33 1/3 Cher's Believe [PRE-ORDER 06/11]

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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.

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Author: Lior Phillips
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 152pp
Size: 5 x 7.75
Notes: paperback
Release Date: June 11, 2026
ISBN: 979-8765132593