Madonna and Quavo rehearsing "Future" for the Eurovision performance tonight

Madonna - Like A Prayer + Future (feat. Quavo) live in Eurovision 2019

StrangeButTrue said:

I feel like she’s using her “old voice” more and not trying to sound all perfect and proper.

I disagree - I think she's trying to emulate the vocal affectations of a lot of modern pop teens. It sounds super forced to me and is a big reason why I am disappointed in the songs so far. The only exception is "Medellin".

StrangeButTrue said:

I feel like she’s using her “old voice” more and not trying to sound all perfect and proper.

I like the way she sounds on "Crave" .It's such a sexy song

ran so far to try to find the thing I lacked and there it was inside.....of.....me

^^ the performance of "Future" was amazing!

some fans are convinced that the spoken part in the middle is part of the song "Dark Ballet"

Hudson said:

The music during that was from The Nutcracker suite. Really bizarre if THAT makes it on the album.

SoulAlive said:

some fans are convinced that the spoken part in the middle is part of the song "Dark Ballet"

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Her official version of the Eurovision performance is described as "You’re watching Madonna and Quavo’s performance of “Future” and Madonna’s performance of “Like A Prayer/Dark Ballet” from Eurovision."

StrangeButTrue said:

SoulAlive said:

some fans are convinced that the spoken part in the middle is part of the song "Dark Ballet"

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Her official version of the Eurovision performance is described as "You’re watching Madonna and Quavo’s performance of “Future” and Madonna’s performance of “Like A Prayer/Dark Ballet” from Eurovision."

well, you'd be watching her performance from eurovision, but you wouldn't be listening to it

that's either a whole new vocal tracks for LAP on the official youtube version or they managed to
do some serious magic on the vocal track post performance.

Hudson said:

I LOVE Future! It's gotta be a single/video.

It's a good song....very catchy with a great message.

StrangeButTrue said:

Wouldn’t it be fun if she started switching her silly eyepatch from one side to the other? Why not?

New Dates Added To Madonna - Madame X Tour Due To Demand In New York, Chicago, Los Angeles & London

Due to overwhelming demand, Madonna's Madame X Tour has announced additional dates in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Newly added New York shows will take place October 2 through October 7; Chicago shows October 23 and October 24; Los Angeles shows November 19 and November 20.

^^she also added Las Vegas,Boston,Philly and Miami.

Got tickets for London! So excited!!!!!

rlittler81 said:

Got tickets for London! So excited!!!!!

Congratulations.You're one of the lucky ones.I've seen some disappointed fans complaining that they didn't get tickets.

some early reviews of the album are starting to appear.I guess there was some kind of listening party.Someone who was there wrote this.....

Just listened to the whole of #Madamex (with cakes) Can safely say the best is yet to come. Some fantastic dark dramatic work with Mirwais
The highlights? Dark Ballet, I Don’t Search I Find
She’s clever…saved the really personal stuff for the album release…
There’s a beautiful, weird piano-led track, and a disco banger…hard to describe…strange world pop?
She sings out on a few. She is comfortable. She’s in her own space
I think stadiums aren’t quite right for this album…theatres will be perfect
Least favourite? Hmmm…Looking for Mercy
The disco track was my favourite!
I am…I actually prefer this album to Rebel Heart…it feels more organic
Yes, one disco track that takes us right back to that Detroit dance floor
Is there something like Paradise (Not For Me)? – Yes, though updated to now…imagine a conversation between Madonna and Mirwais now
Review? It’ll be in the next issue of Mojo mag x
I personally think she’s better in one to one collaboration with a trusted producer (eg Orbit, Mirwais, Pat Leonard)
It’s like she’s gone beyond the sales – ‘this is my life in Lisbon’…
Couple of fillers, but they feel more like a vibe, rather than ‘we sat the production team in a room and they didn’t come up with anything’. More organic
About ‘Killers’ – I can’t say too much, but it is a manifesto song…Madonna laying herself in the line
Autotune…but less obviously. The more relaxed she is the less she needs it
Are the Mirwais tracks simple or electronic – Imagine where he would be now. French house a big influence…and world pop
Another ‘Hung Up’? – One or two…me and the writer from Attitude really like a couple that haven’t been singles yet!
I actually think the best tracks have been held forthe album release, but that’s my personal preference!

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"I just listened to Madame X.....Reviews embargoed until June 4 but it is a surprisingly intense Xperience"---journalist Matthew Todd

So the verdict on @Madonna #madamex is in after two listens and I think it’s brilliant. The work of an artist who is exploring her creativity and not chasing the charts-----journalist Simon Button

the "Crave" video is finished and will be released tomorrow

I actually like her collaborators on this album. The Eurovision performance was panned, but "Future" is my favourite new track. I like Quavo on it! I bet he wrote a lot of it. Interesting it is billed as a duet rather than a feature.

Anitta is a huge singer out of Brazil, and cool to see her on a Madame X album track.

On "Killers Who Are Partying", you sing “I’ll be Israel if Israel is imprisoned, I’ll be Islam if Islam is attacked”. How should we understand this? That you want to be aligned with minorities?

What Mirwais and I wanted to say with that song is that we don’t see the world as fragmented, but as united. And I’m a part of that world. I’m an aspect of the Universe’s soul. I don’t define myself by categories and labels. But society loves labels and to separate people. Poor people, gay people, Africans. Because it makes us feel safe. What I’m saying in this song is that I’ll be each of the boxes you try to put me in. I’ll put myself on the frontline. I’ll take the hits; the heat...because I’m a citizen of the world and my soul is connected to everyone else’s. Also I’m responsible for everyone and I must take care of them. If someone else suffers, then I suffer. To me a song is an act and a declaration of solidarity.

Mirwais co-produced six songs on this album with you. How was it getting back together?

We never lost touch. It was great to work together again." Killers Who Are Partying" was the first song we worked on together. It’s a political song, but everything Mirwais and I do together ends up being political. Because that’s also his way of thinking. The guitar you can hear at the beginning of the track is a sample I took from a fado session. The sound of the guitar is exactly what I wanted. I felt extremely inspired by the melancholy and the feeling of this music, by the sounds of Cesaria Evora, or morna and of Cape Verde. The authenticity of the music I heard in Portugal moved me. I wanted to take this style of music and make it sound more modern. I asked Mirwais: “What do you think you can do with this? Does it inspire you?”...obviously it did!

On Dark Ballet, you sing “your world is full of pain”. Are you no longer part of our world?

I’m not saying that. Im saying this world where people are governed and dominated by the illusion of celebrity and luck; governed, dominated and enslaved to social media; governed and dominated by people who oppress and discriminate against others...I refuse to be a part of that world. This song was inspired by Joan of Arc and her story. It’s like a crossroads: Madame X and JOA come together. I speak her words and her language. I say “I’m not afraid of dying for what I believe in”. And that’s exactly how I feel.

A year ago when Guy O posted a photo to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ROL, you answered “Remember when I was allowed to be creative and didn't have to go to writing camps where people can't stand still for more than 3 minutes.” Did you get to feel like you got to be the visionary this time?

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I was clowning on the inside but now Im intrigued and actually want to hear it as one piece, with the review saying shes going with her own flow instead of trying so hard to go into trends. God make this better than the forgettables of MDNA, Rebel Heart, Hard Candy eras that Ive only playe once. Confessions was her last relevant/real release to me.