Male rock stars being half naked on stage, singing about sex and sleeping around has always been ok. But if a woman does it?

Well when you’re bullied for your looks and being called too “old” from the 80s until now, ofcourse you’re going to change ur face.

Damn,she really fought for a lot of good causes.

To be fair even if Madonna aged the way Pamela Anderson is, she would still get criticsized, Pamela an aging sex symbol gets attacked for allowing herself to age, so no either way women can't win

Body dysmorphia is a demon, I can’t imagine it whilst also being a sex symbol. I am glad that public opinion in terms of body image is slowly shifting, but it’s sad that the ripples are still moving. Just let people age. It happens to literally everyone.

I mean she’s a true legend, she made like a prayer, ray of light. I think that’s enough.

When I see Madonna I don’t see age, I don’t care what she does with her photos or her face, her music is absolutely amazing no one has that and no one will have the talent or longevity of Madonna

Madonna just made history the other day in having the biggest audience for a concert tour in history something the current girls who should actually be surpassing Madonna haven't accomplished.

Sorry but she killed in Rio, she's a legend and should be left her be whatever she wants

To loosely quote from Rupaul’s Drag Race S12 EP7 Madonna Rusical:” The most controversial thing Madonna has done is to stick around.” Even though I personally don’t care about her that much, I still respect her legacy and her everything. No matter what she will become, I still want her to stick around and stay true to herself unapologetically.

Pink just said "We shouldn't be talking about madonna face we should be talking about the badass shit that women did for the rest of us"

“Aging gracefully” is just another dated, misogynistic phrase aimed at controlling women and shaming the ones who have the nerve to do what they want with their lives & not follow the pack. You will NEVER hear anyone using that saying for a man. Madonna has always done whatever the fuck she wanted with her life and always embraced self-care, edgy fashion & makeovers. Why should she change who she is just because total strangers find it abnormal or inappropriate? Suddenly, feminism is out the window. I also find it hilarious how no one bats an eye when pop stars in their 20s & 30s are filled with botox & fillers but when a 65 year old woman does it, it’s pathetic & desperate. Let’s not act like pop girlies like Ariana, Katy, Gaga or Beyoncé have never had any cosmetic work or beauty procedures. Madonna has just always been an easy target for bullying since the very beginning, because no matter how much people tried to humiliate and bring her down, she never budged and that still pisses them off. And that’s why the media keeps trying to push a very one-dimensional side of her. WAKE TF UP.

Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite artist. Let that be clear.

One day we gonna have this conversation about Taylor swift and her weird obsession with writing from a perspective of a high schooler OOP

There would be no Britney, no Beyonce, no Taylor Without Madonna 😊

I honestly think that she looks fire for being in her 60s

I just want to say that I truly appreciate what you do. This is one of many times I realized I need to get a grip of my focus and deal with my shit. I honestly thought this video was about surgeries and had my thoughts - but to be reminded of what she's done and how the world also affect me was a humbling experience. To even think that I silently judge her is just... I am so ashamed. And as I am ashamed I am also scared of wrinkles, of looking "tired" and lose my youth. What a world we live in.

She is making it easier for other girls as usual. Look a Gwen, Jlo, Kylie. They are not being as scrutinized for their looks and surgeries.

Madonna bringing ballroom culture to the masses in a big way with ‘Vogue’ (and priming the pump for Drag Race in the 2010’s) will forever be iconic. Love her 🔥🔥🔥

The concert in Rio was insane, it was broadcast live on TV, everyone stopped to watch her perform

She just made a historical show here in Brazil, and I'm so proud of us, brazilians, and her for making this happen! I absolutely love Madonna and she's a legend. She fought for the LGBT+ community when It wasn't accepted in any way in society. For everything she has done, for everyone she inspired, I don't mind the photoshop and the cosmetic procedures, let her have fun.

having actually lived during the like a virgin era, madonna was very much considered a pop star at the likes of Britney spears until she released the album True Blue. Not that there's anything wrong with Britney, but I'm saying she was considered a musician for teeny boppers. (despite the sexually charged songs). Her music grew with her audience. I was madonna for halloween when I was eight. A lot of little girls like me loved her back then--it tells you a lot. So... she was not transgressive necessarily from the beginning, but she was definitely different and got to be more transgressive as her and her fanbase aged.

People will never be satisfied. Madonna has paved the way for so many artists. But her current look is disheartening. I loved that madonna had muscles later in life as that was not consideed common although she was still considered thin which is considered a euro standard the power from her frame inspired me. The face and possible bbl just shook me. It made me realize maybe Madonna was insecure all along and this physical change was the manifestation of it. She has had work done but it was more so natural looking and I undestand why she did it but she took it too far.

You should also talk about Kylie Minogue and the ageist society and how the radios black balled her comeback single Padam Padam for being old

Madonna isn't doing anything different than what Cher is & has been doing. Madonna doesn't wanna wrinkled up, saggy face. So she's getting plastic surgery. Everyone isn't gonna age amazingly well like TINA TURNER did. Madonna's a legend tho.

YES YES YES - Madonna has changed the course of history and fought for so many things. She has never been afraid to speak her mind and has been criticized relentlessly for her entire career. She is smart and involved in all of her work with a thorough artistic vision. She is a talent and above all has a huge heart and a tough exterior. I feel it took her almost passing away this past year to really get the world to connect with her which is so sad. Her Celebration Tour is so amazing and I cried the entire time I was there. At 65 she can still put on a show and you can see how happy she is to still be here.

Honest, I love you but will have to agree to disagree. Madonna can do whatever she wants. She is the blueprint for so many stars today who on day will get old too. She is a trend setter. She is setting the trend for an older pop star in the future. In the future Lady Gaga, Meg, Doja, Beyonce, Miley and Taylor plus more will be able to be 60 year old pop stars and still be sexy and we will be okay with it. No one will question it because Madonna took all the heat for it in the past. Being sexy is not only for the young. Plus I was a kid of the 90s. Madonna was BIG. For the MTV generation between Madonna, - and. Huge. If you grew up with Madonna you will understand. Madonna is still the queen of pop. Nice video

"When I'll die, they'll finally kiss my ass" - Madonna I will cry this woman like a family member.❤

I didn’t know we really cared about her looks anymore… we have evolved to realize her literal looks were not what catapulted her to her heights. So she can touch her face, whatever makes her fell better

I honestly think she's just trying to hold onto her youth too much 😅 but the whole being late for her own concerts and then blaming it on the audiences I knew she lost it long before

She deserves all of her flowers while we still have her!! These last few days after Rio have been amazing for Madonna fans ❤ I hope it continues. She more than deserves it. Long live the Queen!

I think Madonna is amazing & an absolute icon & I honestly think she has aged gracefully. Madonna is over 60 & is still singing & performing just like she was in the 1980's. And even at 65 she's still making history. I love Madonna's music & artistry. I think she's an absolute legend & I love how so many artists today are collaborating & paying homage to her.

i went to Madonna's Celebration Tour this year. as a shy and traumatized teen girl with serious body dysmorphia and self-acceptance issues as well as a long-time fan of Madonna, it was surreal seeing a 65 year old dance and sing perfectly on stage with makeup, multiple costume changes, bright (and hot) lights, and jet lag from her world tour. she is a motherfucking icon, like it or not. people are always going to say shit about her and while she may have learned to live with it through the years, i think that it is time that we as a collective society, should start to have discussions about ageism towards public figures, especially those who are overtly sexual.

I really hope that Madonna is still pushing the boundaries and playing up the new normal in the sense that women are allowed to age or be sexual just as men are. Your video description put it very well and wouldn’t it be ironic if we look back 20 years from now and realize Madonna was still pushing boundaries and pushing the norm forward just as she did her whole career

I first heard Madonna in the 80s and was hooked ever since. I don’t only think she is a great musician but lyricist and visionary, up there with Michael Jackson.

Sucks because I feel like a lot of the trust falls and support for people suffering with body dysmorphia or bad body image is only reserved to young or younger people. So much sympathy and understanding even though, objectively, the young are stilled considered in their prime in looks. Meanwhile those actually dealing with the existential and dissociative stress of visibly aging and feeling disconnected from the image of themselves they’ve grown attached to…are mocked. it becomes a mockery. A spectacle to gawk at. Sure, we try to flag them down with ‘aging is a blessing’ ‘just age gracefully.’ But it’s all so insincere. Platitudes. They really wanna say ‘please, phase out of society already, I don’t want to see your aged face. it’s a bummer and reminds me I’m next.’ We live on perpetual denial. I’ve seen all the unfiltered comments regarding women staying natural vs women getting enhancements. They both get dragged. I’ve also seen creators/public figures I really liked have an intrusive thought and say really ignorant and dismissive things out loud about older people and their own thoughts about their future aged self. Everyone is secretly repulsed and lying, it seems. It’s like how all those edgy kids joked about unaliving at 30, there’s truth in that. They may not do it, but they become mentally disengaged with life by then. It’s like a spiritual death.

Madonna is a veteran warrior queen who mastered the music industry for such a long time. I feel so blessed to see her in her most recent tour- the first ever time I ever saw her in the flesh after living a whole childhood seeing her through a screen. Not only did she made it okay for me to be gay in my teenager years but we both share a fate of surviving near death. It was fate for me to see her in person and seeing her at age 29 after surviving cancer at age 28 and after she survived near death fulfilled my 20s.

I remember Madonna being shamed for being "too old" to act sexy because 4 Minutes came out when I was 10 and I remember watching the music video and my mom was one of the people saying that about her. She came in to the room while I was watching it and said something like, "what the heck, is that Madonna? Isn't she in her 50s or something?" And she laughed at the way she was dancing in her skin-coloured suit in the video

The caption should say “what happens when you WON’T age gracefully”.

MADONNA is forever the moment and forevery favourite every album just slaps ... Her lyrics, vocals, productions, performances, vidials, storytelling, speeches, styles, reinventions, genre bending, business, entrepreneur, energy is secobd to none theres no one on her level and never will be and RIO performance this week in her mid 60s proved she has the power 🫶✨ long may she reign

She’s been a rebel from day one so ofc she chooses to defy the expectation of “aging gracefully”

OMG, leave her alone! She is the Queen of Queens

Her career changed with Ray Of Light because she had just became a mom. She said that herself. But she can learn a thing or two from Janet Jackson. At the age that Janet is now. She doesn't need to prove herself with sexism and her age. She just still got it. Madonna just don't wanna get older.

I don’t know how to feel about Madonna because even at this older age, she would make jokes about her own sons friends (teenagers) being attractive- she wrote a book about her interacting with young men and being completely happy about taking advantage of young boys…I’m surprised u didn’t mention that 😂

Tabloids used to photoshop with wrinkles and turkey neck...insecurities don't happen in a vacuum. You think those same people would stop hating on her when she did start to age?

Madonna didnt start getting weird until post "American Life" which is where she lost sight of her art and started getting with random producers and doing collaborations which she's rarely done on an album 😅....So I wonder if conforming to current trends is where she became insecure and started going crazy?

The ‘Ray of Light’ album should’ve been her musical direction once she turned 50. It was a masterpiece and going down that road would’ve made her artistically revered. Like, Barbra Streisand revered. Now, she’s just controversial as she always has been.

I appreciate this video so much. It’s important.

She has one life, let her be! Same for male and others.

I love your videos!♥️

The problem with Madonna is that the quality of her music peaked 20 years ago, and since then she has offered subpar albums, and she went from innovating and pushing pop music forward into chasing trends and seeking to do collabs with flavor of the week new artists to stay relevant, and her sexuality went from provocative and groundbreaking to desperate and embarassing. I used to love Madonna when I was little but I haven’t really liked her music since Confessions, it’s just not particularly good. Other female artists like Kylie Minogue and Mylene Farmer are still making good music and being sexy without coming across as desperate.

Idk, I suppose there is something to be said about growing with your audience. Pop musicians are generally always young, because their target audience is usually younger people (teens-20s). Young people want to see their peers or people just a little older (because pop is also aspirational). I can't help but find it really sad when people try to hold onto being overly sexy into middle age. You can still be absolutely stunning while being mature, classy and experienced. My husband's grandmother is in her 70s, and she's an objectively, beautiful woman. Her elegance, sense of style and bearing is what makes her beautiful. Being sexy isnt the only way to be physically attractive. And there is a sense of fundamental immaturity that comes with wanting attention by showing off as much of your body as possible. Hence why it can be offputting when older people (who should be more mature) do it.

She still makes great music and breaks records to this day thats what matters most...shes the ultimate creative

She’s truly a legend of her own! She stays on her own lane and really just mind her business and having fun!!!! Forever Iconic! ❤❤❤

Erotica is probably the best album she has ever produced and probably one of the best albums produced in the past decades form a mainstream superstar at least in terms of artistry

For someone who was with her at the beginning, her trajectory is interesting to say the least, and only those who have experienced her entire journey, and not just bit and pieces, can appreciate what she is attempting now.

The whole "older women can be sexy" while changing your face to look younger is the biggest and most disappointing oxymoron. If you're altering your face (fillers, surgeries, even just photoshopping every picture) you're just admitting in a roundabout way that you're NOT sexy at all as an older woman. 🤦‍♀️ Stand on it or sit down.

Shes great. However I wish she did all this and loved herself as she aged.

Madonna used sex appeal so much because she wasn’t very talented. She was competing with Prince and Michael Jackson and her only angle was using her sex appeal. Most people don’t find it appealing as you age. Why should she expect a 16 year old to find her sexually appealing in her 60s? What helped her was keeping her finger on the pulse of music trends and working with great producers. No one has to find her super sexy in her 60s if they don’t want to. We don’t need it rammed down our throats!

great vid as always, bro pls drop a video about the kendrick/drake situation

Madonna was there for the LGBT community since the start- especially during the AIDS epidemic. No other 65 year old woman can bring 1.4million people to a concert- even if it were free. We need to show respect.

Madonna loves to redefine herself. She is not insecure. Odd at times sure. But she knows exactly what she wants and what she is doing. Outspoken on current and relevant issues through her artistic expressions. 💐

This is such a brilliant history on Madonna. Such an incredible woman.

Good for her! I'm glad she made history. And I'm not even a mega fan. Damn, people wanted her out of the industry when she was barely 40, and she's still here!

It’s never been done before and they are just uncomfortable or envious of her for doing it. As long as she’s having fun I will enjoy her also xx.

I wish that all older celebrities could use Jane Fonda's doctor just so they stay looking like themselves. Even my woman, Janet Jackson, has clearly had work done but still looks like herself. I honestly think what sent Madge into this downward spiral was her divorce from Guy Ritchie cos that's when she started doing really embarrassing things and the annoying part is that era was when her face was on the limit of looking pulled but still keeping her natural features

Crazy crazy.. and a big shame after being one of the most beautiful faces of entertainment and of course iconic….. vanity is the source of many evils.. and exactly bc of that, she is actually the biggest ageist of ALL…… 🤷🏼‍♂️

Meanwhile, Angela Bassett, who was born on the same day as Madonna, has NEVER had plastic surgery and has aged gracefully and beautifully.

Madonna is the eternal Queen of Pop, hands down!

Okay but sexuality in general does have an expiration date, as sex drive naturally starts to diminish and sexual liberation stops being a priority in people's lives.

This is so beautiful to highlight this icon's accomplishments. She is an inspiration to me and encourages me to see growing older as the gift that it is and not the curse society tries to make it out to be for women.

Madonna is an icon. The way people dispose of her impact is insane. All of our faves owe her.

She is truly a real trooper! So moved by this video essay. Thanks 🙏 ❤

Madonna is a perfect example of just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you need to do it

Mkay love this!!!!❤❤❤

In a 30 Rock episode they're debating whether it's harder to be black or a woman in America: Liz says "no one has it harder than women in this country: We cant be president, [can't be] network news anchors...Madonna's arms look crazy." It's such a genuinely hilarious line from Tina Fey

Yes, and? She’s a living LEGEND ❤

Omg this video! THANKS! Young people need to know. They have internet but no curiosity about pop history

She’s still look amazing

Madonna is the GOAT! ❤

This was an excellent career retrospective on Madonna! What a legend! I haven't enjoyed much of her 21st-century music. i can't get behind a LOT of the instagram pics and how much she is altering her face to look young. But I'm so glad we have Madonna, and she'd given us so much great music

These comments are literally proving everyone's point. Everyone here shaming her for her looks. If she were younger or if she was a man y'all wouldn't say anything. Just because she's an older woman that isn't afraid to be herself doesn't mean she's crazy. These comments are pure sexism and ageism

Girl the title... Lemme see the video help 😭

I find it funny he released this right after performing for 2 million people in Brazil. Madonna will always be relevant no matter what she looks like

Omg okay, I hate to say this because I used to be a huge fan but she had turned into the perfect example of what happens when you don’t age gracefully. If we are fans of 80s stars and we feel sad they are growing old and are no longer the artists of their prime, we look at Madonna and say phew it’s better they aged than looking the way Madonna is looking right now.

It's a shame that so much news articls are now all about her looks rather than her music because ,more of her songs are getting forgotten.

Madonna could’ve went down in history as the most respected woman in pop history. I hate how she keeps embarrassing herself to say relevant. I feel like if Michael Jackson was alive, he’d probably do the same thing, and it pains me to see legends doing that to their legacy. Britney Spears I can understand she is not well, but if she had a good team, those embarrassing videos wouldn’t have made it in the public. I sometimes imagine Beyoncé acting like Britney or Madonna.

Well, we can't take Madonna seriously cause all of her critique to double standards and other industry hypocrisy is completely cynical. It's almost like when Hollywood try to critique themselves and yet they do nothing. Look at Madonna's face, she's full hyaluronic acid. She doesn't care about double standards, cause when you put that thing on your face to feel better with your appearance you are just creating another beauty standard that poor women can't reach. I mean, everything she does that people say it's transgressive is always cynical. It's not like wedding and pregnancy wasn't a hot topic in the 80's. I remember one event that she had to write her name and she put her leg on the table when she was writing, I thought it was pathetic, child like transgressiveness lol.

I saw her live at her Celebration tour on my Birthday. It was incredible! She still looked beautiful in person & stood and danced throughout the whole show and very rarely sat down. It was totally worth it!

Rebel heart was a great album and back that up to the beat is a great song

How you chose to title this video equals the sensationalism that these “trash” magazine use and you are profiting off of madonna and the hate train. a good video and seems like you semi-understand the culture madonna is, but just think about how she is still a person who would, upon reading the title of your video, most likely feel self-conscious which inevitable leads to a perpetual cycle of her editing her photos when in reality she looks good without the filters. This title equals that of the one from the 90s “calm down grandma”. If you can choose to do better.

"Ray Of Light" will always be my favorite album from her, "Frozen" is heavenly ♥

I know it's hard but if I were Madonna I'd take all the criticism towards my looks as a sign that I'm relevant! Also a beautiful 65/66 year old woman looks different than a beautiful 26 year old woman!

I've seen her live twice. The first time was The Girlie Show Tour in Sydney on Nov 19th 1993 (this show was filmed for the DVD tour!) and a second time for her Re-Invention Tour in Philadelphia on July 4th 2004. I was right up close stage at this one and she pointed directly at me when she sang Crazy For You...I couldn't believe my luck! She is a true icon and tbh I love her more than ever cos of how she perseveres and is paving the way for younger female singers who will someday reach their 60s and will be able to continue high success thanks to Madonna's trailblazing

this is journalism

Aw, this video made me tear up.

Carol Kane, Paulina Porizkova, Bebe Neuwirth all aged beautifully. Madonna's acting out was passed off as strength when she was young and hot. Now she comes across as repulsive.

when ppl drag her irl to me in random convos i’m like guys, that’s literally madonna let her do her thing!!

It has really sickened me to see people talk about Madonna the way they have because they're literally just mad at the woman for aging and not resigning to the role of the old maid. Like, can this woman not do what she wants to do? Has she not earned the right to do that, giving us amazing music for literal decades? People are so misogynistic, it's not even funny.

Maybe I’m reading the tone of the comments wrong, but it seems like people read the title and didn’t even watch a minute of the video. I’m not a Madonna fan, but this video definitely isn’t shading her at all.