13 Things We Learned From Madonna's iHeartRadio Icons Interview 6/21/2019 - Full Interview Video HERE
Here are 13 things we learned about Madonna and her latest album during the broadcast of iHeartRadio Icons with Madonna: In Celebration of Madame X.
What Sheās Drinking These Days
Prior to Madonnaās entrance, Cubby and Christine told the crowd they shared a backstage champagne toast with her -- and flute in hand, Madonna kept the bubbly flowing during her interview. As per the title of her Quavo/Cardi B collab, rosĆ© champagne is what sheās imbibing these days -- āitās Dutch courage,ā she told the crowd.
The Music of Lisbon Reminded Her of Another Famous Moment In Her Life
Madame X is heavily inspired by the local music she heard while living in Lisbon, where sheās been for nearly two years as a soccer mom to her son, David Banda. Madonna said aside from Lisbon, New York is the only other city that ever inspired her to write. āLiving in New York always makes me feel... turnt,ā she deadpanned. In fact, encountering fado and morna in Lisbon reminded her of another watershed moment in her life: āāVogueā was inspired by seeing the Xtravaganza crew vogueing -- I was like WHOA. What the hell is that?ā For her, Lisbon was the same.
She Dresses the Soccer Mom Partā¦ Sort Of
āI went to soccer matches on Sunday. I didnāt meet any other soccer moms,ā Madonna says of watching her son play. āNo one gave a shit about me there.ā She says the Sunday matches are bereft of bleachers, so she watches perched on a cement ledge. āI wear a hoodie and sneakers. Normal clothes. Maybe designed by Gucci, I donāt know.ā
Her Dance Teacher Inspired Madame X
When she arrived in New York City in the late ā70s, Madonna studied movement at the school of Martha Graham, who reshaped modern choreography and was an idol to the aspiring dancer. Unfortunately, Madgeās refusal to comply with the schoolās strict dress code got her sent to Grahamās office regularly. Eventually, Graham whimsically decided Madonna was āa spy, a secret agentā in her school named āMadame X.ā Madonna recalls Graham telling her, āEvery time you come here, you look like a different person.ā Even pre-fame, Madonna was the queen of reinvention.
Her Favorite Songs on Madame X Are...
āGod Controlā and āExtreme Occident,ā the latter of which was the second song she wrote on the album. Influenced by morna, she calls it āindicative and reflectiveā of her time in Lisbon.
The Lost/Not Lost Lyric Is Extremely Personal
In āExtreme Occident,ā Madonna sings, āI guess I'm lost / I paid the handsome cost / The thing that hurt the most / Was that I wasn't lost.ā While she admitted the lyric sounds like a nonsense āriddle,ā she explained it was in reference to having the right intuition but letting naysayers throw you off your course. Looking back on the times she beat herself up over others' critiques, she says it āhurtsā her to think āI wasted all that time caring what people think.ā
Swae Lee Is a āPigeon Whispererā
The video for her collab with Rae Sremmurdās Swae Lee, āCrave,ā shows the two of them releasing pigeons into the sky from a rooftop in NYC. She says Swae held sway over the flock: āHe tamed them, got them to be calm, chill. Heās a pigeon whisperer.ā She wasnāt so lucky. āItās amazing how strong they are,ā she noted. āThat bird almost ripped my skin off.ā
Hereās Who She Wants to Work With Next
āIām intrigued by Spanish flamenco singer RosalĆa,ā Madonna said, noting she asked RosalĆa to sing at her birthday a year and a half ago but it didnāt pan out. āI like that she takes the folk music of Spain and brings it to the pop arena.ā
She Doesnātā Mind Hearing Her Own Music In Public, Except Whenā¦
āSome people think I WANT to get into the groove while Iām eating spaghetti, but I donāt. I just donāt,ā she says of restaurants playing her music.
What Do 1986 Madonna and 2019 Madonna Have In Common?
Speaking on the controversy her āPapa Donāt Preachā song and video created, Madonna quipped, āNothing has changed -- Iām still in trouble,ā obliquely referencing her recent Eurovision performance and New York Times interview.
Her Sleep Schedule Is Crazy
A self-professed insomniac, Madonna says 4-11am āis my window of sleep,ā the time frame when she gets shut-eye if sheās lucky. From 2-4am is the window she describes as āmagicā for writing.
Her Daughters Are Featured On Madame X
She says her kids Stella and Estere are the ones making the wind noises at the end of āDark Ballet,ā which signifies blowing into the fire that consumed Joan of Arc.
Toeing the Company Line
Thanks to a heckler shouting out a question, we finally learned why Madonna licks Malumaās toe in the āMedellinā videoā¦ kind of. āI never planned to lick his toe. Shit just happens,ā she said. āHeās a beautiful man, head to toe. If he had ugly feet, I wouldnāt have.ā
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