cheerleader is, it appears as [Read More…]
“Bedtime Story” and “Dark Ballet” Bone Fellini in “911”
While it is perhaps redundant (not reductive) at this juncture to point out that Lady Gaga has a tendency to “borrow” from Madonna–a fact that [Read More…]
Don’t Talk to Madonna About Using Gas Masks (or Riding a Disco Ball) In Your Performance
While Madonna and Lady Gaga may have played nice for the cameras at M’s illustrious Oscar after party last year in 2019 (which is ten [Read More…]
Ellie Goulding Channels Hard Candy Promo Vibes in “Love I’m Given”
In what still remains one of Madonna’s less loved and remembered photo sessions in promotion of a record, the motif of 2008’s Hard Candy is [Read More…]
The Lions of “Like A Virgin”
From the moment the paws of the lion co-starring in the “Like A Virgin” video skip to the beat of the signature keyboard notes, one [Read More…]
The “Levitating” Remix Video Might Not Feature Madonna, But It Does Have a Very Specific “Who’s That Girl” Reference
While the presence of “randos” in music videos feels like an ever-diminishing notion (apart from Kylie Jenner in “WAP”) with stymying COVID restrictions, back in [Read More…]
The Blessed (Madonna) Reunion of Missy Elliott and Madonna Thanks to Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” Remix
In 2003, the only thing more shocking than Madonna kissing Britney Spears (before also kissing Christina Aguilera, whose smooch didn’t get half as much play) [Read More…]
