Digital Beatnik

Some people have been complaining about us being in the dark but I have always found this pre rollout period of rumors and speculation kinda exciting, especially when Madonna is so far along in the creative process and we still have no idea what the sound or visuals of the new direction are gonna be. If you have been paying close attention, you will notice that her pr machine has been functioning particulary well recently and I suspect the album is in it's final stages. Unlike Interscope who only focused on Madonna's touring, Warner did an excellent job marketing Finally Enough Love and they are not gonna play around when distributing M15 so I bet a bunch of prep is going on behind the scenes and the sooner she releases something the better because it's not crowded right now in terms of new big name pop releases. Madonna working so hard on her new stuff could also help explain why Bedtime Stories has been delayed or just kinda pushed to the back burner, it's not really a priority in the grand scheme of things.

It's not like we have any album updates to discuss right now. Knowing Madonna it's gonna be complete silence followed by a barrage of M15 related news, she's never been one to do a bunch of slow teasing and then make an announcement.

I seriously doubt this is gonna be her look for the new album. Feels like we are still in that pre rollout period where we know stuff is going to be announced but that's about it and she does nothing more than occassionally tease us. Earlier in the year she posted on Instagram that "waiting is the hardest part'.

What does this mean for the time frame of the new album? Perhaps a single from M15 is not coming as soon as we thought.

Madonna has been very supportive to numerous female artists throughout her career including Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift but gets a bad rap because Lady Gaga's fans have rewritten the narrative around the Born This Way/Express Yourself spat to paint Gaga as a helpless victim even though when you look at the details and the timeline of events, it paints her in a far less positive light.

2019 to 2023 was a rough stretch to be a fan and Eurovision kicked it off with a bang. Disastrous performance at Eurovision Madame X tour marred by injury and lots of negative press Increasingly erratic behavior on social media and the start of that terrible overfilled look beginning in 2021 Mediocre performance at the Red Rooster in Harlem Bad apperances on Fallon and at the 2021 MTV VMA's A performance with Maluma so horrible that even many people here thought she was finished as a live performer Terrible appearance at the 2023 Grammy Awards which became a mainstream news story and led to the narrative her face was botched Near death experience Looking back on those years now, it really did feel like Madonna was close to ending up like Michael Jackson. A washed up live performer who made headlines for nothing other than her face until finally kicking the bucket and having the world praise your legacy and ignore the bad years. But Madonna is tenacious and so instead she decided to pick herself up and embark on a massively successful tour that culminated in history making fashion at Rio and then successfuly countered the "botched" allegations by looking so good on tour and making mainstream headlines for an excellent appearance at the 2025 Met Gala. All we need now is for M15 to be a great album that gets good reviews (any potential commerical success would just be a cherry on top but don't expect it)

I'm just hoping he plays a relatively minor part in comparison to Stuart Price. Never thought his style of production suited an artist like Madonna. The beats are too watered down and his overall sound is far too much of a sterilized 80s throwback.

Remember all those months ago when Mike Dean and Madonna were in the studio together? Does this latest Instagram from Ricardo confirm that he is still involved in the new music? Also worth noting that Mike is often in charge of the final mixing/mastering which could be a clue to how far along they are.

Am I crazy or can you see the gap in her teeth in one of those pictures? So much for all that Met Gala discourse

Feels like ever since the Celebration tour kicked off, she has looked better and better everytime we see her. She's lost weight and ditched the overfilled look. Madonna has stunning facial structure and the reason she looked especially off from 2021 to 2023 was because her sharp features were being obscured by all that puffiness from too many fillers. It also helps that she's styling herself in ways that are far more flattering recently.

Getting into an argument about this kind of stuff with MJ fans online is pointless. The interview is not fake but it's better understood as calculated marketing. Madonna said all kinds of things that were untrue or designed to serve her agenda, especially in those early years when she was marketing herself to a young demographic, boys had the hots for her and girls wanted to look like her. Interestingly, this promotional interview is around the same time that those urban legends of the limo incidents began circulating which some insiders later claimed were entirely fabricated to boost Madonna's image as a sex symbol at a time when the idea of going out with a 16 year old would have been viewed more normally anyway. All that matters is that there has never been a single accusation, witness or a shred of evidence that Madonna ever sexually messed around with anyone underrage.

My bad, I was under the impression that Madonna was more involved with how Like a Prayer was going to used than the reality. As for the tour, I think she will start planning for it pretty quickly after the album comes out and I doubt she will be involved in a significant way with directing. I can't remember where I heard this but according to some alleged insiders at an event, Madonna said a few months back that her album was already 50% completed and we know she works effeciently in the studio once she has settled on a direction and has a creative vision. I suspect the first single will be released in the summer and she is working hard right now to finish the album and preparing for the rollout which would explain why she's been silent regarding updates.

Agreed. This series is not coming out anytime soon and that's fine by me because I never cared much about a biopic or series to begin with outside of it exposing a new audience to her music. It's Madonna we are talking about and she's not gonna let anything get made about her without some type of control/imput which just makes the process even more of a slog. Just look how closely she was involved in something as minor as using Like a Prayer in Deadpool and Wolverine. Even if you discount how time consuming the creative process of all this is, she's gonna release a new album before the series comes out which might explain why she's holding off on the reissues for now.

What does this mean for the timeframe of the new album? Surely she won't hold off from dropping new music until after the series comes out.