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After the negative things surrounding Erotica, we got Bedtime Stories...

After American Life, we got Confessions on a Dance Floor...

For the first time in years, I'm not sure where we are in the classic M cycle. Was Rebel Heart her big artistic statement that was supposed to bring on a Maddonaissance? Was Rebel Heart damage control after MDNA or her true artistic vision? What's her next project about? Are we part of one of the older cycles or is this a new one, where she wants to go out with a bang or just make a big statement?

Do you think she's writing this album as an end, as a beginning or as a bridge to the future?

What do you think comes next? With this album and with the future?

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Another great album.  Probably will attack some social issues, but I suspect something fun and in between Music and American Life albums as well.

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I just want a good album that feels like a complete thought rather than just a random collection of songs. That's all. I don't really care about a tour. If she gives us a truly good album and then decides to not tour, I will be COMPLETELY okay with that.

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A new album, three/four singles if we are lucky. Some well shot videos similar to how she was going with the Rebel Heart campaign, traditional promo and a promo tour/eventually tour after she concludes the album promotion.

I would definitely love some magazine spreads and another in-depth interview along the lines of Howard Stern again. That was one of her best!

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I hope that we will get a more focused and cohesive album from her, preferably with introspective and/or political lyrics. I am also interested in her idea of creating more intimate shows instead of huge world tours. Maybe this album will mark the beginning of a new chapter in Madonna's career.

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12 hours ago, The Same Parts said:

After the negative things surrounding Erotica, we got Bedtime Stories...

After American Life, we got Confessions on a Dance Floor...

Funny that if you take COADF out of the equation, it's been one big damage cycle since American Life lol.

I wonder how Rebel Heart era would have been had the leaks not happened. The potential was there to fix the mess left behind by HC and MDNA, but it seems that as soon as the songs appeared online, the project lost its compass. Even the final re-inventions that some tracks ended up getting felt forced and didn't make sense if compared to the quality that the demos had (e.g, the title track, Wash All Over Me, Graffiti Heart).

But, answering the question, I think that Rebel Heart was a mix of true artistic vision (lyrically, it was a departure from Spanish Lesson, Incredible, GMAYL, Girl Gone Wild, Superstar (The Bitch's songs are more statements than silly songs)) and damage control (having the hot producers of the moment working on it; Diplo and Avicii). And the new album seems to follow the same path, even if the producers this time aren't A-list(ish) worldwide (in terms of popularity, not quality).

But, for her career's sake, there most be something in the music, lyrics and image that separates this new album from RH, MDNA and HC. Of course that Interscope/Livenation will do nothing again to promote it, but the question here is not exactly its comercial sucess; but its identity. Erotica was unequal to Like A Prayer. Evita was poles apart from Dita. Ray Of Light, Music, American Life and Confessions all were different from each other. And that's what Madonna means for the grand public. But, just like her first three albums, the last three ones all feel like just one (I'm including RH as the final chapter of the hot mess cuz its disorganization was on a par with the other two).

In my opinion, this new one should/must be an unique era on its own. Not exactly bigger than the ones before (if it happens, great), but better. Everything associated with them should be left behind (Candy Shop, Minaj, grills, etc.). Madonna can do whatever she wants (as she will, of course), but, for real, that chain must be broken; it's past its time and it didn't do her any good. Her brand needs desperately something new. And now.

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All I know is if she uses Steven Klein for all of these MDNA Skin ads and not on M14 I will screech into the heavens.
I would love to see M do a visual Album of her own. Something in the vein of the SecretProjectRevolution or the Vogue fashion film in 2017.
The videos from the Rebel Heart era we're MILES better than even the videos in the Confessions era.
Living For Love and Ghosttown are some of her best artistic statements in a WHILE I see a really good upward trend tbh

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51 minutes ago, RebelHeARTPOP said:

All I know is if she uses Steven Klein for all of these MDNA Skin ads and not on M14 I will screech into the heavens.
I would love to see M do a visual Album of her own. Something in the vein of the SecretProjectRevolution or the Vogue fashion film in 2017.
The videos from the Rebel Heart era we're MILES better than even the videos in the Confessions era.
Living For Love and Ghosttown are some of her best artistic statements in a WHILE I see a really good upward trend tbh

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Isn't it frustrating? Knowing she's so visual, and she's yet to produce a visual album. Of course, it's her vision when creating each album, but I would think at some point with her love of film and the fact she's been able to fuse music with it, she hasn't combined the two in more than what she has.  I know it's been done before, but surely she can do something that will fit her vision. 

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On 27.06.2018 at 1:52 AM, Someone said:

I wonder how Rebel Heart era would have been had the leaks not happened. 

I have always thought that the leak thing was done (at least initially) deliberately, as it has been the case since “Ray of Light” era and had always worked positively in terms of album’s promotion. Remember the leaks of ‘Frozen’, ‘Music’, ‘American Life’, ‘Hung Up’, ‘Candy Shop’, ‘Beat Goes On’, and ‘Give Me All Your Luvin’’ and how all these positively garnered attention to their parent albums? And if leakage had been such a problem, all they had to do was to keep the demos away from an online computer. They were smart enough to do that. My theory is, they wanted some leak for garnering attention to then upcoming release of “Rebel Heart”, but then things got out of hand and the leaks caused damage rather than advantage. So, now they should keep their work as away from a modem as possible. Maybe keeping things under wraps and creating curiosity would be a better idea this time.

On 27.06.2018 at 1:52 AM, Someone said:

...tracks ended up getting felt forced and didn't make sense if compared to the quality that the demos had (e.g, the title track, Wash All Over Me, Graffiti Heart).

I hear this complaint a lot. Is there so much difference between the demo and the released version of ‘Rebel Heart’, or did I listen to a different demo from what people have been referring to?

On 27.06.2018 at 1:52 AM, Someone said:

Ray Of Light, Music, American Life and Confessions all were different from each other.

I agree on “Confessions”, but am inclined to see the other ones as improvements or developments over the pattern of the previous work. “Music” followed the same path as “Ray of Light” electronica-wise. For example, ‘Runaway Lover’ sounds to me like a demo from “Ray of Light” sessions. And “American Life” is much more similar to “Music”, maybe something inevitable as their producer was the same person. ‘Love Profusion’ or ‘Intervention’ would not really sound odd on “Music”. The only thing that differed was some subject matter and less folk/more electronica sound.

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I think we have to see a new perid in Madonnas work. As I understand/ see it, she is sick and tired of songwriting camps, losts of producers involved and pleasing the mainstream in order to increase the sales. I think Madonna made a cut and said, not anymore, bitch I am Madonna, I dont need this. As I see the Instagram feed and information we have, she is going back to her roots. Writing songs herself (maybe with the help of one person/ the producer) and being in the studio only with Mirwais, like she did in the past. I think she wants to deliver something of higher quality and that is more individual and artistic.

Knoing Mirwais and also having spoken to Mr Spooner (from Fischerspooner) at an openig night, who has some insight into what Mirwais is doing right now, both are very political and are making something different (more artistic) this time. I have full truts in this project and believe, that Madonna and Mirwais are not sooo much interested in the main stream anymore and just want to make music they love and has a message.

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