Welcome to In Her Words, where women rule the headlines. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. “I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it.”— Ariana Grande, in her song “7 Rings”Bills flying. For as long as there have been music videos, there have been male artists flaunting their riches with zero subtlety and surrounding themselves with gyrating, nearly naked women. But in the past few weeks, two of the world’s most powerful pop stars — women — have reimagined the played-out concept by keeping the outrageous displays of wealth and women’s bodies, and all but eliminating the ogling eyes of men.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 14:15 UTC