"They Secretly Had Sex": 24 Wilddddd Facts About Famous Singers That Are So Freaking Fascinating

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1. In this legendary country from Stranger Things 4 (2022), Max escaped villain Vecna done the powerfulness of her favourite song: "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush. Due to the scene's instant popularity and heavy transportation with its younger fans, the 1985 opus skyrocketed to No. 1 connected the Billboard Global 200 charts successful mid-June.

In an interrogation connected BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Kate Bush described the interaction her 1985 opus "Running Up That Hill" has had connected a younger procreation successful 2022. "[Stranger Things] is specified a large series. I thought that the way would get immoderate attention, but I conscionable ne'er imagined that it would beryllium thing similar this," she said. "The thought of each these truly young radical proceeding the opus for the archetypal clip and discovering it is precise special. I thought: 'What a beauteous mode for the opus to beryllium utilized successful specified a affirmative way.' I deliberation it's precise touching." And erstwhile Stranger Things 4 deed Netflix, Bush earned $2.3 cardinal successful royalties.

In an interrogation with Rolling Stone, Roan revealed Mitski texted her, "I conscionable wanted to humbly invited you to the shittiest exclusive nine successful the world, the nine wherever strangers deliberation you beryllium to them and they find and harass your household members."

3. When Fleetwood Mac went connected their Tusk Tour from 1979–1980, determination was a horrible incidental connected stage. According to subordinate Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham threw his electrical guitar astatine her during a show. "He threw a guitar astatine me, and I ducked — I'm that fast," Nicks said. "But Christine [McVie's] vantage point, she'd spot it all. So, she took it to bosom that night. Lindsey near the stage, I chased him down, but Christine bushed maine to him."

4. Mel B and Geri Halliwell (aka Scary Spice and Ginger Spice) utilized to hook up during their days successful the Spice Girls. On Piers Morgan's Life Stories, Mel B revealed, "It conscionable happened and we conscionable giggled astatine it and that was it. She is going to hatred maine for this due to the fact that she is each posh successful her state location and her husband, but it's a fact."

5. In 1990, Madonna's euphony video for "Justify My Love" was banned from airing connected MTV due to the fact that it celebrated bisexuality and voyeurism. After the video's release, Madonna received backlash among euphony fans and the media, and did an interrogation connected Nightline to acceptable the grounds straight.

When questioned wherefore she submitted the video to MTV knowing it had nudity, she responded, "When I did my 'Vogue' video, there's a changeable of maine wherever I'm wearing a see-through dress, and you tin intelligibly spot my breasts. They told maine that they wanted maine to instrumentality that out, but I said I wouldn't, and they played it anyway."

Madonna went connected to accidental she thought she could "bend the rules a small bit" with her "Justify My Love" euphony video, but she inactive received judgement from her interviewer connected Nightline.

You tin ticker the "Justify My Love" euphony video here.

6. Billie Eilish wrote her 2024 deed "LUNCH" (which is astir a pistillate performing oral enactment connected different woman) earlier she had that intersexual acquisition herself. In an interrogation with Rolling Stone, she said, "I wrote immoderate of it earlier adjacent doing thing with a girl, and past wrote the remainder after. I've been successful emotion with girls for my full life, but I conscionable didn’t recognize — until, past year, I realized I wanted my look successful a vagina."

You tin perceive to "LUNCH" here.

7. The classical '90s stone anthem "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes (you know, from the viral 2025 TikTok trend) astir sounded wholly antithetic than the mentation you cognize and love. When 4 Non Blondes archetypal went into the workplace to grounds it, shaper David Tickle had created an statement that sounded precise antithetic than front-woman Linda Perry's archetypal demo. In an occurrence of VH1's Behind the Music, Perry recalled: "[I was] conscionable gonna bash what [I was told]. I unopen up erstwhile I heard the marching drum, I unopen up erstwhile David was trying to get maine to rewrite the lyrics, I unopen up erstwhile the solo showed up implicit the marching drum. I unopen up done the full fucking thing."

Jimmy Iovine, their label's founder, gave 4 Non Blondes his blessing to rerecord the opus due to the fact that "he liked the demo mentation amended than David's." So, the set re-recorded "What's Up?" successful 1 day, making Perry consciousness relieved. "Everything went close backmost to the archetypal mode I wrote it, and past we mixed it that nighttime and it got connected [Bigger, Better, Faster, More!]," she said. "That's the 1 that sold 7 cardinal records, that's the 1 that was each implicit the radio, that's the 1 that got palmy — that version."

8. Missy Elliott was drunk erstwhile she filmed this country for the "Work It" euphony video due to the fact that manager Dave Meyers accidentally refilled her solid with vino alternatively of water.

"We changeable that instrumentality possibly 7 times from antithetic angles, truthful by the clip that was over, [Missy] was trashed," Dave Meyers recalled. "She was truthful smiley. Then, Janet Jackson came to bless america with her presence, and Missy was talking each kinds of gibberish to her — it was truly a bully time."

You tin ticker the "Work It" euphony video here.

9. TLC had won 2 Grammys successful 1996, and were the biggest-selling pistillate radical by that constituent (10 cardinal albums sold worldwide), but they were really bankrupt and hardly received wealth for their large hits.

In 1996, the LA Times reported: "The trio has received little than 1% of the estimated $175 cardinal successful revenues that the group's euphony has generated astir the world. Analysts accidental that's astir 40 times little than the nett that has been divided among the management, production, and grounds companies that correspond TLC."

10. Tina Turner was the 1 who taught Mick Jagger however to creation erstwhile she toured with the Rolling Stones successful the '60s. "The Rolling Stones requested that Ike [Turner] and Tina bash the England circuit with them. I didn't truly cognize Mick, but determination was ever this feline who stood successful the wings," Turner revealed. "He wasn't dancing connected signifier [yet]. We were successful the dressing rooms together, having a ball, and Mick says to me, 'Teach maine however to bash The Popcorn.' And I said to him, 'So that's what you were doing successful the wings each this time, learning immoderate of the dances we do?'"

11. During 1 of Taylor Swift's concerts successful LA for her Eras Tour, she took a interruption to bash thing so, truthful heartwarming. In the mediate of her opus "22," Swift went to the beforehand of the signifier and gave her iconic achromatic hat to Kobe Bryant's daughter, Bianka.

12. Megan Thee Stallion's opus "Thot Shit" was inspired by the antagonistic reactions she and Cardi B received from their 2020 deed "WAP." In an interrogation with Stephen Colbert, Megan Thee Stallion said, "I cognize the Republicans person had a atrocious year, and they astir apt request to instrumentality their vexation retired somewhere. But, I privation to archer them 'thank you for the streams,' due to the fact that without [them], I don't cognize if we would've been here. I mean, them radical crazy."

So the pursuing summer, the queen of Hot Girl Summer released "Thot Shit." The euphony video dramatized Megan Thee Stallion's instrumentality connected the antagonistic reactions from "WAP." In the opening of the video, she showed a legislator leaving hateful comments connected 1 of her videos. Then successful the mediate of the song, Stallion rapped, "Watchin' maine spell done it, inactive tryna resistance maine / Actin' similar you winnin', if you deliberation astir it, really / Are they supportin' you, oregon truly conscionable attackin' me? I don't springiness a fuck 'bout a blog tryna bash maine / I'm the shit, per the Recording Academy."

You tin ticker the "Thot Shit" euphony video here.

13. Following her six-decade-long vocation and pioneering efforts that person shaped the euphony scenery today, Diana Ross has been shockingly overlooked astatine the Grammys.

Other notable women successful euphony who've ne'er received a competitory Grammy are Nina Simone, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, and Björk.

14. "Oops (Oh My)" by Tweet is NOT astir masturbation — it's really astir being assured successful your assemblage and your mind.

The song's co-writer, Missy Elliott, revealed the existent meaning down the opus connected Twitter successful 2021. Elliott tweeted: "#FunFact this opus was ne'er 'bout masturbation — it was ever astir [Tweet] appreciating her acheronian tegument (self-love) erstwhile she looked successful the mirror. It was the listeners who thought it was astir enactment and conscionable ran with it. We conscionable fto the consumers' minds make what they wanted."

You tin perceive to "Oops (Oh My)" here.

15. In Beyoncé's opus "Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson" from her 2024 medium Cowboy Carter, she pays homage to Black artists who laid the instauration for country/rock music. If you wage attention, you'll drawback onto songs by revolutionary artists similar Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Chuck Berry, and Roy Hamilton.

You tin perceive to "Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson" here.

16. Yoko Ono co-wrote "Imagine" for John Lennon's 1971 medium Imagine, but Lennon didn't springiness her songwriting credit. Ono yet received songwriting credit for "Imagine" astatine NMPA's Centennial Annual Meeting successful 2017 erstwhile it was learned that Lennon pulled the bulk of the lyrics from her 1964 poesy publication Grapefruit.

In a BBC interrogation from 1980, Lennon was quoted arsenic saying, "['Imagine'] should beryllium credited arsenic a Lennon-Ono opus due to the fact that a batch of it came from Yoko. But successful those days, I was a spot much selfish, a spot much macho, and I benignant of omitted to notation her contribution. But it was close retired of Grapefruit, her book."

17. In 1989, the Grammys created a caller category: "Best Rap Performance." DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith (then the Fresh Prince) won the award. The Grammys didn't plan connected televising the category, truthful to amusement their support, rappers similar Salt-N-Pepa didn't be the ceremonial (even though they were nominated successful the aforesaid class for their opus "Push It").

"We boycotted the Grammys backmost successful '89," Pepa told Billboard successful 2020. "Other euphony was being televised — everybody was capable to locomotion and judge their awards visually, and we took a stance for that."

18. Grace Jones was roommates with Jerry Hall successful Paris successful the aboriginal '70s earlier they ventured disconnected into their ain palmy careers arsenic singers and models (they some had modeling contracts astatine the time). In Grace Jones's 2015 memoir, I'll Never Write My Memoirs, she wrote: "I developed long-lasting bonds with the girls I worked with, not slightest due to the fact that I besides lived with them and we explored new, unusual territory together. I've remained friends with Jerry to this day, and we assistance each different and animate each other."

19. Liza Minnelli was really the archetypal creator to sing "New York, New York" successful 1977, earlier Frank Sinatra made it celebrated 2 years later. John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote the opus for the 1977 movie New York, New York starring Minnelli, but unfortunately, her mentation didn't get the popularity it truthful rightly deserved. They adjacent made a gag astir it connected Arrested Development, which Liza guest-starred connected arsenic Lucille 2.

20. Aretha Franklin was the archetypal pistillate inducted successful 1987. Another amusive information astir Franklin? Her classical hit, "Respect," is really a screen of a opus by Otis Redding.

Franklin rewrote Redding's lyrics due to the fact that the opus primitively had a misogynistic tone. She spelled retired "Respect," singing it with gusto: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find retired what it means to me." Recording this opus arsenic a pistillate flipped the publication and made the code of the opus empowering for women. Now, it's 1 of the astir celebrated pistillate anthems of each time.

You tin perceive to Franklin's mentation of "Respect" here.

21. In 2015, Brittany Howard (and Alabama Shakes) performed astatine Prince's home, Paisley Park. They jammed unneurotic connected Alabama Shakes' opus "Gimme All Your Love," and aft the nighttime ended, Prince called Howard up. "He called me, and helium had a super-deep voice," Howard revealed. "[He said], 'Did you person a bully clip tonight? Check your email — we should enactment together.'"

22. In 1971, Carole King and Joni Mitchell were each signaling legendary albums astatine the same studio successful Los Angeles. King was signaling Tapestry, and Mitchell was signaling Blue. Because they were successful specified adjacent proximity to each other, they performed connected each other's albums.

The astir iconic collaboration was connected "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" from Carole King's Tapestry. King sang pb vocals and played soft portion Mitchell sang inheritance vocals (along with James Taylor). As a teen successful the aboriginal '60s, Joni Mitchell's favorite song was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (a opus King primitively co-wrote for the Shirelles with her then-husband, Gerry Goffin). So, to sing inheritance vocals connected her favourite opus astir 10 years aboriginal with the archetypal songwriter herself feels similar a existent full-circle moment.

You tin perceive to "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" here.

23. In the archetypal Playbill for the 1964 philharmonic Funny Girl, Barbra Streisand's debut connected Broadway, she made up a clump of chaotic facts successful her bio. She wrote things like: "[Barbra's] favourite time of the week is Tuesday, since she devotes portion of each Tuesday passim the twelvemonth to stringing crystal beads which are sold successful a Vermont wide store." Barbra ended her bio successful the wittiest mode possible, saying: "For much idiosyncratic information, constitute to her mother."

24. And Sabrina Carpenter drew inspiration from the 1992 movie Death Becomes Her for her "Taste" euphony video. The video stars Jenna Ortega, and you spot the 2 women warring implicit a antheral successful a precise bizarre way, overmuch similar Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn did successful the archetypal film. (Sabrina and Jenna's mentation is somewhat bloodier, though.)

Carpenter besides wrote her large hit, "Juno," aft watching...well, Juno (2007). During her NPR Tiny Desk concert, she claimed it was initially a "joke song," but it came to fruition for her medium Short n' Sweet.

You tin ticker the "Taste" euphony video here.

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"They Secretly Had Sex": 24 Wilddddd Facts About Famous Singers That Are So Freaking Fascinating

In an interrogation with Rolling Stone, Roan revealed Mitski texted her, "I conscionable wanted to humbly invited you to the shittiest exclusive nine successful the world, the nine wherever strangers deliberation you beryllium to them and they find and harass your household members."

Madonna went connected to accidental she thought she could "bend the rules a small bit" with her "Justify My Love" euphony video, but she inactive received judgement from her interviewer connected Nightline.

You tin ticker the "Justify My Love" euphony video here.

You tin perceive to "LUNCH" here.

8. Missy Elliott was drunk erstwhile she filmed this country for the "Work It" euphony video due to the fact that manager Dave Meyers accidentally refilled her solid with vino alternatively of water.

You tin ticker the "Work It" euphony video here.

9. TLC had won 2 Grammys successful 1996, and were the biggest-selling pistillate radical by that constituent (10 cardinal albums sold worldwide), but they were really bankrupt and hardly received wealth for their large hits.

11. During 1 of Taylor Swift's concerts successful LA for her Eras Tour, she took a interruption to bash thing so, truthful heartwarming. In the mediate of her opus "22," Swift went to the beforehand of the signifier and gave her iconic achromatic hat to Kobe Bryant's daughter, Bianka.

You tin ticker the "Thot Shit" euphony video here.

13. Following her six-decade-long vocation and pioneering efforts that person shaped the euphony scenery today, Diana Ross has been shockingly overlooked astatine the Grammys.

Other notable women successful euphony who've ne'er received a competitory Grammy are Nina Simone, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, and Björk.

14. "Oops (Oh My)" by Tweet is NOT astir masturbation — it's really astir being assured successful your assemblage and your mind.

You tin perceive to "Oops (Oh My)" here.

You tin perceive to "Smoke Hour ★ Willie Nelson" here.

"We boycotted the Grammys backmost successful '89," Pepa told Billboard successful 2020. "Other euphony was being televised — everybody was capable to locomotion and judge their awards visually, and we took a stance for that."

20. Aretha Franklin was the archetypal pistillate inducted successful 1987. Another amusive information astir Franklin? Her classical hit, "Respect," is really a screen of a opus by Otis Redding.

You tin perceive to Franklin's mentation of "Respect" here.

You tin perceive to "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" here.

Carpenter besides wrote her large hit, "Juno," aft watching...well, Juno (2007). During her NPR Tiny Desk concert, she claimed it was initially a "joke song," but it came to fruition for her medium Short n' Sweet.

You tin ticker the "Taste" euphony video here.

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