During the Women’s March on Washington, Amy Schumer showed up to introduce Madonna. After giving a speech where she revealed, “I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House” and dropped a “fuck you” on live television, she performed two songs: “Express Yourself” and “Human Nature.” During the latter, she led the crowd in shouting “I’M NOT YOUR BITCH.” Then, at one point, she changed the lyrics: “Donald Trump—suck a dick.” Alicia Keysalso appeared at the march to give a speech and perform “Girl on Fire.” Watch all of that happen below. Janelle Monáe, Maxwell, and Amber Coffman also performed.
Carin Goldberg — the art director behind Madonna’s debut album cover — spoke to the Cut about her first experience with the then-unknown pop star. It’s the first question that anybody asks me, even today: What was it like to work with Madonna? People think that maybe something dramatic or interesting or kind of wild might have happened, based on, you know, Madonna’s persona. But I would say that Madonna was probably the easiest job I ever had — the most cooperation from a recording artist I think I ever had. She was a true professional, even at that young age. It was ’83, and at that point I had my own small design firm. Warner Bros. called and asked me to do her cover as a freelance designer. When I got the call, I rolled my eyes, because it was another [musician with a] one-word name. At that time it had become cliché to have a one-word name, because of Cher, so I remember thinking, God, it’s going to be one of those. So I really went into it with very little expec...
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