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    Madonna @ Graham Norton show (June 14th)

    in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum

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    1 minute ago, Nikki said:

    you can see from the pic she looks uncomfortable. the look isn't even that beautiful or special.. her boobs are naturally amazing and she doesn't need a corset.. that's why she's out of breath, it's very hard to feel good in and it's not flattering.. she's so much more beautiful with other outfits

    I thought she looked like a true star. Reminded me of Erotica era. Nothing pretty or approachable about her. Just pure power. I prefer Madonna like that. If I want pretty I can go to 2004 or something. Madonna just seems to make much more sense when she's kinda owning her persona. It's something that all her imitators try to do. Gaga with... all the crap she wears, Ariana with that stupid ponytail, Katy with... whatever :lol: Madonna's transcended sex symbol status, now she's just a star. I love her

    Madame X: Your top 5

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    Just now, SheldonCooper said:

    This is hard!

    after barely 24hours with this masterpiece this is mine:

    1. God Control

    2. Medellin

    3. Looking For Mercy

    4. Crazy

    5. I Don’t Search i Find  

     

    Can we start a campaign like right now for Madonna to work with Mirwais on her next album please thank you!

     

    For real. There doesn't seem to make much sense collaborating with anyone else at this point. Mirwais' work on this album is incredibly diverse and intricate. Nothing samey about it. 

    That's not to say that Starrah and Mike Dean didn't do phenomenal work. But it doesn't hold a candle to Madonna and Mirwais. Clearly they were made for each other

    Madonna @ Graham Norton show (June 14th)

    in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum

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    Wow, yeah, I just watched the whole thing.

    Some of you guys have really lost your minds. How was this in any way anything other than Madonna simply being Madonna? She swallowed up the entire room. Madonna is still the same captivating star she was in say, 1984 or 1991 or 2000 or 2012. That's no easy feat. Acko referred to Madonna's perceived irrelevance being a total red herring, and this is a good example of that. The scrutiny she gets from ever her own fans. She's still an enigma! 

    Anyway, the interview was fabulous and she exuded confidence and old school bitchy aloofness. It's her thing, just let her do her already.

    Madonna @ Graham Norton show (June 14th)

    in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum

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    32 minutes ago, jonski43 said:

    😂 Oh and one of the greatest Shakespearean actors in the world.

    He and M are cut from the same cloth and I don't think he'd take any shit even from top Hollywood stars.

    But yes, she was leaning back as her corset was clearly too tight. Her boobs were amazing. 

    I wasn't as relaxed as last time when she had the full show though.

    I wonder if she couldn't get her own hour to herself now on a British show. Maybe previous ratings went good enough to justify it. We know times have changed.

    I’m bad with names, especially when it comes to Hollywood. Sorry lol

    Madonna @ Graham Norton show (June 14th)

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    12 minutes ago, Kurt420 said:

    Honestly, having now seen the interview and also having read the reactions to her in this interview, I can understand why. Yes, she's "iron clad"  Madonna and she's dealt with so much worse but fuck I would hate to be her. Obviously, we've seen her much more relaxed in interviews but in no way was she a bitch or rude so to read some of the absolute meltdowns over this just seems a bit over the top. Then again, that's the name of the game these days......a storm in a teacup over the most innocuous things. Then in the same breath people wonder why she's not Ms. Congeniality at every event she attends......hmmm......probably because she's fucking scared to look (or not look) at someone the wrong way cuz it means she's a bitch, or god forbid say the "wrong thing". I swear to God, she could say something as innocent as she prefers strawberries to blueberries and within 5 minutes the world's blueberry farmers will have dragged her on every social media platform known to man with comments to supporting them. Obviously, I'm being facetious but truly.....it doesn't take much for people to completely lose their shit......and all over nothing. 

    It's worth noting that the "career ending" performance of less than a month ago has barely had a mention in even the worse of MX reviews. Yet it was TRULY the end of the world for some. 🙄 We never learn. This cycle will be repeated many more times before the end of the era. God forbid she doesn't check everything off of everyone's personal list for the tour. 🙄

    But yeah....NO IDEA why she'd EVER seem a little uncomfortable :lmao: NOT. A. CLUE. 🤷‍♂️

    For real. Just today I saw an article from yahoo or something that was all about how some fans aren’t feeling the eye patch. All that copy, dedicated to a fashion accessory, with tweets from a bunch of twitter twinks who probably listen to Ariana Grande. Now Madonna’s body language is alarming people and making them wonder about her health? Add all the other meltdowns I wasn’t here for (apparently there were magnum opus threads melting down about Anitta?) and I’ve come to the conclusion that Madonna fans have bought the worst narratives about Madonna hook line and sinker. We are part of the problem it seems.

    let the woman live. 

    Madonna @ Graham Norton show (June 14th)

    in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum

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    5 minutes ago, Ciccone's Cheeks said:

    Um..oh my wow...sorry but that was HARD..actually, *sorry-ish but kind of cringe to watch!😯🤔😖  second one/instant (demeanor, tone, etc..). One of her worst interviews? Makes Letterman 1994 look iconic and glorious. She was at least still her true self and didnt give a flying sh!t. She has a LOT on her mind. Who? (GP/non loon fan not sense that?) Cant remember the last time I've seen her so disconnected, disinterested, meh about an era/life, insecure and somewhat 'troubled'. But w/ M theres never NO reason for her acting, speaking, moving, etc etc..a certain way. 😞 

    Ok was it really this bad or are you maybe over analyzing it just a touch 

    I mean for real

    MADAME X album reviews

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    3 minutes ago, side_streets said:

    The Hollywood Reporter has published their review.

    It is terrible, even one of their journalists distanced himself from it

    I will paste it here. Don't give them clicks. If you have Twitter account, you can call them out.

    Luckily, it doesn't count.

    PS. The last sentence is hilarious. 😂

     

    Madonna is back with a true head-scratcher in Madame X, her 14th album, rounding out her fourth decade as a pop star. Musically, it’s a mess and represents her trying to meld the sounds of Lisbon, Portugal, her home the past several years, with influences as far-flung as Latin, trap, disco and seemingly any other cultural trinket she picked up at World Market. It also features some of the stupidest lyrics you’re likely to hear this year.

    The net experience is like hanging out with your aunt who’s trying to impress you by doing ecstasy, telling you about her sex life and pretending she’s woke. Basically: what no human wants to hear right now.

    For anyone who remembers the period where Madge pretended to have a British accent and dabbled in Eastern mysticism, this is the logical extension of the cultural confusion that has defined this century for the sexagenarian pop star. Madonna has struggled the past decade — with identity politics, social media stunts (remember the rollout of Rebel Heart?) and simply making music that has any resonance with contemporary audiences.

    The new record features a Ritalin-addled melange of vibes that often feel like Rihanna leftovers. We get the pop singer teaming up with young rappers like Quavo and Swae Lee, with pretty forgettable results. For production duties, she's enlisted a grab bag of producers, but even Mirwais, who helped keep her career going on Music and Confessions on a Dancefloor, can’t rekindle any of those albums’ sense of fun or poppy concision. And Diplo’s services behind the boards do little to move the needle — though his presence, as one of 21st century pop’s most recognized pilferers, feels apt.

    Apparently, this is a concept album in which Madonna assumes the role of Madame X, whom she described to the Today show as "a spy.”

    “She's a secret agent. She travels the world. She changes her identity. She sleeps with one eye open. And she travels through the day with one eye shut. She's actually been wounded. So she's covering up one of her eyes," the artist said.

    There is definitely something The Spy Who Shagged Me-esque about this whole get-up (with a dash of Billy the Puppet doll from the Saw franchise). It's a persona that amounts to little and feels like a completely arbitrary, unnecessary reinvention.

    As for the songs themselves, their titles give you a pretty good indication of what you’re in store for. In “Extreme Occident,” Madonna sings, “I went to the far right / Then I went to the far left / I tried to recover my center of gravity” and speaks to how she’s taken loosely from various Asian cultures. There's not an ounce of self-awareness.

    And then there are tracks with names like “God Control,” which you know are going to be brutal. “God Control” goes from trap to bouncy disco to children’s choir spouting out the ridiculous chorus, “We lost God control.” It’s a six-plus-minute odyssey ending in a flitter of Madonna whispering, “wake up, wake up, wake up.”

    On “Killers Who Are Partying,” she hits perhaps a career low as she sings, “I’ll be Africa if Africa is shot down / I will be poor if the poor are humiliated / I’ll be a child if the children are exploited / I know what I am / and I know what I’m not / I’ll be Israel if they’re incarcerated / I'll be Native Indian if the Indian has been taken.” What is she trying to say, exactly? In what way is Israel "incarcerated"? How can she be “Native Indian” or “Africa”? Is Africa being “shot down”? The sense of confused self-importance and entitlement are hard to shake off on an album riddled with moments like this.

    There are a few hopeful bits sprinkled throughout, but they don’t last long. She does a decent Wendy Carlos impression on “Dark Ballet.” And when the bassline for “I Don’t Search I Find” drops, there’s a ray of light: It almost sounds like the Aphex Twin collaboration that never happened, and even though it’s a clear rip-off of “Vogue,” it’s the closest thing here you can actually imagine human beings dancing to. But then, during a breakdown, she regrettably sings: “It’s our gypsy blood / We live between life and death.” Guh.

    Who is this album for? It feels like another piece of Madonna’s journey of cultural appropriation, tailored to satisfy her own fleeting interests above all. At 15 songs, and nearing an hour running time, it’s exhausting. Madonna’s voice has never been her strong suit, and here the vocals are drenched in Auto-Tune and other effects so that it barely registers as Madonna for most of the album.

    Madame X is so brazen and confident that you almost have to admire it. Almost. If only it weren’t also so grueling, shaggy and oversaturated with cringe. But what does a new album for Madonna really need to accomplish besides providing the pretext for a tour and other branding contracts? She was a pioneer of the 360 deal, after all.

    Why can’t Madonna get back together with Jellybean and record a freestyle album? Is that too much to ask?


     

    sounds like it was written to impress a college professor or something. 

    oh well, if we wanna stoop to the Stan war level, it doesn't count for Metacryptic so NA NA NA :lmao:

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