Madonna, implausibly but equally inevitably, still making headlines in 2019. Performing at the Eurovision to much criticism and a divided audience reaction, though the general consensus was that she wasn't much good, and now a 14th studio album and a new round of interviews and front covers.
Madame X sounds pretty good to me. Madonna, now living in Lisbon always had a good ear for a beat and a hook. It seems she's been revitalised by her new surroundings. Understanding the essential empty void at the heart of modern dance culture, she still knows how to throw the right shapes and make enormous and empty gestures that will thrill the masses and fill the dancefloor.
The lyrics of global reconciliation on here will annoy many as if all we need is Madonna to heal our increasingly ruptured planet. But she's always had an eye for an opportunity and never given a fig about what others think of her. The first interesting thing I've heard that she's made for many years.
P.S. Meanwhile Uncut Magazine hates and trashes it in their review. What do I know about anything after all?
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