During an interview with The Standard to promote her new BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds series called Courtney Love’s Women, Courtney Love shared her thoughts on Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Madonna. Love’s show uplifts and celebrates women in music, however, she criticised Swift, saying, “Taylor is not important. She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist.” Love also stated that she hasn’t liked Del Rey since the singer covered a John Denver song, saying “she should really take seven years off.”
Love and Madonna have had a rocky relationship for decades. Love questioned Madonna’s validity as an artist in 2007, saying on her blog at the time, “Madonna is a great business woman but come on, she’s weak as an arists and we all know it. I like Madge but as a relevant musician it’s a joke.” Love also discussed the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record, saying, “I like the idea of Beyoncé doing a country record because it’s about Black women going into spaces where previously only white women have been allowed, not that I like it much. As a concept, I love it. I just don’t like her music.”
In February, Love joined Billie Joe Armstrong’s covers band, The Coverups, onstage in London where she delivered a joint performance of Hole’s ‘Celebrity Skin’. Armstrong subsequently told NME about his longtime friendship with Love at the BRIT Awards 2024, sharing, “We’ve known her since ’94, she’s always great! She’s a wild woman, she has a lot of great stories and I love Courtney… She’s definitely like a rock n’ roll-er in herself. She’s got her sea legs back so we’ll maybe be hearing more from her.”
Speaking with NME back in 2020, Love explained why she decided to settle down in London, saying “You haven’t got nearly the Thought Police you think you do compared to in Portland or parts of LA. I’m allowed to dissent here, which I haven’t felt comfortable doing recently elsewhere. Being able to have a real dialogue and read all sorts of opinions… it made me fall in love with the UK even more.
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