Absolute rubbish. Madonna has completely lost the plot. Compare that thrash to her classics like frozen and vogue and there’s just no comparison.

You didn't just compared her lead single from 1998 to a random song in 2023 :lol:

 

Anyway, this is so bad that I actually stan!! Sounds like a tour interlude at best.

Edited June 9, 20232 yr by Sour Candy

This is a big fat no from me!

I dont think its that bad! Better than i thought!

Number 1 on NMD on apple music!

What's somewhat interesting is if I'd heard there'd be a Sam Smith/Madonna collab just a few years ago...I'd be expecting a very different song. But in 2023? As soon as I heard they'd be working together, I knew exactly what this would be. It's like I could just hear the chaos in my mind...and now that it's here...it brings no surprises. I don't find it offensive or anything. It's just...M used to be so good at pushing the envelope while also crafting a brilliant song. Now? Any sense of art is just gone. It's just...predictably crude. Nothing more. For me, this is easily her worst single in her 40+ year career. You're off the hook now, Hey You. I won't even try to understand how this song has seven writers...including true titans of the music industry.

 

But. Whatever. Look, M brought the world a mountain of amazing music. Literally nothing she brings out now will make me less of a fan of all her great albums of the past...try as she might. I'm unlikely to ever totally give up on the prospect of her doing something great again. She was too good for too long for that. So. Onward, M. There's still that Max Martin stuff to look forward to. Hey, it can only go up...

I *need* to hear this in a club!

 

It's a song that exists and has been released x

Loved it.

For everyone saying this is her worst single have very short memories: Bitch I’m Madonna and Turn Up The Radio, anyone?

Do you know how to spell my name?

B-I-T-C-H

Go f*** yourself

You heard me, bitch

Say our f***ing names

Speak bitch, and say our f***ing names

 

Major cringe!!!

I actually quite like the music and production. But the lyrics are just... awful. Unnecessarily crude. Yeah, we get it, Madge, you've always loved being controversial, but I think the world's getting a bit bored of that now. Go back to writing great pop songs like we know you're capable of.

The official lyric video has surfaced. Do NOT watch if you cannot watch anything that flashes. My poor eyes. :no:

 

It’s doing well on iTunes (5 and 32) but I was expecting it to fly to #1 there - the average Madonna fan would be a downloader and the stans I thought would get behind it instantly. It obviously could climb to the top later was just expecting it to be there immediately I guess.

This is kinda great! Don’t think it’s meant to be taken to seriously at all and is just meant to be fun and silly and it works for me

It's totally giving me tour interlude/low-rent Drag Race.

 

That part at the end really is maximum cringe, ouch!

It took seven writers to write this.

 

I wonder what parts Ryan Tedder wrote?

I didn't hate it.... I quite liked elements...

 

But as with Popular and Christine and the Queens tracks, there's nothing great. Nothing that befits the Queen of Pop's legendary status.

 

We expect greatness!

This is not aimed at Madonna lifetime fans. This is a kick back at all the press, media, celebrities, trolls that call her and sam vulgar. Its the 2023 version of Human Nature.

 

Cant see radio touching this !!

 

Unholy was a surprise hit , i do think they are trying to re create it.

Edited June 9, 20232 yr by vibe

Okay... I listened to this earlier expecting the worst and do you know what... I quite like it.

 

When I heard Sam Smith and Madonna was collaborating I expected a car crash, even more so when I heard it was called Vulgar, but it's okay in a Bitch I'm Madonna kind of way.

Yes it's got too many swear words in it, yes it's overly crude, yes it's flipping awful from the bit when Madonna says about spelling her name and promptly says B-I-T-C-H.

But the first two minutes are actually pretty good.

 

It's not Vogue. It's not Hung Up. It's not even Girl Gone Wild.

 

But it's also not a re-recording of Like a Prayer... and those two together could have so easily thought that was a good idea.