Laverne Cox Talks Hosting Billboard Women in Music 2025, ‘Clean Slate’ Creation & More | Billboard News

Laverne Cox has been officially announced as the host for Billboard Women in Music 2025, and we sat down with the star to get her feelings on hosting an empowering night for women, creating her new show ‘Clean Slate’ and more!

Are you excited for her new show? Let us know in the comments!

Rania Aniftos:

I mean, you’re no stranger to hosting red carpets. You are front and center of glitz and glam. How does it feel now to be able to host an event that’s primarily focused on women?

Laverne Cox:

I love being a woman. I think women are the most powerful, amazing humans on the planet. The ways in which women have evolved are leading in all areas, and particularly in music. I’m insanely excited. I mean, the women who are performing, the women we’re honoring. I’m a fan, I’m a fangirl, and I just can’t wait to celebrate and have a party with everybody. 

I agree. And I mean, you, of course, are such a pillar of representation, and you so fiercely advocate for humans to be all on the same level. And I’ve been noticing myself a big shift, especially in music, that women get to express themselves however they truly are. We see it with all the pop girls lately. Why do you think now is the time where we see women kind of expressing themselves and their full potential and their full capacity?

I’m older, so I think about artists like a Tina Turner or Madonna. I think a lot about Madonna, when I think about this moment and how much control she took over her career, of every aspect of it, and how she was represented. And more and more, women are having that control artistically. 

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