Madonna has many obvious predecessors (Cher, Donna Summer, Nancy Sinatra) but Smokey Robinson is not one of them. Despite that, Robinson influenced one of the key ingredients of Madonna’s “Like a ...
Maripol randomly asked Madonna to take her top off while partying at NYC’s the Roxy in 1983. It’s how they met. A year later, the French fashionista found herself styling the pop powerhouse to wow — ...
40 years ago, on November 12, 1984, Madonna‘s Like a Virgin album, with its iconic cover art lensed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, came out and it still makes us feel shiny and new. Released ...
We all know it like an anthem: that prowling bassline, the peek-a-boo synth and Madonna’s girl-like voice wafting in on the fourth measure. It’s been 39 years since “Like a Virgin” hit the top of the ...
Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...
It’s almost impossible, given everything that came after, to imagine just how controversial Madonna’s boldly sexual performance at the first MTV Video Music Awards — where she debuted “Like a Virgin” ...
The video to “Like A Virgin” – and her live performance of the song on the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards - helped create Madonna’s first No. 1 single. Screengrab from the official video for 'Like A ...