Theo Wargo/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame By Amanda Silberling An eponymous album marks a major moment in an artist’s career. For women, owning one’s work, body, and artistry can be especially powerful, even political. Throughout Women’s History Month, MTV News is highlighting some of these iconic statements from some of the biggest artists on the globe. This is Self-Titled. My friend died about a month ago, which is still hard for me to understand. We remember it when her relatives tag her in Facebook posts, throwing every picture they have of her into the digital ether, desperate to make sure she will continue to exist. Or, we remember it when we log onto Spotify and we no longer see what songs she’s listening to. St. Vincent made a similar observation eight years ago, that the social internet isn’t built to accommodate death, or to determine what it really means when someone stops logging on. “I’m entombed in a shrine / Of zeroes and ones / You know,” she sings on “Huey Newton.” S… Click below to read the full story from MTV News
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