Today, Iggy Pop turns 69. We share this information mostly for those who will catch him on his Post Pop Depression tour this year: As he takes the stage with the same lust for life, energy, and shirtlessness that he burst onto the scene with in the ’60s, please take a moment to observe Pop’s abs. Throughout his lurches, stage dives, and torso arches, his stomach will remain in tight, chiseled, six-pack formation, inexplicably frozen in time—a sort of bodily equivalent of Pharrell’s ageless face.
Flipping through photographs of performances from San Francisco to Amsterdam, 1970 to 2016, Pop maintains an impossibly fresh-from-the-gym physique. Behold his 1973 Speedo-clad frame at Los Angeles’s Whisky A Go Go, where the towheaded singer could have just as easily been a collegiate water polo player, were it not for the throngs of fans reaching out to touch him. His 2003 on-stage ensemble of flared light-wash jeans and stone-cut pecs would have found an enthusiastic audience in any pop heartthrob’s fans, save for his anarchist lyrics and penchant for rolling around in glass. Or, consider the fact that earlier this year, Pop posed nude for a live drawing class at the New York Academy of Art. In the news, conceptual artist Jeremy Deller explained of his decision to spearhead the project, “His body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture. His body has witnessed much and should be documented,” but he could have simply said, “The man looks incredible.”
Chalk it up to great genes or a proof that punk performance is the world’s greatest workout, but Iggy Pop is peacocking Michelangelo-worthy abs at an age (and hour) when most grandparents are placing their dentures in a fizzy glass of Polident. Happy birthday, Iggy. Here’s to having beach-ready abs year-round, forever.
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