pairing it with an '80s-inspired synth-pop palette. The album's closing track, power ballad "Appetite," is even an ode to desire itself: "I'm chewing you up, chewing you up," she chants on the rousing coda, refusing to apologize for going after what she wants. It recalls the delicious sensory abundance of a Mary Oliver poem: "there is no end/...to the happiness your body/is willing to bear."
Imagine showing up to work at your high-powered Wall Street job and being asked to play Max Headroom, or execute the iconic lift from "Dirty Dancing?" Blackstone's latest holiday video dropped on Thursday, celebrating the firm's 40th anniversary with a slew of 80s references. Three of the Blackstone executives featured in the latest edition of the "cringeworthy" Wall Street tradition spoke to Business Insider about their experience.