{"id":2109494,"date":"2026-08-24T19:51:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2109494"},"modified":"2026-08-24T19:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:51:44","slug":"pops-biggest-muse-is-nicole-kidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2109494","title":{"rendered":"Pop&#8217;s Biggest Muse Is Nicole Kidman"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"oVA page-484139429\">\n<div class=\"cCV\">\n<div class=\"sWr\">\n<div class=\"Jr2\">\n<div class=\"gsz CfR\">\n<div class=\"d0B\">\n<div class=\"vmZ oL7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2026\/8\/24\/7be9ee69\/photo-collagepng-1.jpg?w=414&amp;h=259&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fp-x=0.4962&amp;fp-y=0.3497&amp;dpr=2\" alt class=\"fpC EdX\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Vms lOB\">Maya Dehlin\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images; Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_-P\">\n<div class=\"rkd qoI\">\n<p class=\"QwJ\">Music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ckc ZKF\">\n<h1 class=\"aVX doc O2p QZE\">Pop&#8217;s Biggest Muse Is Nicole Kidman<\/h1>\n<div class=\"r87 y0Q\">\n<p>Look at the material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mLI Q9a\">\n<address class=\"Fdy\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/profile\/jillian-giandurco-166095076\">Jillian Giandurco<\/a><\/address>\n<div class=\"DHw\">\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-08-24T19:51:44.765Z\">18 minutes ago<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"QVH\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tn6\">\n<div data-adroot=\"true\" class=\"AOL Afg\">\n<p>When we talk about muses, we tend to focus on the most famous examples \u2014 Yoko Ono, Audrey Hepburn, Edie Sedgwick, Lee Radziwill, Jane Birkin, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/julia-fox-david-bronze-protein-bar-campaign-exclusive-interview\" class=\"T3D\">Julia Fox<\/a> \u2014 but there\u2019s one name that deserves to be added to the conversation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/fashion\/balenciaga-haute-couture-nicole-kidman-naomi-watts-daughters\" class=\"T3D\">Nicole Kidman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 36 years since Kidman\u2019s first U.S. film hit theaters, and since then, the <em>Birth<\/em> actor has starred in more than 75 (!) films and eight TV shows, and inspired a long list of Keith Urban songs during her marriage to the country singer. She has the same level of cultural clout as, say, Marilyn Monroe did during her heyday, and it looks like her relevance isn\u2019t going anywhere, bad wigs be damned. On Aug. 24, burgeoning pop girl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/adela-jergova-pop-star-academy-the-provocateur-interview-demi-lovato-tour\" class=\"T3D\">Ad\u00e9la<\/a> shared the track list for her upcoming album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/adela-prima-album-release-date-aint-in-la\" class=\"T3D\"><em>Prima<\/em><\/a>, and sitting pretty at No. 2 is a song titled none other than \u201cNicole Kidman.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sWr iGR vrU\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"BCT MJ1\">\n<blockquote data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcbnkhJiUoa\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" class=\"UyF\">\n<div class=\"yzx\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DcbnkhJiUoa\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" title=\"View on Instagram\" class=\"y9v GmH\"><i class=\"icx g9F\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ad\u00e9la isn\u2019t the only pop act to give Kidman her flowers recently. Unless you were traversing the mountains of Spain at the time (guilty), you probably saw the perennial A-list actor pop up in the music video for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/nylon-nights\/troye-sivan-smirnoff-interview\" class=\"T3D\">Troye Sivan\u2019s<\/a> new single, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/troye-sivan-announces-new-album-shes-the-best\" class=\"T3D\">She\u2019s the Best<\/a>.\u201d Beyond their shared Australian connection, Sivan asked Kidman to star in the video because \u201cshe\u2019s always just been such a picture of the divine feminine to [him],\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/troye-sivan-shes-the-best-charli-xcx-nicole-kidman-1235608285\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"T3D\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, and considering she\u2019s portrayed Grace Kelly <em>and<\/em> Queen Atlanna on screen, it\u2019s not hard to understand why.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"sWr iGR vrU\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"bwd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This obsession is nothing new: In 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/life\/frank-ocean-mutations-photography-book\" class=\"T3D\">Frank Ocean<\/a> used the dialogue from Kidman\u2019s <em>Eyes Wide Shut<\/em> unraveling as the outro for the track \u201cLovecrimes,\u201d and in 2015, MGK called her out by name in the song \u201cWorld Series.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m gone, rolling with Nicole Kidman,\u201d he sings in the first verse; even rappers-turned-rock-stars know you haven\u2019t made it until you\u2019re brushing shoulders with television\u2019s Celeste Wright. And who could forget the time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/entertainment\/charli-xcx-persona-lyrics-meaning\" class=\"T3D\">Charli XCX<\/a> wore a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1iqf29x\/charli_xcx_will_send_nicole_kidman_a_brat_shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"T3D\">Nicole Kidman T-shirt?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For someone whose discography doesn\u2019t extend much farther beyond a few movie musicals, Nicole Kidman sure has the pop world in a chokehold.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"fX2 rhF jIS\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"display:block\" class=\"lqj TnP\">\n<div class=\"BMP\">\n<div class=\"oHL\">Style + Culture, delivered straight to your inbox.<\/div>\n<div class=\"wCn\">\n<div class=\"Yte yjy DSW\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"Ex8 qgj\"><span>Submit<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"uxm\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-0\">By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdg.com\/info\/terms-of-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdg.com\/info\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nylon.com\/newsletter\">Subscribe to our newsletter &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maya Dehlin\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images; Matt Jelonek\/Getty Images Entertainment\/Getty Images Music Pop&#8217;s Biggest Muse Is Nicole Kidman Look at the material. by Jillian Giandurco 18 minutes ago When we talk about muses, we tend to focus on the most famous examples \u2014 Yoko Ono, Audrey Hepburn, Edie Sedgwick, Lee Radziwill, Jane Birkin, even Julia Fox [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,256],"class_list":["post-2109494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nylon-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2109494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2109494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2109494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2109494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}