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    Madame X: Album Discussion

    in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum

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    7 minutes ago, metalissimo said:

    No way, I will be very disappointed if Madame X debuts at no.2 being blocked by Bruce new album.

    Rebel Heart was kept off from No.1 by Empire Soundtrack by more SEA and TEA, but Rebel Heart had more traditional album sales.

    Rebel Heart should've been Madonna's 9th no.1 album and made Madonna is the female act with second-most no.1 album after Barbra Streisand.

    I'm really hoping Madame X will be her 9th no.1 album on Billboard 200 chart

    I hope you’ll be able to make it through such a difficult time.

    Madame X: 'A Combustible, Political, Musical Manifesto'

    in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum

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    14 hours ago, Herfaceremains said:

    I’m in total agreement regarding the rollout strategy. I think she and her team are very aware of what they are doing. It’s difficult to create a moment in this disposable culture, let alone the momentum to have a longer term worldwide impact, and what she has already managed to do with these first three more commercially palatable releases is create buzz...a great deal of buzz by anyone’s standards, but there’s actually a sense that people are reawakening to Madonna. I didn’t think that would happen with all the vitriol and knee jerk dismissal she’s been the recipient of for a good part of this decade. It’s uncanny how astute she is after several years of floundering in the chaos of the ever-evolving music industry. For the first time in almost fifteen years Madonna is truly redefining the game again. And she’s hardly even gotten started yet! The promo rollout is just beginning. Once the album drops, we are going to get to digest what is possibly shaping up to be Madonna’s magnum opus. I have a feeling we are in for a very rich and layered treat...

    I don’t think this is a political album in the sense of it being an indictment of specific American or Western governments and public figures. I think it is broadly political in the sociological sense that the violence, the volatility, the lack of transparency and the confusion of our world have so radically reshaped the human experience both intellectually and metaphysically at such a rapid pace in our current era...as a mother, as a person of privilege, and as an activist, Madonna has found new ways to express herself through the concept of Madame X. It’s a brilliant move that opens up a multiverse of artistic explorations both visually and sonically, and it gives her the dramatic flair of a character to convey her message more poetically. There is the sense that Madonna has redefined the way she sees herself and her legacy, and she has rediscovered her passion for creative performance outside of the requirements of commercial viability. That’s very exciting to me! 

    Excellent post. Thank you.

    "Crave" thread

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    Just now, ketchup said:

    Doesn’t it seem like the theme she’s been building has just gone away in effort to have a mainstream hit? I don’t see “Madame X” in this at all. Even the cover art looks a bit slapped together when everything else up to this point has been extremely well art directed. 

    I do think the song is good and catchy but it leaves me feeling a bit empty. Medellin took me someplace other than the top 40 which is all I’m really getting from this song. There’s nothing inherently wrong with doing something mainstream, but that’s not how she was setting this era up. Just feels kinda meh. Hoping there’s more interesting stuff on the album. 

    Nope.

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