Madonna in the studio
Madonna in the studio, probably related to the boyfriend’s upcoming album for which she lend her voice to one of the tracks (La Vie En Rose) Originally posted by @cashxo
Madonna’s “Justify My Love,” “WAP” and 10 Other Music Moments That Scandalized America
Double standard? Sure, but that’s nothing new, particularly if you’re a woman and/or POC. In fact, it was 30 years ago this month that Madonna released “Justify My Love,” a breathy trip-hop single co-written by Lenny Kravitz and Ingrid Chavez that was fairly PG in its lyrics but broached sadomasochism, androgyny and bisexuality in its accompanying video…
’90s Flashback: Madonna’s Underrated “Rescue Me”
CREDIT: Sire Records ’90s Flashback: Madonna’s Underrated “Rescue Me” In this franchise, we look back on our favorite bops — both hits and underrated gems — from the 1990s. Every now and again, a music anniversary will make your head spin. And The Immaculate Collection turning 30 this week is one of them. Madonna’s landmark greatest hits compilation not…
Confessions on a Dance Floor releaseparty FAME Amsterdam 15 years ago today! Check out the photo gallery
Fifteen years ago today we got to experience Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor for the very first time in a worldwide premiere at FAME Music in Amsterdam. In collaboration with Warner Music we celebrated the very first ever Dutch Madonna releaseparty at this location and it was a huge success! A lot of fans…
The Immaculate Collection turns 30!
Madonna’s best selling album of all time was released 30 years ago today! Today it still stands as one of the best selling albums of all time and THE best-selling album compilation by any artist ever! The Immaculate Collection was originally titled ‘Ultra Madonna – The Immaculate Collection’ which was later shortened to just The…
Madonna’s ‘The Immaculate Collection’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
Happy 30th Anniversary to Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection, originally released November 9, 1990. Like so many of my generation, I grew up on a staple diet of ‘80s mullets, sitcoms of every kind, Cabbage Patch Kids and, of course, Madonna. The girl from Michigan covered in lace, hairspray and crucifixes immediately took the world by…
Madonna’s Controversial ‘Justify My Love’ Was Released 30 Years Ago Today
Credit: YouTube One of Madonna‘s most controversial songs of all time, “Justify My Love”, was officially released thirty years ago today. It was one of two new tracks featured in The Immaculate Collection which included all of her biggest hits up to that point in her career like “Holiday”, “Like a Virgin” and “Vogue”. A big reason for this…
Madonna’s controversial ‘Justify My Love’ is 30 years old
Three decades ago Madonna was ruffling feathers by talking about sex Madonna’s Justify My Love is celebrating it’s 30th birthday, the spoken word song kicked off a new phase of the iconic singers career. As we headed into the 1990’s Madonna released her Sex book, the controversial Erotica album and took on a role in the steamy thriller Body of Evidence. At…
From Like a Virgin to WAP: The truly provocative pop songs
The music-video age definitely brought sharp focus to such pop awakenings – and one pivotal scene came at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards show in September 1984, courtesy of 26-year-old rising star Madonna, clad in bridal attire and a ‘BOY TOY’ belt buckle as she performed her new single Like a Virgin. Within three…
From Madonna to Mank: Why David Fincher’s greatest film is an erotic pop music video
Madonna in the David Fincher-directed music video for ‘Bad Girl’ (Warner Bros) It was in the winter of 1993 that David Fincher murdered Madonna. The crime scene: a music video for one of the latter’s greatest singles, “Bad Girl”, and what would be the last of the pair’s four collaborations. In its wake, Fincher would become one…
‘Justify My Love’ turns 30 today!
One of Madonna’s most iconic singles and music videos is without a doubt the sensual ‘Justify My Love’ a collaboration with Lenny Kravitz. The music video (with Tony Ward) was banned by MTV so Madonna decided to release it on homevideo, which sold like hot cakes. She has only ever performed the track once on…
Andrea Riseborough on Luxor: ‘It’s the film on which I found the love of my life’
The moment Andrea Riseborough realised her life would never be the same, she had Madonna kneeling at one knee and Patti Smith at the other. “There were using my legs as a table. I felt so out of place: it was unreal,” she tells me over Zoom from her sofa in Los Angeles. This was at the Venice premiere for W.E., the 2011…
Madonna performs ‘Hung Up’ at Wetten Dass 15 years ago today (a personal report)
Fifteen years ago today I traveled to Mannheim Germany by train to try and attend the taping of Wetten Dass. You see, Madonna was planned to perform her new single ‘Hung Up’ and after seeing the MTV Awards performance I just HAD to be there. I did not have a ticket, so there was no…
From Tattoo Balms to Bronzer, Here’s What to Buy From the Best Musician-Backed Beauty Brands (MDNA Skin)
9. MDNA by Madonna After debuting in Asia in 2014, Madge’s luxury skincare line, MDNA, arrived in the U.S. in 2019. The company (which shares a name with the OG pop queen’s 2012 album) uses Japan’s innovative techniques and “miraculous” thermal water sourced from Montecatini, Italy. Think best-sellers including the multi-tasking Reinvention Cream that’s packed with plant…
Living For Love discography online – 14 items
Living For Love was the lead single of Madonna’s 2015 album ‘Rebel Heart’. Originally scheduled for release on Valentine’s Day but rush-released in December 2014 because of the infamous leaks. The music video wasn’t released until February 2015 and premiered on Snapchat. Madonna performed the track for the very first time at the Grammy Awards…
