‘Provocateur! Sex symbol! Opportunist!’ Six generations of women on the power and passion of Madonna
‘She’s a bit too sexy’
Maya and Leila Crockski, twins, aged 10
Maya: The first time I heard Madonna was in the car. We were going on holiday so we were listening to the song Holiday. I thought it was … fine?
Leila: I remember hearing Holiday at the end of the film Trolls Holiday. My mum came in and said: “This is Madonna!”
Maya: Our mum is a Madonna superfan.
Leila: She’s too much of a Madonna superfan. She doesn’t play her as much as she wants to because our little sister is always playing her own music. But when she gets the chance, Madonna is all she will play.
Maya: She’s always playing Holiday and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Oh – that’s not Madonna? Whoops!
Leila: We’ve not seen her live but we’ve seen her in videos. She’s sassy.
Maya: She’s sexy. She’s always tipping her head back and running her arms across her face.
Leila: Her costumes are very cool and sexy.
Maya: If there’s anything we don’t like about her, it’s that she’s a bit too sexy.
Leila: Our friends have heard a few of her songs, but they’re not interested. We like her, though. She goes out there on stage and she’s only five years younger than our nanna! Good for her that she’s still got it!
‘Kissing Britney was tamer than dancing in a pink leotard’
Micha Frazer-Carroll, columnist, in her 20s
In the smokers’ area of a gay bar, it?” The combination of sexuality, high drama, over-the-top costuming, character transformation and provocative femininity that Madonna has become known for across her long career has always resonated with queer communities.
