Did Addison Rae make Madonna cool again?

[PartySick 166,995]

2 minutes ago, gagzus said:

oh i don't mean like her success, i mean she's now considered more of "your mum's favourite artist" than whatever people see Taylor as for example. I think if she wants another big hit she totally should work with the artists that grew up with her like Sam Smith, Chappell, Addison etc.

I really think she should collab with those artists next specifically (maybe make her own collaborations album?)

Are you suggesting she pull a Tony and do a duets album?

 

 

 

I'm in

[RAMROD 113,188]

No. I don't see her streaming numbers suddenly drastically going upwards. Most young people likely still unaware of her or sees Madonna as cringe as before

[gagzus 17,860]

17 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Are you suggesting she pull a Tony and do a duets album?

 

 

 

I'm in

imagine  a different genre for every song, a girl pop bop, a dark rocker track, a country girls make do banger, an r&b VOCALIST track ugh

[Jill 30,807]

37 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Isn't this punishment enough:

Only three minutes and you were already checking on me, hater much?

[Ziggy 12,767]

Me when i say words so wrong they've have gone out and lost their meaning

[MountainMonster 1,414]

So could someone connect the dots between Madonna and Addison for me? Because…. I don’t see how they’re related. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 35,793]

4 hours ago, Ziggy said:

Me when i say words so wrong they've have gone out and lost their meaning

Don’t function anymore…

[Ziggy 12,767]

4 hours ago, MountainMonster said:

So could someone connect the dots between Madonna and Addison for me? Because…. I don’t see how they’re related. 

People heard Ray of light inspo on addison’s album. TikTok and Twitter talked about that. It drove some previously illiterate people to the Bible.

[Charmi3 28]

Madonna has generated a lot of this interest herself recently with the Celebration tour inc Madge on the Beach in Rio, and re-centring her most popular album, Confessions, with its "part 2". She has been on a public, worldwide victory lap for the past like 3 years 

like it or not, both Addison and FKA twigs, plus many in their cohort (Lorde, Miley, Harry Styles, even Gaga) can claim responsibility for a part of the resurgence of interest (specifically in Ray of Light) among young people on the internet who are involved in memetics and the cultures of fandom and aesthetics bc that's how media proliferates and is recycled for youth. Especially nowadays when everything is a reference or rip-off, and style trends are still revolving around the mid-90s/2000s. I think it's important to remember this is a cultural microcosm. though ROL is unique cos it transcends pop music discourse a bit which has allowed the re-upsurge to penetrate broader (hetero) music listening communities

But this has been happening since forever. whether it has made her "cool again" is another question: it's certainly cooler now than it was 5 years ago to claim Madonna as a reference, and it's at least a reminder that she is the blueprint

[elsamars 6,332]

3 minutes ago, Charmi3 said:

Madonna has generated a lot of this interest herself recently with the Celebration tour inc Madge on the 

like it or not, both Addison and FKA twigs, plus many in their cohort (Lorde, Miley, Harry Styles, even Gaga) can claim responsibility for a part of the resurgence of interest (specifically in Ray of Light) among young people on the internet who are involved in memetics and the cultures of fandom and aesthetics bc that's how media proliferates and is recycled for youth.

Yes what I was seeing on socail media. Young people were saying "ok I gave a listen to ROL and I get it now", or "I did Madonna discography and I see when they mean Madonna is blueprint" etc. Especially last year 2025 ROL was referenced a lot that it introduced people to Madonna's music

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250730-why-madonnas-ray-of-light-is-2025s-hottest-album