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This is the first mature album of hers in years, I love Madame X so much

Just like American Life, Madame X will be regarded as a masterpiece in 10 years.

Madame X was a masterpiece. Madonna is a creative genius.

madame x is defined in the following ways 1 Educate the ear with vintage and experimental sounds 2. ambitious and challenging 3 is not an album for everyone

I knew that you would either love or hate the album. Honestly, this watching was kind of painful, because I am a longtime Madonna fan but this album is my favorite, it completely moved the floor under my feet when it came out. There have been some hugely controversial Madonna albums like Erotica, American Life and MDNA, but in my point of view none of them have been so panned, controversial, misunderstood and talked about as Madame X. The artistic and structural approach is more akin to progressive rock and art pop. The use of vocal distortion has a different meaning on each song that has it. In general, the album is Madonna's most experimental and adventurous, and that is too much to say. It's world music, it's art pop, it's avant-pop, it's latin. It is crazy, not even mentioning the political weight that it has. All the things that surround this era were polemical among fans and critics, and that's why this album is a masterpiece. It mixes beauty and uglyness to convey a message, and each time you listen to a sound or effect, it will have a meaning. That is art pop. It is PROVOCATIVE and that is Madonna's essence.

the essence of this album is so beautiful! Madonna moved to Portugal with her family, and when she get there something about the history of the place and the language and the arts and other things moved her, she said that she wasn’t even thinking about make a new album, something in that place touched her, as a brazilian, this album says a lot about us too, beautifully done Madonna!

madame x is her best work since confessions, the girls who get it get it💋

Glad you're reacting to this! It's one of her most experimental works!

The song with Anitta though! My Brazilian heart jumps of joy

God Control is one of Madonna best songs ever 🔥🔥🔥

Everything doesn't have to be a slam dunk...artists need to explore and grow

Madonna said in an interview that this is the first album that she gave zero f@@ks what people think and released music she wanted to release. I respect that and I have listened multiple times. The quality is there

Crave is anything but filler. 🤯 One of her best singles in a long time.

I traveled South America when Medellin was released and let me tell you, that song was being blasted throughout Colombia! Especially in Medellin! This album did really well in South America, I think people who aren't really into (or understand) music influenced from other cultures struggled to connect/resonate with this album but as a huge madonna fan, I personally think this was actually one of her best bodies of work.

Madame X is one of my most favourite albums of all time

I would label this album as world music, each song is a different genre, specially Latin and Portuguese, it's very very experimental, i had a hard time adjusting to it ngl, but now i appreciate most of it, i like that Madonna always tries to step out of her comfort zone and give something new, she's taking her time with a new project, maybe heavy rock or whatever she has left to do lmao… this was such an amazing journey, thank you and i hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, looking forward to your final ranking!

This is the most multicultural and experimental album from Madonna yet, different from albums like Hardy Candy I think this one is the kind that will age best, but if you are looking for your regular pop diva lollipop album you will get disappointed, if you watch the video clips of some of those songs you can tell that Madonna was almost imagining a musical with this album, i Ithink she was aware that was not going to be a big commercial hit but that she wanted to do this album regardless so she could completly explore this path before going back to her regular stuff, just like she did with Erotica, that she knew was not going to be a super hit, but she needed to do it

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:17 Medellín (with Maluma) 05:03 Dark Ballet 08:43 God Control 13:20 Future (with Quavo) 16:01 Batuka 18:53 Killers Who Are Partying 22:01 Crave (with Swae Lee) 24:57 Crazy 28:05 Come Alive 31:47 Extreme Occident 34:11 Faz Gostoso (feat. Anitta) 36:32 Bitch I'm Loca (feat. Maluma) 38:28 I Don't Search I Find 41:15 Looking For Mercy 44:11 I Rise 46:43: Final thoughts on album

I’m really sad that the Madonna journey is over. 😭 Thank you Taylor for giving Madonna’s music a chance, and for sharing your reactions and thoughts with us all!

FYI, "I Rise" WAS the closing song for the standard album. Two more songs were added to the Deluxe Version, but I Rise was moved to the end to remain being the closing song. It's definitely one of the best songs on Madame X. This Album was created to accompany Madonna's Theatrical Tour which was the first time she played in smaller theater venues and not big concert halls and stadiums.That's why it has such a theatrical sound and such a different vibe to it than her other albums. She is always experimenting with her music, and her albums' sound and themes come alive in her concerts. You gotta watch the Madame X concert video to truly appreciate this album. Yes, It's very artistically experimental and very political. Works perfectly for good theater! She also made music videos for each of the songs and they were amazing story tellers!

Congrats on your journey from debut album to Madame X. I've enjoying coming with you.

Killers Who are Partying is an electronic fado. Beautiful!!

I love Madame X, and think it's one of her best. The fact that it's so adventurous and different, and that she did things here that she's never done before, it brings us back to the Madonna of the 90s and early 2000s. That was the era where she experimented and didn't just make popular trendy music like on Hard Candy through Rebel Heart. Madame X also came with a complete concept for her petsona, several high production music videos for many songs (even if they weren't singles), and one of the most intimate and theatrical tours of her career. She was fully inspired and engaged here.

Finally enough Love! You made it to Madame X. I was afraid you were gonna have a lukewarm reaction to it specially after your take on Music and American life. Now Madame X finally becomes part of that holy trinity to those Mirwais produced albums. So contrary to what you said, I think most of us avid madonna fans felt this was a return to form for madonna compared to her previous few albums. And to me personally this stands as one of her finest albums. For some context on the album’s sound, it was inspired by all the music she was exposed to after moving to Lisbon during the aftermath of 2017 presidential election. So It’s a global album that incorporates so many different styles of music. I love how the album starts off with Medellin, with madonna singing “Ven conmigo, let's take a trip” preluding the musical and cultural journey she is about to take us on. From disco, fado, art pop, arabic ginwa music, house, trip hop, reggae, batuque, a quirky take on classical music, reggaeton and more. They all mix so seamlessly and sound like they belong in the same album. I wish I could go into each song because they are all so intelligently crafted. An amazing example of one you liked is God control. Even tho the message is clear, there are a lot of layers in how she conveys it. The way she delivers the song’s opening lines feels like her mouth is forced shut, while in the end she whispers the same verse, all eluding that sometimes it feels like you can’t speak this obvious truth. Ironically lyrically she is saying “everybody knows the damn truth”. Also sonically it’s so layered! The strings swirling so frantically giving it a sense of urgency, the choir lamenting the loss of gun control. All being incorporated into a disco track, now that’s genius! Dark ballet is another amazing track. The song is a literal re telling of Joan of ark’s story. But I think what Madonna is saying here is that her story is still relevant today because of the dance or “game” so many minorities specially in the LGBTQ+ have to play to survive in this world. How people outside societal norms are vilified for standing their ground. It’s quirky, dark yet comical and bizarre in the best way possible. And a song I know many of us can relate to. Another incredible track is Batuka, which is inspired by batuque music which originated in Cape Verde. The slave trade has strong roots there and the drums would actually be taken away by the church from these women because it was viewed as an act of rebellion. In the song madonna is singing with the actual batukadeiras orchestra. And it feels like a powerful rebellion in response to todays issues. It was incredible seeing it live with all the batukaderias on stage, such an female empowerment moment. I could go into so much more detail and talk for hours about all the music, lyrics and layers to this record, but I cant fit that all in here haha. It’s madonna being as bold and experimental as ever and I love it. Hope you revisit it sometime, give it another shot and go deeper.

This is actually her most political album and the most ambiguous project she's done, it takes a while to warm up to most tracks And as a Brazilian, madonna singing Portuguese is the best thing ever Edit : imo the extra tracks (ciao bella, back that up and funana) are better than some standard tracks

Extreme Occident and Looking For Mercy are the bonus tracks of the Deluxe version. I Rise close both editios of the album. There are three more tracks on the International edition. Ciao Bella is my favorite. Thanks for the journey, it was very nice following you descovering M's body of work.

My second favourite M album...masterpiece for me...bold, experimental and a great listen on vinyl.

God Control video is a must watch

idk about y'all madonna fans, but as a gen z this album is hearteyes to me. Can't explain it, I'm just a person who easily expresses gratefulness when I remember I get the chance to live when madonna is still here.

I was at the Madame X theatre tour (twice) in London and whilst I love the album, it took on another life performed live and intimate. I was there too when she overran by 5 mins and the theatre put the curtain down and shut the sound off. So she closed with I Rise effectively a cappella and defiant which was amazing

It's madonna daring to take risks again. Perhaps not everything works, but an artist of her calibre doesn't need ro worry about commercialism. It's good to see her risking artistically again.

This album is inspired by Portugal, Latinos and Brazilian music And it's experimental and sooooo beautiful! You need to hear more times and watch all the videos

What is really important with Madonna is that she is a multimedia artist, and most of her songs need to experienced with the videos, especially this one.

I had similar feeling about it, but only until I have seen the Madame X tour. Then it all suddenly made sense. It was gorgeous combination of music, theater, intimacy and of course shows off Madonna's artistry in the best possible way. It was a show to remember. I certainly hope the DVD will come out someday, because that's one to watch again.

There's no point over-analyzing why you don't really like the album, there's nothing "wrong" with it per se, it's simply not for everybody. When I first heard it, I found it absolutely thrilling, I was so hungry to hear sounds I'd never heard before, and that's what I got. It felt like early 2000s Madonna, when she was making albums that sounded nothing like what other pop artists were making. Having said all that, I predict that, should you keep listening, you will come to love Medellin, Crazy and Come Alive. I'll miss your reactions, Taylor, thanks for sharing your journey xxx

this is one of her beset albums, man please give this another listen. this is her best work since confessions.

Please know that the use of auto tune in this album is intentional from Madonna. She said she wanted to sound like a robot in certain songs. Auto tune is just a part of the experimental sounds of Madame X. Amazing album.

Madame X is a masterpiece 👑

Killers who are partying is a masterpiece

I think you can really see the true beauty and message of Madame X when you’ve seen the Madame X Tour, especially looking at Batuka. This album is a masterpiece and one of her best albums! It’s so honest, full of emotions and hidden messages, it’s CRAZY!!

One of her best albums..it ages like a fine wine

One of the best albums. People just don't understand, because the are d.u.m.b

Thanks for taking us along with you. If there's ever a Madonna album where you need to see the videos it's this one.

Madame X is brilliant. The album is ahead if its time and will be regarded as "brilliant" in the coming years...

"Crave" is so beautiful!!!

You need to watch the video from "Dark Ballet" to understand the song, one of the best Madonna's videos!

I love this album this album is fucking fantastic album

You have to know the history behind Madame X, about Lisbon, about Batukadeiras, about Morocco, and how she want mix all that culture with autotune and do a twist

Madonna's political and voice/music experimental album. ...and very influenced by Portuguese music! One of my top 5 Madonna albums.

This album makes complete sense when you see the videos and of course seeing the madame x live show....I fell in ❤️

You should watch the 6 videos released for this album and the World of Madame X film to get the message. One of her best work in years.

Bonus track Ciao Bella is amazing should have been on the standard to give it another lighter moment. This album takes a few listens to get in to, I appreciate that she’s still creative and experimenting.

Killers who are partying is my FAVOURITE - how could you ..............!!!!!!

Madame X is beautiful album. You have to listen to the second part with 3 songs and especially beautiful Ciao Bella

I’ll take an artist who takes risks and experiments over someone who churns our the same thing over and over. Look at the ‘Like a prayer’ video. When it was released, most people couldn’t see past the controversy it caused. Today, it’s one of the most reacted to videos and most are astonished at how fucking brave she was to put that out.

God Control is the masterpiece that was missing from previous albums. The rest is an acquired taste and not easy to like.

I just wanted to say that your Madonna journey feels like eternity and then you literally say it's been 2 years.... I'm like .. omg. But thanks you for finishing!

This album is not made to listen doing tasks or just to have fun, with the exception of a few silly and lighter tracks like “Crazy” and the feats with Maluma, Swae and Anitta, it’s an extremely conceptual, political and poetic album, influenced by Portugal and Brazil cultures and their origins and variety. It speaks of so many important subjects that you just can’t sit down and listen to it as if it’s a mainstream album like Confessions or Hard Candy, you have to check for meanings of each song, its influences and the artists behind it. Basically Madame X requires THINKING and mostly THINKING OUTSIDE YOUR OWN BOX - which isn’t the tea for everyone, specially in North America, and she knew that while recording it, pretty much like American Life (no wonder this project made her get in touch with American Life again during the whole Madame X era), so yeah, not surprised with the reaction at all lol.

Crave is my shit! Love this song so much

This is an era, not an album. It needs to be heard in conjunction with the music videos, the documentary, "World of Madame X" and the Madame X concert video. You are correct that it encapsulates all her signature artistry, but I disagree with you when you say it doesn't work, or feel like a Madonna album. To me, this her Magnum Opus and Political Manifesto. Everything in her career led her to this album. This is not an American Madonna album, it's a World Madonna album. She chooses vocoder effects on her voice because these are not her stories to tell. She is highlighting global social issues, and puts herself vocally in the background in order to give space to the musicians and singers who's stories are being shared; or in the case of God Control, her voice being silenced; or Killers where she is an ally for all marginalised groups. Filler? No album filler for me except Bitch I'm Loca which is B-side material. Even the bonus tracks Ciao Bella and Funana are important to the era. When this album came out I thought if she never releases another album after this, I'll be happy. After the disappointing Hard Candy and MDNA, and the improvement of Rebel Heart, she FINALLY stopped singing about her divorce with this album and got back to what she does best: Experimental social justice awareness and personal self-reflection.

OMG the journey is over, thanks for your reactions, I enjoyed a lot!!!!!!

I really like this album very much. I think time will prove how special and absolutely unique and bravely experimental and out of left field and honestly weird and strange this album is for the time it was released in. No one and nothing sounded like this before or since. Some of the songs on this album are stunning and timeless. Which artist after 40 years in this business will come out with an album this adventurous and unclassifiable and unexpected? The goddamn videos for this album was on a different plain and masterpieces all of them. They brilliantly bring out the songs they were made for and makes their scope and vision perfectly clear and inspired. Can't wait for you to watch them. Batuka and Dark Ballet's videos are masterpieces. I hold a strange and special place in my heart for Madame X. It's unlike anything she has ever released and so weirdly enchanting and haunting because of that. J

Madamex is a visual album. She released 4 videos and listening the songs with visuals make them have more sense. The film The World of madamex needs to be watch also to understand the concept, meaning and use of different influences in the album . Vocoder is what is used here not auto tune. Mirwais is the responsable for the use of vocoder, also used in Music and American life.

It's my favorite madonna artwork. As a Brazilian it's very special for us, besides being artistically well done and as experimental as a true artist should be.

As with many previous M songs, once you see the video ( or at least for me) the song takes on a REAL MEANING!!!!seriously Watch them!!! I sooo enjoy watching your reactions!! Thanks Taylor Zane 👍💙👊

her most underrated album.

Very theatrical and POLITICAL

There’s also a super deluxe version with Back That Up To The Beat song that’s now trending on TikTok

I think this album takes multiple listens as well as watching the madame x tour. It’s for sure theatrical and political. I think also looking into the musical influences help you understand the choices more

My fav M album

This is her soundtrack album. It’s her play it in the background album. Diverse. It’s a theatrical acquired taste. Her world music album. Ciao Bella represents the whole vibe and should’ve been on the standard album.

It is a really good album, especially coming after the MDNA and Rebel Heart eras. Madonna is still the best in pop music.

This is her best album since confessions

you need to see the madame x documentary where madonna goes deep into the songs and explains the sounds, inspirations and why the album's the way it is. i LOVED the album even more after watching the documentary because then it all made sense

This album felt like a more modern American Life

It took me 3 weeks to get through this album. I’ve never listened to it since.

another gorgeous reaction thank u ive been waiting for this one :)

Madonna Achieves her Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Madame X

This is a visual album..check out her Madame x videos.

I love how you said that "I Don't Search I Find" is the last track on the standard edition, since it's not true haha, "I Rise" closes out the album on both standard and deluxe editions; "Extreme Occident" and "Looking for Mercy" are deluxe tracks, alongside super deluxe "Back That Up to the Beat", "Funana", and "Ciao Bella"

Random thought: Medellín is probably one of the only songs in the world that could actually benefit from the TikTok treatment, aka from being sped up. But without pitching it up, obvi. I think they did a live performance where they picked up the tempo somewhat and it was a banger!

Some of these songs grew on me over time. When I just want to bop I put on Crave and Crazy. I also really came to love Come Alive, I Rise, Extreme Occident, and I Don't Search I Find.

Killers who are partying is my favourite song on this album

It's a Madonna Album, it is a masterpiece, it's not your usual easy-listen radio-ready Album, it's a theatrical Album.

Madonna Deep Dive series has finally ended. With this album, I have mixed feelings as well. Thanks for the 2 years of this series. I really like your notions on every era. WHAT. A. JOURNEY!

Thanks for this Taylor! And by the way, There’s three more bonus tracks that were just added to Spotify a couple weeks ago! It’s on the International Edition - Funana, Ciao Bella, and Back That Up to the Beat!

Finally 🎉🎉🎉

Thanks for your honesty Taylor, you have been an absolute legend. Love this album but it takes a few listens and once you see the videos you will appreciate the songs better.

It's funny that you thought that the album sounded theatrical as the tour for this album was a theatre tour. Most artists at the start of their career start by playing in small venues like theatres but her career went crazy massive so quickly that her first tour was in arenas. She went from performing a three song set in clubs like Danceteria and the Sound Factory in NYC to six months later selling out multiple nights at Madison Square garden. So she wanted to do an intimate show in small venues. Like you noticed the album is so theatrical that it meant that they could produce a show with a narrative. You check out the version of Frozen from the MX theatre show. It's the first song from the Morrocan section of the show. Sadly it's currently the only number from the MX tour to be officially released to You Tube. Come Alive from this section of the show is a real highlight. ❤️❤️

I saw her on my birthday on this tour in New York the waiting for 3 hours wasn’t the best but I had a lot of fun when she finally arrived even though I was absolutely exhausted after the show ended I had a bad headache

Please watch the Madame X tour, it is so very theatrical as you thought it sounded, and explains the album visually and really helps the songs "come alive" 😍 I've loved all your deep dives though, Especially confessions 🤪🍹

This album is a masterpiece within its self 🖤

I love this album. Imagine refreshing your social media timelines, you’re hit & swing between hate, love, joy anger, frustration & confusion. Everything thing feels heavy, then very hollow, cold & doesn’t make sense. She hit that crazy feeling of multiple emotions at the same time or in quick succession spot on. Spend an hour looking at Twitter trending list, look at the stories & comments & the reactions it’s crazy.

Your reaction was identical to mine during the first listen, but now it's one of my favs. I guess it's one of those albums that need time. I still agree with your reaction to I Don't Search I Find, I highly recommend the Kue remix of it, it just takes it to another level! The International Deluxe tracks are good too, especially Ciao Bella.

I love the sound of this album. I don't particularly like it when some of the lyrics lecture on social issues, but I love the sound. The eclecticism reminds me of Blondie's AutoAmerican. The experiment with the sound and genres sometimes works and sometimes sounds iffy, but on the whole, it's still a significant Madonna album. It may not be a showcase of singles and hits, but it is quite fascinating.

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It felt to me that you were a bit disturbed while listening, and probably the timing didn't serve the purpose with these songs. I personally didn't like the songs the first time too, and after one listen I thought this era was over before it started. Of course I tried to listen again, and I was quickly caught by the song killers, which later I found out was the inspiration for the album and the first recorded. I loved Extreme right from the trailer, and of course I also loved the first single with Maluma, and little by little more songs were added that I liked, and it became one of my favorite Madonna albums. I still enjoy listening to songs from this CD, and it always reminds me of the wonderful 2019, moments before our lives changed.

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Thanks, the problem with that album is the autotune, it doesn't let it work, it doesn't let you feel the lyrics or the music. Now, it is an experimental album based on the "fado" music of Portugal. It's a very soft sound, I would have liked it to include more world rhythms, which are more rhythmic and I think it would have been better. It's not a bad album, it has little flaws that don't let you enjoy it as it should have been.