In a new interview with Billboard, Prince makes his feelings on both Madonna and Maroon 5 very clear: the iconic singer is not a fan.
Asked by things ended badly between himself and Warner Bros. Records, Prince cites the Material Girl by name, telling the magazine:
"It was always about Madonna. She was getting paid, but at the same time we were selling more records and selling out concerts on multiple nights."
Madonna put on a last-minute concert in Paris last night with one goal in mind: peace and tolerance.
By the time it was over, just 45 minutes after the Material Girl took the stage, debris was flying and fans were screaming for a refund.
Madonna planned the show in response to her tussle with that nation's National Front party, which started when the singer flashed the Nazi symbol over politician Marine Le Pen's face, telling attendees:
"I know that I made a certain Marine Le Pen very angry with me. And it's not my intention to make enemies... it's my intention to promote tolerance. And when we can start saying that we have to get rid of this person or we have to get rid of that person, because then we'll have a better place, it starts to sound like something else; it starts to sound like something scary."
The sentiment may have been admirable, but it was followed by just a handful of songs, no encore performance and 2,700 concert goers irate at the legendary artist.
This is merely the latest in a string of bad PR moves by Madonna: she pointed a gun to her head during a show in London and mooned the crowd in Berlin.
Someone may need a break from the spotlight for awhile.
There is no mooning involved. Nor is there a nip slip of any kind.
Unexpected waterworks? Nope, not in this case.
But Madonna has come out with the official music video for "Turn Up the Radio," her third track of "MDNA," which is her 12th studio album and is available now around the world.
Watch the Material Girl drive around in a Cadillac convertible and keep your eye out for her boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat, who makes a cameo in the following video:
One day, she disses Lady Gaga. The next, Madonna flashes the crowd. A week later, she moons the audience. The Material Girl's tour is full of surprises.
The latest noteworthy moment? During a slowed-down performance of her '84 hit "Like a Virgin" in Berlin, Madonna broke down and cried, live on stage.
Check out the strange and emotional performance below ...
Fortunately for Madonna, a shirtless backup dancer lifted her up, fastened her up into a corset and sensually stroked her body in mid-song.
That's enough to lift anyone's spirits, and/or libido.
He then tightened her corset, causing her to theatrically gasp for air. She quickly pulled herself together, finishing the song to much applause.
Even at 53, Madonna is clearly not afraid to go there.
During her concert in Istanbul this weekend, the Queen of Pop tantalized the crowd during a performance of her hit song “Human Nature,” wearing a skimpy bra top that she promptly pulled down to reveal one voluptuous nipple.
This was no wardrobe malfunction, either.
This is Madge basically saying "yes, I can and will do this ... deal."
As the decades go by, Madonna has shown no signs of slowing down, or going soft. She continues confront critics - with an absence of subtlety - who say she goes too far in invoking sex in her music and performances.
She's still finding an audience for it, too.
Her big MDNA concert stop in Istanbul came before 55,000 strong, and she reportedly followed up “Human Nature” with “Like A Virgin” ... natch.
Madonna recently went out of her way to once again not-so-subtly remind everyone that she is, in fact, in a sense, an older version of Lady Gaga.
The queen of pop was performing "Express Yourself" at a rehearsal in Tel Aviv, Israel when she suddenly trotted out a cover of "Born This Way."
Of course, the two tracks blended seamlessly, reviving debate over whether Lady Gaga ripped off Madonna with her 2011 smash hit single.
Although she stayed mum on Gaga's song for some time, Madge eventually referred to it as "reductive" and undoubtedly influenced by her earlier work.
There is no actual feud here, but the whole thing seems to have an air of condescension, as if Madonna is wielding the cover over her head.
Or, on the other hand, is Madonna merely winking at the controversy while celebrating the younger performer and the highest form of flattery?
Tell us what you think in the comments below.
Madonna is taking a stand against cigarette smoking, yet glamorizes smoking in her new music video for "Girl Gone Wild," setting off cries of hypocrisy.
The topic came up when The Queen of Pop appeared on Today and was grilled over her 15-year-old daughter Lourdes being caught smoking recently.
Madonna says she "wasn't very happy" about the Lourdes Leon picture, adding "I don't approve of anyone smoking cigarettes, most of all my daughter."
Well, except in the "Girl Gone Wild" video:
Pressed on the apparent hypocrisy of herself smoking seductively in the video, she says it was just an "accessory" and she doesn't smoke in real life.
That's very possible. She can use it as part of her video art form and have no interest in partaking, and certainly wish that her teenager daughter not.
However, its mere presence in the video may influence others, given that Madonna is one of the more glamorous, legendary performers of all time.
Well, at least before MDNA album sales tanked.
What do you think? Hypocritical? Or totally different because a music video is an art form and does not dictate how Madonna lives her personal life?
Madonna's new album MDNA has sort of crashed and burned, posting nowhere close to the kind of sales figures one would expect from the Queen of Pop.
The record sold 359,000 copies when it debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, but has since plummeted to 46,000 copies in its second week of release.
While many acts would be grateful to sell 400,000-plus units, it's a letdown for one of the all-time greats, not to mention a record-setting dropoff.
Is she the Immaterial Girl?
Interestingly, in its first week of release, her manager Guy Oseary said of MDNA:
“People are really digging it. We feel good about the album. It's her 12th album and the same story she had 30 years ago. That’s an amazing accomplishment.”
Some critics agree that it's the same story as 30 years ago. They just don't see it as a big selling point for Madonna. Said the Los Angeles Times:
"MDNA more than anything sounds like an album made by someone who lost touch with the desires of today’s music... the Madonna of today has lost the art of surprise."
Ouch.
Madonna has made peace with Deadmau5 after a comment she made at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami led to him launching a tirade against her on Twitter.
The DJ, real name is Joel Zimmerman, took issue with Madge asking "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly," believing she was advocating drug use.
Molly is a slang term for MDMA, or ecstasy, and with Madonna's new album titled MDNA, the electro music star assumed she meant that. And he was PISSED.
"Quite a f'n philanthropist. But hey, at least yer HIP AND TRENDY! F***ing cant smack my head hard enough right now," Deadmau5 railed against Madonna.
"That's your big contribution to EDM? Thats your big message to ultra attendies? Hipsterspeak for looking for drugs? F**k off you f***ing IDIOT. F**k."
"Seriously, I giveth not a f**king single F**K for slating on Madonna ... i appreciate her meteoric career and good deeds done, but WHAT THE F**K WAS THAT?"
In response, Madonna she posted a picture of herself in Minnie Mouse, writing: "From one mouse to another, I don't support drug use and I never have."
"I was referring to the song 'Have You Seen Molly?', written by my friend Cedric Gervais who I almost worked with on my new album."
Open mouth, insert foot, Mau5.
Madonna has come under attack from Deadmau5, one of the world's most famous DJs, for glamorizing ecstasy use, allegedly, during a recent concert.
Her Madgesty took the stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami this weekend, asking crowd, "How many people in this crowd have seen molly?"
"Molly" is a slang term for MDMA, one of the key ingredients in ecstasy, a drug hugely popular within the electronic dance music community.
Incidentally (or not) Madonna's new album, which drops today, is called MDNA. Watch her address the crowd at the 45-second mark below:
The crowd apparently loved the veiled inquiry from Madonna, but Deadmau5 is not a fan at all, going on Facebook and tearing her a new one.
"Very classy there madonna. 'HUR DUR HAS ANYONE SEEN MOLLY???' such a great message for the young music lovers at ultra," he wrote.
The Mau5 added, "Quite the f'n philanthropist. but hey, at least yer HIP AND TRENDY! f*cking cant smack my head hard enough right now."
Bottom line: Mind-altering drugs are not cool, ravers. So says a man-mau5 whose fan base is probably on them 97 percent of the time.
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