- Nice eye patch. - [Interviewer] I don't
know if anyone can see it. But I just
- Are you-- - [Interviewer] I swear,
she gave me the eye patch. - Well, we're Madame X-ing together. - [Interviewer] You smell lovely. - Thank you. - [Interviewer] Is that
some sort of MDNA scent? - It's called Portrait of a Lady. - [Interviewer] Really? - I know. A girl can dream. - [Interviewer] Let's talk about tonight. - Mmmhmm. - [Interviewer] You just
finished performing Medellín? - Yes. - [Interviewer] With Maluma - Yes, Maluma baby. - [Interviewer] Crazy,
fantastic, hi-tech performance. - Thank you. Yeah. - [Interviewer] When
did you start planning and prepping for this? - Um. Many many many months ago - [Interviewer] Should be
like a year ago. (chuckles) - It wasn't a year ago, but it was a long time ago. 'Cause the technology had
to be explained to me. And I couldn't figure it out. I kept saying that wait a minute let's get this straight. And there were options. - [Interviewer] Mmmhmm. - So, you know there's augmented reality. There's virtual reality. There's combination of the two. But they take a lot of
time and preparation, and filming and yeah, so. - [Interviewer] So much. How long were you in
rehearsals specific for this to get all the dance move down and - Well, rehearsals for
the personas for the on the green screen, - [Interviewer] Yeah. - couple of weeks. - [Interviewer] Mmmhmm. - And then rehearsals for
the actual performance by myself without Maluma for couple of weeks. And then with Maluma, about a week, yeah. - [Interviewer] Okay. And the Medellín is
the first sort of taste of new music from the Madame X album? - That is correct. - [Interviewer] I feel like there's more taste coming before the main course am I correct in thinking that? - There are. We're gonna give you a
little smorgasbord of - [Interviewer] Series
of appetizers (chuckles) - Delights, some appetizers
from around the world, yes. - [Interviewer] Amazing - Mmmhmm. - [Interviewer] There's a Swae Lee track. - Yes. - [Interviewer] Crave. - Crave. Yeah. - [Interviewer] Why did you
wanna work with Swae Lee? - Because I think he's really talented. - [Interviewer] Of course. - He is. I think he's a very good writer. I think he's a great singer. And he's so cute. Kid's important. - [Interviewer] Kid's important - Yeah he has good energy. - [Interviewer] What was
special about the track, like how did the track come to, was a collaboration two of you writing? - No, I wrote a song with Starrah. - [Interviewer] Okay. - And it was something that I've written when we first, when I first start putting the record together. And then I kind of put
it on the back burner when I started working
with all the musicians I was working with in Lisbon. - [Interviewer] Mmmhmm. - And then I went back to the wait, let me revisit all
the first songs I wrote. And I listen to Crave. And I thought I need I need to sing with a man on this song. 'Cause it's the song about desire and longing. Longing. Desire and longing. I just. I like the tone of his voice. So, I ask him to be on it with me. - [Interviewer] So it started
out sort of as a solo song and then you thought
- yeah - [Interviewer] you need a male
voice on here to counterpart - Yeah yeah. - [Interviewer] Was it was it hard for you to kind of narrow down the number of songs that
you had going into the album or you just kind of going to there with a concept of like
- Oh - [Interviewer] Here are
specific tracks I want. - No no. I had no idea how many songs I was gonna end up with. I just. The record was born in Lisbon. And I was, originally I work with a
lot of Portuguese musicians. And sang several songs in Portuguese. And then it kind of expanded to different countries To Brazil. To Colombia. And then intersperse, you know working with Mirwais, the French producer. So the song kinda, it's really a global album. - [Interviewer] Yeah. - So. - [Interviewer] Do you sort of consider it like a concept album in a way? 'Cause like with the Madame X personas. - I don't really know what that means. - [Interviewer] Well,
in a sense of you know there's all these different
personas, you know the equestrian and the teacher. - But they're all. They're all extensions of me anyways because I do all those things. - [Interviewer] Right. - Believe it or not I do clean my house. So I consider myself a housekeeper. - [Interviewer] Really? - And I ride horses and I love it. And I can teach you to do
the cha-cha if you want. - [Interviewer] I might fall over. - So, it's saying that
I am all these things. but also the other reason that I
named the record Madame X is because it was given 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 and she gave me that name because she said she couldn't recognize all my different personas 'cause I kept changing the way I looked. So, 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. - [Interviewer] Mmmhmm. - And so, I felt like I had come full circle and gave the record that name. 'Cause I'm in the same frame of mind. Does that make sense? - [Interviewer] Yeah. Who was the woman that gave you the name? - Martha Graham. - [Interviewer] Good lord. - The great Martha Graham. - [Interviewer] You went to - Do you know I I danced in her school - [Interviewer] Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah. She was alive
when I studied there. And I danced in Pearl Lang who was one of her
proteges' dance companies. - [Interviewer] You've
eventually met Martha Graham in person at some point later.
- Yes, I did. And we met she was mad at me then she gave me the name Madame X. And then years later when I was successful, she asked me to give her an award. And we traded stories about those days when I was a bad girl. - [Interviewer] You're working
with Mirwais on the album. - Yeah - [Interviewer] He produced Medellín. - Many of the tracks, yes. - [Interviewer] He produced
other tracks as well. - Yeah. - [Interviewer] What
was it like going back and revisiting, working with him after kind of a little bit. - It was nice. It was refreshing 'cause he's a real deep thinking philosophical existentialist intellectual. And he likes to argue. And debate. And pontificate. - [Interviewer] Do you
like having him in studio when you're writing. - I do actually. - [Interviewer] Okay. - Because it provokes thought which is rare these days. And And then it gives you idea for songs and then you dig deep and you start to learn about characters like I have a song on
the called Dark Ballet. - [Interviewer] Mmmhmm. - Which believe it or not, is about, is inspired by Joan of Arc. So, when we were writing the song, we start doing all these
research on Joan of Arc that I never knew about. And I mean I learned things about her that I didn't know about beyond the broad strokes
that everybody knows. - [Interviewer] Right. - So things like that come up. You know, then we start selling setting filmmakers or or philosophers or you know quantum physics or you name it, so. - [Interviewer] This totally
translates to pop music. Right?
- It It does eventually. - [Interviewer] It does? Eventually. - Yeah, so somewhere in that pop music is deep metaphysical thinking. - [Interviewer] I'm assuming
there's gonna be a tour maybe at some point? You're probably not allowed
to say anything right now. - It's been spoken about - [Interviewer] Okay. - In such a deep way - [Interviewer] Okay. - That I'm actually having
a production meetings. Yes. - [Interviewer] So it's
probably happening. - Yes. - [Interviewer] May I make a request? - For a song you want me to perform? - [Interviewer] Just to consider - Just a teeny one the tiny one. - [Interviewer] A tiny one. - What do you. What do you
missing from the repertoire? - [Interviewer] Okay. So you've had 38 top ten hits on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart. That is a record. - I'd like to have more. - [Interviewer] We can work on that. - You don't like me anymore. - [Interviewer] Lady, come on. - Man! - [Interviewer] You're my queen. - Well, prove it. - [Interviewer] I can't
just make you do something on the charts. - You can do whatever you want. - [Interviewer] Okay. Let's get back - You're wearing a patch. - [Interviewer] True. The
patch can do everything. - Yes. - [Interviewer] Back
to my question though. - Yes. - [Interviewer] 38 top ten
hits but you haven't performed 3 of them live yet. - What? - [Interviewer] I'll Remember, This Used to Be My Playground, and Rescue Me. Just consider! Those were top 1 hits? Top 10 hits. Top 10 hits. I’ll Remember was No. 2, Rescue Me was No. 9, and uh, what was the other one? This Used to Be My Playground was No. 1! Because they’re very laid back, dreamy songs and they don't usually go in my like Rahh Rahh Rahh ahh, you know. - [Interviewer] True. Interlude. I don't know. Rescue Me is kinda punching. - Rescue Me is kinda dope. I'll actually. I'll consider that one. - [Interviewer] Thank you Madonna. - Okay. Your love has given me hope. Okay, to quote the song. - [Interviewer] The song? To quote yourself? - Yes. Yes. - [Interviewer] Well Madonna, this has been lovely. - Mmmhmm. - [Interviewer] And I wish you nothing
but the best with the new album. And look forward to seeing you on whatever that tour is that may or may not be announced soon. - Whatever dressing room I might be performing in. - [Interviewer] Sure. Interesting. - You'll come anywhere right? - [Interviewer] Of course I will. - Small cabaret. - [Interviewer] Of course. - A stadium. - [Interviewer] There's Starbucks down the street, I'm there. - Okay. See you there. - [Interviewer] Thank you Madonna. - Thank you.
Great interview! I really hope she does perform Rescue Me!
Her sense of humor is spot on! She’s funny.
I like two of the three songs but would i like to hear This Used To Be My Playground in concert? Not so much.
Rescue Me is a better option for a concert. But of course, I’ll be there anyway so it doesn’t matter 😻😻😻
I’m singing I believe that you can rescue me!
I will DIE if she performs "Rescue Me" on her tour!!!!!!
M: "You don't like me anymore!"
I: "But I can't make you do a n.1 hit!"
M: "You can do anything!"
XD
If she does Rescue Me I'm gonna travel the world along with the shows lol
ps She was lovely here.
She was awesome in this interview - he had great questions and it was obvious she was excited to talk about it all.
And if she did Rescue Me that would be amazing!!!!