The 32-year-old singer and songwriter is a genre-clashing, deep-thinking pop star. Her upcoming album, “Hold the Girl,” is an introspective, apocalypse-ready dance party.
Tag: Pop and Rock Music
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From Madonna to Beyoncé, Pop Material Girls Draw From Rich Influence
Questions about borrowing, authorship and inspiration — from the underground to the mainstream and vice versa — connect new releases from Beyoncé, Madonna and Saucy Santana.
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A Renaissance in American Hardcore Music
A look at the recent burst of bands and how the scene operates as music, ethic and feeling.
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The Gloriously Weird B-52’s Say Farewell to the Road
Forty-three years after their first album, the band that brought the world “Rock Lobster” and “Love Shack” is starting a tour for the last time.
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Olivia Newton-John’s Transformation Into Pop Royalty
When the singer smudged her classy image, she “unlocked something new that shot her to the top of pop’s Olympus,” our critic writes: “The vestal vamp.”