The most copied pop star of all time?
This disco-era icon is generous to her many copycats, but she tells them to stand down when it comes to one particular matter. Christian Blauvelt reports.
Grace Jones’ career spans decades. She epitomised the disco era, then New Wave. She was a mainstay at raucous New York City clubs Studio 54 and Area. The word that always pops up with Jones is “icon”.
Jones herself is uncomfortable with the word “icon”, which is funny because she’s been that for several generations of pop stars in her wake. With her emphasis on her visual presentation, her penchant for constant reinvention and her strikingly androgynous look, Jones has influenced everyone from Madonna to Lady Gaga. And she’s OK with being copied – so long as those she inspires wait a little while before ripping off her looks.
For Talking Movies, Christian Blauvelt spoke with Jones and Sophie Fiennes, the director of a new documentary, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, made over 12 years, that captures her experiences performing, on the road, and with her family in Jamaica.
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