Christina Aguilera not too long ago mirrored on her pop-culture moments, significantly the kiss she shared with Madonna on the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, which she recalled as “an excellent makeout second.”
The 43-year-old singer carried out alongside the 66-year-old pop star and Britney Spears, delivering a few of Madonna’s best hits, together with “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood.” In the course of the present, each Aguilera and the 42-year-old pop icon Britney performed brides, gorgeous in white clothes and veils, whereas Madonna portrayed a groom in an all-black tuxedo and prime hat.
In an interview with Glamour, Aguilera reminisced, saying, “I really like a theme, I really like an idea. I really like entering into a selected character.” She added, “Madonna taking part in the position of the groom was so cool. It was like, wow—we’re up right here with Madonna, and we’re a part of this big second. It was actually enjoyable. The power main as much as it, the rehearsals, all the things. It was fairly magical.”
The early 2000s had been all about show-stopping moments, and this historic shock stays a core reminiscence for each the Latina artist and the “Circus” hitmaker. In her e-book, The Lady in Me, Britney talked about that “each time we rehearsed it, we did an air kiss.” She wrote, “I assumed to myself: I desire a second like that once more this yr. With the kiss, ought to I simply go for it?”
Madonna, usually dubbed the ‘Queen of Pop,’ has at all times been identified for her performances and artistic imaginative and prescient. She made positive to include the brand new technology of artists into her 2003 efficiency. At the moment, she described the kiss as “pleasant” throughout an interview with Oprah Winfrey. “I don’t know if most of America has seen two women kiss earlier than…It was only a pleasant kiss,” she expressed. Since then, Madonna has continued to collaborate with up to date artists like Maluma, Nicki Minaj, Tokischa, Swae Lee, and extra.
Popular culture moments, particularly these on the MTV VMAs, are endless. The following VMAs will happen on September 11 at 8 PM, the place artists corresponding to Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Eminem, and extra will battle off to win ‘Artist of the 12 months.’