Madonna talks creating her MadameX persona, working with Maluma & motherhood in Today interview
Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas.her first full-length since 2015's 's Harry Smith to chat about the album, which was inspired by her time living in Lisbon, Portugal.
"She’s a spy, she’s a secret agent, she travels the world, she changes her identity, she sleeps with one eye open and she travels through the day with one eye shut," the icon described Madame X. "She’s actually been wounded so she covers up one of her eyes. I made a lemonade out of a lemon." She also discussed how the Madame X nickname was given to her by her dance teacher, Martha Graham, and the album was meant to "reclaim" the nickname. "I was thinking about how the music was influenced by so many parts of the world," she explained. "Each time I collaborate with somebody or I work with another artist, I have a different feeling but I’m still the same.
As for her sultry "Medellin" collab with Maluma, Madonna credits the Latin superstar for "keeping up" with her, and revealed how they bonded over a love of horses. He sent her a photo of his own horses, and Madonna was hooked. "I was like, 'Okay I love you. We’re working together,'" she said. On her role as a mother, Madonna said it taught her a lot of things. "It’s reminded me how precious time is and how each child requires attention and vigilance and guidance in a different way and you have to be ready for everything," she explained. "Children teach you, everyone says that. First and foremost, they teach you to not be obsessed with yourself because they’re always there to throw a wrench into the works.
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