Lady Gaga & Doechii's "RUNWAY"

The Devil Wears Prada 's based on author Lauren Weisberger's working at Vogue. 20th Century Fox adapted her 2003 book in 2006's film. Covering fashion, business, relationships, and social life, the movie changed pop culture and now the sequel is 20 years later. Female driven musically and societal, The Devil Wears Prada 2 's hitting nerves in fashion, magazine, and print media industries. Viewing all sides, I summarize the characters' context, Lady Gaga & Doechii's dance single "RUNWAY", compare both movies' soundtracks, and other songs catwalking the same swag in a custom playlist.

Runway magazine movie site. Pre-movie merch, sunglasses, Red Carpet Event

The Devil Wears Prada soundrack (2006)
Favs: "City of Blinding Lights" - U2, "Seven Days In Sunny June" - Jamiroquai,
"Here I Am" (Kaskade Remix) - David Morales feat. Tamra Keenan

The Devil Wears Prada 2 soundtrack; "Material Lover" - Sienna Spiro

Fashion Playlist: "RUNWAY" - Lady Gaga & Doechii; "Supermodel (You Better Work)" - RuPaul; "Vogue" - Madonna; "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga; "Rain On Me" - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande; "Rapture" - Blondie;  "About Damn Time" - Lizzo; "yes and?" - Ariana Grande

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Theme Song: "Gym Track (2026 Remix)", composed by Jessica Ann Catena

Transcript

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Welcome to Music Media Review, a weekly podcast discussing trends in music and media. I'm Jess. There's a few times a year I'll go see movies and theaters. I just saw two within a week. Michael Jackson's File Pick Michael and the Devil Wears Prada 2. Both were very entertaining and extra special during my birthday festivities. Night before its release, my girlfriend traded me to a Devil Wears Prada 2 pre-showing. We saw it on a big IMAX screen, quality Dolby digital sound, and sat very close. The almost full admission wasn't kidding online. We sat second row and every row was filled that night. Each viewer was given black sunglasses and a custom runway magazine for exclusive swag. Those cool prizes won us over, and so did the sequel. Great acting, surreal premise emphasizing industry challenges, and featured an all-female soundtrack. Its current pop single, Capwalking Up the Charts, is Runway by Lady Gaga and Dochi. This pop nails attitude, and we're gonna view it from all sides. First, I'll summarize the double is Prada's context, critique the new soundtrack, and compare which songs could have influenced Runway's composition. That's all. Let's turn these pages on Music Media Review. Adapted from Lauren Weisberger's 2003 book, End Life Events, 21st Century Fox rebooted her stories in the Devil Wales Prada, June 30th, 2006. Ann Hathaway portrays Andrea Sachs, a college graduate seeking a journalist job in New York City. She gets interviewed at Runway Magazine by Snooty administrative assistant Emily Charlton, played by Emily Blunt, and Meryl Streep as critical editor-in-chief Miranda Priestley. Despite being oblivious about fashion, Andrea gets hired, though little did she know what her workload would entail. Miranda dumps her detail-oriented behavior on both ladies 24-7, whether business related or her personal itinerary. Barely getting any support, Andrea suffers insults and dissatisfaction while trying to keep up. Finding peace with Runway's fashion director Nigel, Stanley Tucci paternally mentors her wardrobe and advises how high expectations will always be there. Slightly gaining more respect, Andrea strives to Miranda's standards better than Emily, who jealously has the tables turned on her missing an annual Paris business trip. Looking great on paper, the downside then falls socially. Broadway fans will recognize Tracy Toms playing Andrea's best friend Lily, noticing the majority of time Andrea's spending to work and a peck on the cheek by Christian, one of her colleagues, Simon Baker depicts at the art gallery opening Lily hosted. Just missed by Andrea's Suissef boyfriend Nate, acted by Entourage's Adrian Grinnere, he also calls her out acting hypocritical and getting ahead. I'll stop my synopsis there if you want to watch the movie back. Some friends and family told me they were interested in revisiting the original film, so I won't spoil the rest if you feel the same. I remember seeing commercials when the Devil Wisp product came out. Saw it on cable a few years after. It's a rite of passage to watch what Lauren Weisberger faced at Vogue magazine with former editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and I didn't know that the casting credits reveal Lauren has a brief cameo sitting on the train with Miranda's twin daughters as their nanny. Never knew that. Not knowing where my college curriculum would result when I watched the Devil Wiz Prada, it intimidated me thinking postgraduation was going to be even harder, piling on scheduling and figure how to finish accordingly on my own. Not everyone in my family obtained a college degree. That's what pushed me to hang in there along my peers and leading my cousins to follow behind me one by one. Getting back to the movie, I don't understand people's over-the-top personalities. The devil whiz prodded moral is that ego types are everywhere and you're responsible basing the choices you make. I like the script's rom-com humor, diving in Fashionista Lives, and glamour are just exhilarating. My favorite scene is Madonna's dance hit vogue orchestrating Anne Hathaway's outfit changes into her chefs. I adore Madonna's 90s era. The club music, pop, and ballads are divine. Take a bow's my absolute favorite. Setting the movie in New York City hit home for me too. I was born there, visit often, and my parents' careers began at ad agencies, so I'm quite familiar observing the print to digital transitions, like to think I inherited their skills in designing, communication, and of course, music passion. Coincidentally, the Devil Wiz Prada 2 explores all three factors in the new sequel. Lincoln Setter held a Devil Wiz Prada 2 Red Carpet Premiere April 20th. I went to a local theater April 30th. Public screening went active May 1st. Reuniting the characters involved in Runway story arcs, the 20 years later shift societal and economical. Took me to the end realizing why the magazine cover I got was selected and simplistically repeating the same movie title. A mini spoil I'll share. Lady Gaga contributed a pivotal scene when Runway songs first played and sings two additional tracks on the soundtrack, Shape of a Woman and Glamorous Life. She had a huge 2025 comeback with Mayhem's album, Tour, acted and sang on Netflix's Addams Family spinoff Wednesday. Dare I say, Runway's a monster track for Lady Gaga's little monster groupies. Ideal theme for clubbing, pop dance fans, and supermodel personas. I relived 90s Electro Pop Hearing It. My kind of fun thinking about that decade. Unsure if Shape of a Woman or Glamorous Life will be Gaga or the soundtrack's follow-up singles, I found a new music video for Material Lover by 20-year-old British pop soul singer Sienna Spiro. She's fairly new off TikTok popularity. Vocal reminds me of Sia and Maggie Rogers' emotive ranges. Material Lover's a nice smooth track showing Sienna recording the studio session and strolling outside. Separately, Die on This Hill's a breakthrough hit for Sienna Spiro. I saw it on MTV Live rotate the video over the winter after she sang it on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show. She's definitely one of 2026 stars. Cuban songwriter Izzy Escobar croons Evergreen Avenue on the soundtrack, introducing another pop soul subgenre tune. We could thank Olivia Dean crossing that style last summer, 2024's Nice to Each Others on the album, along with other ladies' songs from recent albums. Dua Lipa's End of an Era of 2024's Radical Optimism, Miley Cyrus's Walk of Fame, featuring Alabama Shakes guitarist Brittany Howard, who is on 2025's Something Beautiful, LeVay's Mr. Eclectic from 2025's A Matter of Time, More RB consisted in Siza's Saturn taken from 2024's LANA, Ray's Worth It off 2023's My 21st Century Blues, Letices' Daydreaming on 2025's The Crown, and alternative band The Maria's No One Notice, lifted off 2024's Submarine. Gotta say, this girl power dominance mixed really well with these choices. I'm assuming majority Devil Wears product budgets went towards casting, fashion, probably not too much funding new songs to feature, and used music licensing barring through artists. Notable names on 2026 album are Madonna, U2, Jamiraquai, Moby, Ray Le Montane, and dance producer Cascade. Indie artists Bitter Sweet, Azora Ray, DJ Colette, and Mosi and Worker had indie picks from their millennium work completing the track list. I bet if more streaming services other than Nightunes were around back then, we'd be more aware of them. At least we can now. I recommend Jamiraquai's Seven Days in June, Here I Am by David Morales, Cascade and Tamra Keenan. Hits that weren't clear to be on the first soundtrack were KT Tunstall's Suddenly I See and Madonna's Jump. Guess they didn't want to give up sales outside of catalogs. U2 City of Blinding Lights, an excellent touch. Alanis Morissette covering Seal's 1990 Funky Debut Crazy spins a rock electro twist delivered as you'd expect. I prefer Prada 2's overall. Marketed better choosing solid stuff. Now let's end breaking down Runway's production resemblances. If you've seen technical videos analyzing song constructions, I've listed media citing particular elements I feel Runway contains. Runway's spoken intro soundbite, No Matter What, You've Got to Strut, excerpts Eddie Murphy's 1996 film, The Nutty Professor. He internally wrestles protagonist Sherman Klumb, forming back into his chubby self, attempting Buddy Love's then alter ego, lasting permanently. Classic movie going back to Jerry Lewis's conception from the 60s. Sonically, YouTube bloggers nostalgically proclaim an infamous 90s one-hip wonder, which is quoted near the end of Runway. 1992's Supermodel, You Better Work, by RuPaul. The same RuPaul who's openly sported bisexuality over 30 years and has hosted Emmy-winning reality show RuPaul's Drag Race for 18 years. Various celebrities beg to guest judge for bragging rights and the fun showcase for their contestants. Must be unforgettable to win eight consecutive outstanding reality show hosts and program primetime Emmys. RuPaul's motivated personal mantras curating this number one dance hit, urging to put the self you wish to be. You better work. Cover girl. Give a twirl. Do your thing on the runway. Work. Supermodel. You better work it, girl, of the world. Wet your lips and make love to the camera. Work. Turn to the left. Work. Now turn to the right. Work. Chase Shantay. Ciphering the verses like Gaga and Doce did in Runway, both women quote Chasse from the chorus to rhyme with their monikers, Douche and Gage. Rupaul intelligently broke boundaries, being Tommy Boy Records' first queer sign artist, musically represented the community since disco, and socially influenced uncloseted conversations outside of AIDS epidemic. Madonna nudged the thought, releasing Vogue's 1990 number one, teaching the hand dance in her music video, stylishly dressing up, addressing a critical line. It makes no difference if you're black or white, if you're a boy or a girl. If the music's pumping, it will give you new life. You're a superstar. That's who you are. You know it. Closing Vogue's outro, Madonna lists 20th century actors who gracefully dance or properly dressed on screen. Music colleges parallel Lady Gaga constantly with Madonna's mannerisms, supporting LGB2Q Plus and musically. 2011's Born This Way practically rewrote 1989's Express Yourself. Gaga preaches Don't Be a Drag, Just Be a Queen, and recites a stanza in the third verse. She slips Born for the Runway, concluding Runway. I also hear similar keyboard riffs of 2020's Rain on Me featuring Ariana Grande. Let's not forget a monumental fusion meshing disco, punk, rap, funk into an experimental crossover. Leading the pack was Blondie's Rapture. Most consider it the first public rap song ever, female sung, white raced, and number one. MTV featured the music video on its debut night, August 1st, 1981, showing Debbie Harry dancing along nightlife streets and featuring New York rapper Fab Five Freddy. Rapture's epic. I'm captivated every listen. Debbie Harry's so game, she just introduced Olivia Rodrigo on Saturday Live last weekend as a devoted fan. To acknowledge Dochi's runway participation, she's a Grammy-winning rapper, and I brainstormed possible connections her ciphers correlate. Then it dawned on me, Sassy name calling correlates to Lizzo. 2022's About Damn Time cheered herself into a Grammy-winning disco anthem directly shining vulnerability, bettering herself through music. She's a trip, I get a kick out of her. The way Dochi says yes in the chorus, Ariana Grande fell into the same bubbles in 2024's Yes and planning ahead of Wicked's film promotions, acclaiming to play Galinda or Gelinda's character. Finally, a pop showman vocally backs up Docci's I Can Make a Dance Floor into a Runway lines. He's credited Runway's co-writer, became extremely tight with Lady Gaga the last two years. That's right, it's Bruno Mars. No wonder the romantics album in February was a long time coming. He doesn't appear in Runway's full catwalking music video, yet reunited with his Die with a smile duet partner. When Dochi says, Okay, okay, in the chorus, Cardi B phonetically said it in Bruno Mars' 2018 finesse remix. I think his contributions were the verbal okay's and I can make a dance floor into a runway. Makes total sense when you play back and realize it's him. Might as well add a fashionably late Swan song to this playlist chain. 2014 number one smash, Uptown Funk, produced by Mark Ronson and featuring Bruno Marr's bandmates, the hooligans. Spinning a final pose tying in our content, runway's choruses, yes, serve a little sass. Yes, with a little sight of ass. Yes. Got the front row screaming okay. Okay. Yes. Do a little twirl. Yes. Let 'em know I'm that girl. Yes. Monday through Sunday, I can turn a dance floor into a runway. Turn it up. Turn around. Bitch! Monday through Sunday, I can turn a dance floor into a runway. In a month, Runway has charted number 50 on the Hop 100, number 25 Pop Airplay, and number five Hot Dance Pop Songs. Now go strut to watch these movies and listen to these songs. The Devil Wiz Prada franchise is rated PG 13. Hulu is streaming 2026's origin, the sequel topped box office 96 million, its first weekend. I'm expecting theaters will screen it most of the summer. Streaming platforms may carry towards the latter half. I'll keep you posted and how this downtrack charts. Follow Music Media Review on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Thank you for the streams and notifications. Please subscribe and rate for every year's streaming. Email is Music Media Review Podcast at gmail.com. I'm Jess. Next episode will predict ACM Awards winners pre-broadcast. Ballot reception caused drastic changes. I'm up to the test, foreshadowing nine popular category results before May 17th show. Tune in next weekend.