Tag: icon

On Sunday night, Madonna performed a four-song set at New York’s WorldPride. I think it was one of the most punk-rock things she’s ever done. And I could teach a college course on Madonna history, TBH. Seriously, challenge me to Madonna trivia, and you will know defeat.  Anyway, the set opened with Vogue, Madonna dressed as secret agent Madame X, hovering over a typewriter before breaking out into an elaborate dance routine, her backup dancers dressed just as she was.  The second song was...

Though she’s releasing five early tracks in total before the release of her upcoming fourteenth studio album Madame X, Madonna‘s official second single following “Medellín” is “Crave,” a slow-jam R&B track with echoes of Madge’s underrated Bedtime Stories era. “Crave” features Swae Lee of “Sunflower” fame, and the 23-year-old singer is also in the video, often shirtless.  The video is hardly high-concept, with Madonna and Swae in a parking garage and on a rooftop singing about how dangerous...

The pop icon bares all in our exclusive interview and photo shoot. Robbie Williams is a British pop icon. From the heady days of performing in gay clubs as one fifth of Take That to 2003’s record-smashing concert at the Knebworth arena, and more recently packing out Wembley arena – almost 25 years into his career, might we add – there’s no question that Robbie’s hold on the nation’s hearts has grown and grown since he blasted into the spotlight...

October is LGBT History Month and Equality Forum is honoring an icon a day all month long, including David Bowie, who was honored October 7, despite the fact that he would probably look askance at such a title. David Bowie played with identity throughout his career, trying on different persona and presentations as regularly as he changed up his musical styles. This included his sexuality. Bowie came out as gay in an interview with Melody Maker in 1972 with writer Michael Watts, saying, “I’m gay, and...