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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Something To Remember (Madonna’s Greatest Ballad Hits) was released on this day 25 years ago! Check out our album page HERE Check out our discography HERE
NPO 2 extra (Dutch TV) will air a documentary on Damien Jalet who worked with Madonna on her Madame X Tour. Damien Jalet is an internationally praised Belgian/French choreographer. He has worked with choreographers and artists like Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Marina Abramovic, Ryuichi Sakamoto and of course Madonna. Podium Dans (Stage Dance) visits him in Antwerp…