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Featuring interviews with some of her well-known fans, including Ru Paul and Sean Hayes, this is a celebration of the album where Cher challenged the ageist pop industry and re-solidified herself as a force to be reckoned with.
By 1998, Cher seemed fated to fade off into the pop sunset. Her time of being half of pop music's “It couple”, of releasing chart-topping singles, of having her own TV show, in starring in box office breaking movies, was coming to an end. But then Believe and a new invention called auto-tune changed everything.
Pop has always been a young person's game, especially for women, and a new dawn of that obsessive youth was in full swing in the late '90s. But Cher's return to inescapability at 52 years old-making her the oldest woman to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100-was a refusal to accept that model. Full of fire, cutting edge choices, and a strong advocacy for one's self, Believe was her giant musical middle finger to all those assumptions.
The album confirmed her place as a pop icon, a queer icon, a feminist icon, and reminds us that everyone should believe they can be strong enough.
Table of Contents
1. All I Really Want To Do
2. Mom, I Am a Rich Man
3. And I Can't Break Through
4. Cher, the Mathematician, and the Dance Floor
5. What Am I Supposed To Do? Sit Around and Wait For You?
6. Strong Enough
7. And There's No Turning Back
Product details
| Published | 14 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 152 |
| ISBN | 9798765132616 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | 33 1/3 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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