Category Archives: Madame X

Madonna at sixty – a New York Times feature (exclusive pictures)

The night before the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May, Madonna was sitting in the arena attached to the MGM Grand hotel, staring at a double of herself. The double, who was standing on the stage many yards away, was younger and looked Asian but wore a similar lace minidress and a wig…

Lisbon nights: The ‘melting pot’ inspiring Madonna

Madonna moved to the Portuguese capital in 2017 so that her son David Banda — one of four children adopted in Malawi — could attend the Benfica football academy, where he remains enrolled. It did not start particularly well. “I thought it was going to be super fun and adventurous, but then I found myself…

Madonna, Madame X review: a mad mishmash of an album ***

Madonna has often depicted herself as a pop revolutionary, a transgressive, barrier-breaking iconoclast fighting for feminism and sexual freedom. Her latest battle, though, is for survival. “I’m fighting ageism,” Madonna recently told Vogue Magazine. “I’m being punished for turning 60.” But is she really? Or is she just finding it hard to grow old disgracefully?…

Madame X covers French Tribu Move (2 collector’s covers)

Two collectible editions starring Madonna on front cover of French Tribu Move will be available from June 11. Inside the magazine there is a feature on Madonna’s new album Madame X and an interview with Jean Paul Gaultier.

Madame X track-by-track review from Daily Star ‘A sequel to her classic hit VOGUE’ (God Control)

Madonna Madame X album reviews: Critics give verdict on ‘her STRANGEST album EVER’

The first batch of critiques on the latest record by the pop icon have come in. While the exact star ratings vary, most are positive – and reviewers seem united on this being anything but a safe venture for the megastar, who continues to push boundaries and experiment with new sounds. So after the release…

Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Album Gets Rave Reviews Ahead Of Release Date

Madonna will release her 14th studio album, Madame X, on June 14 via Interscope Records. Ahead of its release, the “Material Girl” hitmaker has been praised by those who have been lucky enough to review the record early. In a four out of five-star rating review from The Guardian, they state that the album is her most…

Madonna: Madame X review — probably her boldest album yet **** (The Times)

Madonna’s new album Madame X veers between pop, Latin and clubby dance music  STEVEN KLEIN ★★★★☆ Ever since she emerged from New York in the early 1980s, Madonna’s moderate abilities in music, singing and dancing have been more than made up for in searing ambition, an ability to work with the right people at the…

Madonna: Madame X review – her most bizarre album ever (The Guardian) ****

(Live Nation/Interscope/Maverick) The lows, featuring white-saviour narratives and witless lyrics, are really low. But by embracing Latin pop, Madonna sounds more natural than she has in years  Still making the people come together … Madonna. Photograph: Ricardo Gomes We all get old, but never at the same age. Some of us are old when we’re…