Jim34
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31 minutes ago, Sky Fits Heaven said:
Heavy costume and eye-patch limiting her moves, grillz limiting her singing, a slow version of a dance classic and a new unknown song to entertain live 200 millions of people? Well, let's say that the stars were aligned for a flat performance. It's in situations like this that I feel that Madonna is for sure surrounded by yes people, cuz how come all of that got green-lighted? It wasn't bad per se, but, in my opinion, was just boring and unmemorable and in the end it feels like a big wasted opportunity.
I agree with everything
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Medellin 9
I Rise 7
Crave 8
Future 5
Soltera 5
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I heard it today for the first time on one of the biggest german radio station.
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When will the Crave video drop? Any official announcement?
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That really surprises me. I was sure that it will be a smash in latin countries.
Whatever, I enjoy every second of the Madame X era.
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So, the strategy was to make Medellin a hit in Latin countries.
Did it work? Is Medellin succesful there?
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1 hour ago, svperstar said:
The fact we are getting a second video so soon, and for such a well received song, is enough to maintain my enthusiasm. Ill reserve judgment on the quality till I actually see it.
The fact that we are getting this much, this rapidly, should be cause for celebration in this community. We have NEVER seen something like this from one of her music eras.
This! We should be grateful.
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1 hour ago, Dr Lecter said:
No one really knows anything so just enjoy the Ride and be grateful she isn’t reduced to doing 6minute medleys of her hots and a Vegas permanent show
This !
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Who heard Crave already on radio?
I hope this time german Radio stations will pick it up.
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It took me a while to get into Crave. After hearing it more than ten times it got me hooked.
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20 hours ago, Jim34 said:
Medellin - 9
I rise - 7
Crave - 4
It took me a while to get Into Crave. After hearing it more than ten times it got me hooked. Now Crave - 8
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4 hours ago, Herfaceremains said:
Thank you
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Medellin - 9
I rise - 7
Crave - 4
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On 5/8/2019 at 12:04 AM, ashtangi74 said:
So different of what i expected. For me this is the weakest track.
I still think the big tracks are on the album.
this aint single material.
I still hope it's not the second single. Nice promo single, but not more. We'll see.
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15 minutes ago, Wunderkind said:
The song just doesn’t resonate with me. It leaves me a bit cold actually. Doesn’t happen often with a Madonna song. I do
like her vocals (most of them) but the song doesn’t really go anywhere imo (attack’s in 3,2,1...), I find it rather boring tbh.
I'm with you. Exactly my thoughts.
But I'm fine with that cause soon there's a whole album in stores for us.
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15 minutes ago, Wunderkind said:
Not feeling this one.
Same Here. To be honest I'm disappointed. Not the kind of music that I like. The song is boring. Just my opinion.
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11 hours ago, Kurt420 said:
While I feel like my I Rise love has sort of plateaued, Medellin just keeps getting better and better to me. Still discovering new things within the song. Easily one of the best and most unique lead singles she's ever released and was a perfect choice. So glad she didn't go with something like I Rise....which is a great song and instantly drew me, there was no "getting used" to that song (unlike Medellin) but listening to it 3 days later, I'm finding some of it's luster has worn off already. We are so early on in the album era though so everything is subject to change! Let's not forget also that songs often sound completely different within the context of the album as well.
I feel the same! I Love Medellin now. I lost interest in I Rise already.
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We are still weeks out from radio play in USA... can't wait to hear Crave on the radio!!!
According to President of Maverick Music Greg Thompson:
"To that end, “Crave” with Swae Lee will become the de facto pop radio single upon its release, with an official music video to soon follow. Meanwhile, “Medellín” -- which received a global television launch across Viacom networks in April -- will continue being pushed in Latin markets. The decision to lead with “Medellín” instead of “Crave” came down to the belief that it was “the signature track to the body of work, and the right place to start telling the story,” says Thompson. He adds, “I think we have a good shot to get a top five club record with some [‘Medellín’] remixes, and get that song into people’s spaces that they might not anticipate.” (Madonna has notched a record 57 top five-charting hits on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart.)
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509948/madonna-madame-x-album-campaign-rollout
This also explains why Medellín is getting absolutely no promo effort on european radio stations. I was really concerned about the fact that german radio stations bareley play Medellin.
Can't wait for Crave
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8 minutes ago, Jazzy Jan said:
Beautiful photos and wonderful to see her on the cover of Vogue where she belongs. Can't wait to get a copy of this.
She is such an intelligent woman and always love her interviews. Not completely sure though that her comments regarding her children in print is a good idea. Just know that is can create jealously issues amongst her children reading some of those comments and that can be very difficult in the future. I know she loves them all unconditionally and is an incredible loving mother but maybe a little too revealing for them to read and those quotes will be referenced a lot into the future.
I thought the same. I like that she opens up about her children but I think it's a bit strange for the kids themselves to read this.
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She is authentic and always has been!
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7 hours ago, VogueMusic said:
FINALLY!!!!!
Perfectly written article.
A must-read for everyone.
This article is perfect and so true! The writer ( she is a female) really understands her and her relevance for women and for society in general.
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It's a bit strange in Germany. There seems to be little interest in Medellin. Doesn't make sense to me cause there are many songs with latin influences which are very succesful.
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1 hour ago, vertigokane said:
Inside Madonna's Ambitious 'Madame X' Album Campaign: Augmented Reality, Multiple Singles, Tour Prep and TikTok
Less than an hour after she delivered one of the most imaginative awards show performances in a career full of them, Madonna stood backstage in an eye patch at the Billboard Music Awards, explaining how the seeds of her forthcoming album, Madame X, were planted more than three decades ago.
“[Madame X] was a name given to me when I was 19 and I first moved to New York, by a woman who I looked up to and admired,” Madonna told Billboard's Senior Director of Charts Keith Caulfield. The woman she was referring to was modern dance genius Martha Graham, who influenced Madonna’s choreography as a mentor, prior to her death in 1991. “And she gave me that name because she said she couldn’t recognize all my different personas, because I kept changing the way I looked.
“And that was in the beginning of my career, when I didn’t think about who I should be or what I should be -- I was experimenting,” Madonna continued. “And so I felt like I had come full circle, and gave the record that name, because I’m in the same frame of mind.”
If the title of Madame X, Madonna’s fourteenth studio album due out June 14, reflects the complex, multifaceted nature of her pop aesthetic, so will the way in which the full-length is unfurled. There’s already been “Medellín,” the mid-tempo, multi-lingual Latin pop confection alongside Colombian heartthrob Maluma released last month, as well as its opulent, cinematic music video for the track, which clocks in at nearly seven minutes.
Then there was the pair’s Billboard Music Awards showcase of the song, which combined live dancers and light BDSM play with augmented reality technology, which allowed multiple avatars of Madonna to seemingly grace the stage on the ceremony’s telecast. Madonna says that she came up with the concept for the eye-popping set piece “many, many months ago,” and required weeks of rehearsals to properly configure her AR personas for the green screen.
Yet as ambitious as the visual presentations of “Medellín” have been, the song represents just the first piece of the multi-track pre-album rollout that Madonna has planned over the next six weeks. The Maluma collaboration has already been followed by “I Rise,” the theatrical solo song that closes out the Madame X track list and was unveiled on Friday (May 3). The inspirational track features a sample of speech made by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting survivor Emma González
Next up is “Crave,” the combustible team-up with Swae Lee, on May 10; the Rae Sremmurd rapper is currently riding a hot streak as a featured artist thanks to his appearance on French Montana’s “Unforgettable,” Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” and Ellie Goulding and Diplo's “Close to Me.” After “Crave” comes “Future,” a Quavo collaboration that was also produced by Diplo, on May 17, and finally June 7 will bring “Dark Ballet,” one of the more multi-dimensional songs on the new album, according to President of Maverick Music Greg Thompson.
“[The album] is a journey, and there are a lot of chapters,” Thompson explains of the decision to slowly trickle out five tracks ahead of the release, a deviation from Madonna’s previous rollouts. Her last album, 2015’s Rebel Heart, suffered leaks months ahead of release, resulting in six songs being rushed out early for an iTunes pre-order. “In a world where we’re more song-driven than we’ve been in a long time as an industry, it became a real question and a challenge: How do we make sure that people really understand this album by the time it comes out, but still have songs that can be hit singles in certain areas?”
To that end, “Crave” with Swae Lee will become the de facto pop radio single upon its release, with an official music video to soon follow. Meanwhile, “Medellín” -- which received a global television launch across Viacom networks in April -- will continue being pushed in Latin markets. The decision to lead with “Medellín” instead of “Crave” came down to the belief that it was “the signature track to the body of work, and the right place to start telling the story,” says Thompson. He adds, “I think we have a good shot to get a top five club record with some [‘Medellín’] remixes, and get that song into people’s spaces that they might not anticipate.” (Madonna has notched a record 57 top five-charting hits on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart.)
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8509948/madonna-madame-x-album-campaign-rollout
Interesting read. I think this release strategy is in point. The rollout til now seems to work.
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35 minutes ago, robster said:
M Will be on the cover of the British Vogue in June, issue is out May 10th! Photography by Mert & Marcus
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/madonna-june-issue-british-vogue-2019
OMG
Madonna's CONTROVERSIAL & SHOW-STOPPING Eurovision performance
in ARCHIVE - The MADAME X Forum
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I just read the articles you mention. All the other media outlets rip her to shred too. I think it's all a Bit to dramatic. But the truth is that her perfomance was a lost opportunity.