As a longtime pop songwriter, Priscilla Renea is familiar with the need to adapt to the demands of the music industry. In studio sessions, “You are just there to assist” an act, she says. “You don’t show up trying to be the star.” When working on demo tracks to pitch …
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She doesn’t have to clean up the hotel room. You usually don’t get to spend time in luxury French hotel suites like this one unless you’re rich and megafamous, and when you get to be that rich and megafamous, you have plenty of people to clean up your messes. But …
Read More »Watch Madonna Embrace Euphoric Batuque Spirit in New 'Batuka' Video
Madonna celebrates the rebellious spirit and legacy of batuque in the new video for “Batuka,” a track off her most recent album, Madame X. As a series of title cards explains at the start of the video, batuque is a style of music and dance that was created by women …
Read More »Madonna Explains How Lisbon Shaped New LP in 'World of Madame X' Clip
Madonna gives fans an inside look in how Lisbon, Portugal shaped her new album in the documentary short World of Madame X, which is streaming now on Prime Video. “Here in Lisbon, this is where my record was born,” Madonna says in Amazon Music’s three-minute preview for the short film. …
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