Madonna - 15th Album

[Euphoria]

This will be completely forgotten within a month, but it's a definite moment of whatever for the diehard fans.

 

[spaceship]

This is fun and she truly injected life in the song. It’s iconic that both Popular and Vulgar are songs that are lowkey written about her.

 

[vendredi]

I kinda love this? It is very PC Music does Eurovision by way of Madonna but it sort of works in a way I didn't think it would?

 

[RJF]

Jesus, it’s shit.

 

[NotAPassenger]

Well….. It’s giving “thrown together in 20 minutes” and that’s impressive!

Perhaps a few more spins will make me like it.

 

[lushLuck]

This just gives me a headache. I’m sure I’ll drunkenly grind to this at a gay bar, but I don’t see myself ever actively seeking it out. It just makes me want to listen to the Mortal Kombat theme instead.

 

[JMSinc]

It's giving Nadia Oh.

 

[Bourgeois_Rebel]

What surprises me is that last week I listened to Popular and the leaked Vulgar and thought both were cool but Popular was a much better song with much better repeat listening prospects. But here I am a week later and Popular has fallen off my radar and Vulgar is on repeat so .. what do I know? Not as much as Sam and *whispers in that sort of aggressively sexy but menacing tone* Madonna.

 

[Dangerous Maknae]

This is more like Madonna featuring Sam Smith and I love that about it.

 

[Violet Chemistry]

I’m surprised at the negative reaction on here… I love it…

 

[Mvnl]

Final version is the same as the leak right?
It's... okay, but Madge kinda comes in too late for me causing me to skip before she's even on

 

[nikkysan]

I get finding Vulgar bad (and it is objectively kinda shitty but still fun in a trashy sort of way), but to say Popular is more interesting when it’s the most by-the-numbers mid-2000s Neptunes/Timbaland throwback… come on now.

 

[#PopETC]

Aligning herself with Abel seems wise given how beautifully melodic and 80s-leaning his latest records have been, but the collaboration with Sam feels purely “for the controversy”. I get it, it’s Madonna, this isn’t new, and I adore her doing what she wants, but “Vulgar” just feels so try-hard and for me at least, unlikeable. Her voice sounds decent though, that harsh vocal production that was present in Madame X, and to an extent on “Popular”, doesn’t seem as noticeable here, so silver linings I guess. It’s just weird that as a serious Madonna fan from the ‘90s, I don’t actively want to listen to her on these releases. It strikes me as odd that in recent years she seems so determined to be provoking and vulgar, when she had such a run in the 00s of just making great albums that were primarily about the music.

 

[Square]

The production on Vulgar slaps but I’m not sure about the song itself nn

 

[J.onny]

It feels like this is aimed straight at Piers Morgan and for that alone it's a win!.

 

[Lapras]

I usually stan trash pop songs but the royalty-free eastern strings is the laziest choice ever.

 

[electrosamurai]

I really don’t get the negative comments. It’s a trash song because it want to be a trash song.

 

[girlsaloudjunkie]

It feels like this is aimed straight at Piers Morgan and for that alone it's a win!View attachment 42537.

I literally said the same thing when I heard the leak last week...
"God I can't wait to see Piers Morgan combust over this collab".
Vulgar > Popular for me.

 

[blaze_dave]

Popular is the better song and Vulgar is a trashy bop, so I am happy.

 

[Mister_G]

Vulgar is definitely … a bunch of words and a beat! It’s not for me but I can see why Sam and Madge had to get this out of their system.