In “Renaissance,” Beyoncé Chooses Ecstasy
Renaissance is a strikingly loose and gloriously libidinous seventh album from the pop superstar.
DJ Louie XIV is a DJ, writer, and actor based in Los Angeles and New York City. Over the last 15 years, he has played regularly in major clubs and venues across the world and for personal clients including Vanity Fair Magazine, Louis Vuitton, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, and Medium’s Cuepoint Collection. Louie hosts the hit podcast Pop Pantheon, a take on fantasy football for pop fans where he and a distinguished array of critics and media personalities take an in-depth and lively look back the careers of various pop stars, then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.
Renaissance is a strikingly loose and gloriously libidinous seventh album from the pop superstar.
Madame X is ostensibly another reinvention in a career full of them. But it feels more like a middle finger to any fan who would actually like an update on Madonna’s life in her music.
As hip-hop and streaming change the power dynamics of musical celebrity, Jepsen and other artists making traditional pop have embraced a new kind of boutique stardom.
Madame X is ostensibly another reinvention in a career full of them. But it feels more like a middle finger to any fan who would actually like an update on Madonna’s life in her music.
Renaissance is a strikingly loose and gloriously libidinous seventh album from the pop superstar.
As hip-hop and streaming change the power dynamics of musical celebrity, Jepsen and other artists making traditional pop have embraced a new kind of boutique stardom.