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  • It's our first LISTEN! REACT! REVIEW! and what better way to kick it off than with the the latest studio album from the top selling female artist in the world! It's Madonna... Madame X!
    Kyle McMahon of iHeartRadio's Pop Culture Weekly listens, reacts and reviews Madonna's 2019 album Madame X (Deluxe Edition) track by track.
    1. Medellín (ft. Maluma)
    2. Dark Ballet
    3. God Control
    4. Future (ft Quavo)
    5. Batuka
    6. Killers Who Are Partying
    7. Crave (ft Swae Lee)
    8. Crazy
    9. Come Alive
    10. Extreme Occident
    11. Faz Gostoso (ft Anitta)
    12. Bitch I'm Loca (ft Maluma)
    13. I Don't Search I Find
    14. Looking For Mercy
    15. I Rise
    16. Back That Up To The Beat (Madame X version) from the Madame X international version.
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Komentáře • 153

  • @ciaarcenico
    @ciaarcenico Před rokem +19

    AMAZING REVIEW❤❤❤❤

  • @petermilonas8449
    @petermilonas8449 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Sensational review. This Madonna’s second best album. 12/10. Luv to Madonna. Doug has a great voice and is fair and complimentary. Not dismissive or disrespectful. Thank you Doug! 😊

  • @MadonnaIsTheShit
    @MadonnaIsTheShit Před rokem +15

    We (Madonna fans) need more reviews from you, sir! So thoughtful and intelligent! Thank you for showing Madonna the respect she deserves 💜

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +9

      Wow tysm! That really means a lot! I’m actually doing Ray of Light next to celebrate the 25th anniversary!
      I’ve gotten a lot of great recommendations on albums, but I think I’m also going to do Madonna’s whole catalogue eventually! (Sooner rather than later)

    • @MadonnaIsTheShit
      @MadonnaIsTheShit Před rokem +1

      @@popcultureweekly THIS!!!!! You just got a new subscriber 😉 I can't wait for the reviews!!

    • @moonstone1159
      @moonstone1159 Před rokem +1

      @@popcultureweekly Yay, ROL! Can't wait! I'm looking forward to it--and all the rest!

  • @elgabriel2983
    @elgabriel2983 Před rokem +36

    Madonna and this album is so underrated!

  • @blueeyes4910
    @blueeyes4910 Před rokem +10

    finally someone who understood the beauty of this album, even if my favorite song is the one you don't like

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +2

      That’s the great thing about art, isn’t it? We can all see totally different things from the same piece. Tysm for watching!

  • @Princess7ives
    @Princess7ives Před rokem +11

    I subscribed for the Queen. Great reaction! I love Madonna, more reactions, please!

  • @reallywes6298
    @reallywes6298 Před rokem +4

    I’m so glad to see someone give this album the appreciation it deserves.

  • @briandubois-gilbert8182
    @briandubois-gilbert8182 Před rokem +13

    First time viewer-Really appreciate and enjoyed your reaction to this album. Your deep knowledge, appreciation and insight into pop music is so refreshing-specially when you compare Madonna’s artistry with today’s artists. Luv it when you superimposed some of the lyrics of her songs-gives it that much more impact and meaning.
    She worked on this album from 2017 thru it’s release in 2019 amidst a highly polarized geo-political climate that saw the rise of illiberal authoritarian right-wing regimes that’s anathema to her core socio-political beliefs and advocacy. I think this explains why this album is more political than celebratory or entertaining. The music videos and live tour performances of Madame X (as she’s achieved in her prior albums) gave more impactful and richer artistic visual and messaging than the audio version can do.
    As a student and lover of history, the numbers that stunned me was the haunting interlude of the coffin and the beautiful Portuguese religious hymn Maria, Máe de Deus, Maria, Máe de Jesus (not in the album, but in the live tour) where I think she honored the Catholic tradition of Portugal and the Marian apparition at Fatima. This introduced Batuca featuring the all-female generational Batukadeiras ensemble from Cape Verde Islands (former Portuguese colony). This music was unique, empowering, uplifting and healing that evoked the history, struggles, defiance and ultimate liberation of West Africans and their descendants, some of mixed-race or Creole, during the centuries of the lucrative trans-Atlantic slave trade when Cape Verde became the hub for holding, sorting, and the trading of millions of Africans captured as slaves and transported to the Americas thru the horrific voyage known as the Middle Passage.
    Madonna is unmatched in her artistic genius and vision. Looking forward for more coverage from your channel of Madonna’s music and artistry.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +6

      Thank you so much for the historical background! That’s so fascinating. And thanks for watching!

  • @TheMadonnasummer
    @TheMadonnasummer Před 23 dny +1

    I love how you really took the time to delve into each song and appreciate the production and the amazingly prolific Madonna. Most people when they hear her name don’t ever take into consideration why she has lasted so long . She is a hard ass working and amazing artist, performance artist at that. Thank you for this amazing reaction/ review . I enjoyed this a lot 💜💜💜🪩🪩🪩👑👑👑

  • @runner4life551
    @runner4life551 Před rokem +11

    TIMESTAMPS!
    00:00 Intro
    01:29 Medellín (with Maluma)
    03:59 Dark Ballet
    06:53 God Control
    11:07 Future (with Quavo)
    13:12 Batuka
    15:41 Killers Who Are Partying
    20:01 Crave (with Swae Lee)
    22:24 Crazy
    24:14 Come Alive
    26:23 Extreme Occident
    29:10 Faz Gostoso (feat. Anitta)
    32:50 Bitch I'm Loca (feat. Maluma)
    34:55 I Don't Search I Find
    36:46 Looking For Mercy
    38:55 I Rise
    41:03 Back That up to The Beat
    42:37 Final thoughts

  • @TIVOSTUDIOS
    @TIVOSTUDIOS Před rokem +13

    I think that this album is the most experimental and multicultural album she ever did, different from albums like Hard Candy I think this one will age the best

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +8

      I think it’ll end up being an American Life type of situation that gets better with age

    • @runner4life551
      @runner4life551 Před rokem +5

      Oh definitely! Her experimental albums (RoL, Music, American Life, Madame X) seem to age way better than the ones where she's just following trends (Hard Candy, MDNA).
      Confessions is the exception though, it's straight dance-pop and disco and still perfection!

    • @anittalovers23
      @anittalovers23 Před rokem

      Listen BOYS DON'T CRY and LOBBY(ANITTA feat MISSY Eliott)

    • @Jsarson1976
      @Jsarson1976 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Totally agree and will be praised in years to come.

  • @universalsoulhealing
    @universalsoulhealing Před rokem +15

    It’s wonderful to hear you actually appreciate the details of the instrumentation and production rather than focus on the vocal effects. When this album came out there was such an ageist determination to claim that the production had been devised to conceal her vocal limitations, as if suddenly she could no longer sing more than three notes. In many ways Madonna’s voice is more raw on these tracks than it ever was on an Orbit track. This is clearly American Life’s long awaited sibling…It’s a shame Madonna’s persona overshadows the value of her musical genius. That’s not on her…just an unfortunate consequence of decades of being a socio-cultural agitator.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +5

      I LOOOOOVE American Life & totally agree with you on literally everything you said’

    • @moonstone1159
      @moonstone1159 Před rokem +1

      @@popcultureweekly Love AL too!

  • @moonstone1159
    @moonstone1159 Před rokem +3

    I've always liked her experimentation with vocodor effects and other electronic effects. This album grew on me and is one of my favorites.

  • @kimbaedie
    @kimbaedie Před rokem +7

    Finally, someone who also loves Faz Gostoso as much as I do! Totally agree how this would have been a great summer song. Great album review.👍👍

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      Tysm! Yes Faz is so caliente! 🔥

    • @graphiquejack
      @graphiquejack Před rokem +1

      I feel like she knew it could have been a hit, but she really wanted the artistic vision to be focused on the political songs, primarily. Interviewers were telling her it needed a video but she cheekily said she didn’t have the money for it. Lol

  • @Phippa64
    @Phippa64 Před rokem +8

    Great reaction! Please review more Madonna.

  • @steven-yu3tu
    @steven-yu3tu Před rokem +10

    I love this album and still listen to it from time to time. The first time I heard it, I thought Madonna really lost her mind but once you understand what it is and where it comes from, its pretty ambitious and beautiful. There are a few artistic choices I would change that I think would have kept it experimental yet made it more commercially listenable. In Medellin, I really wish she would have gone full chorus after the first pre-chorus. It would have drew people in sooner and those harmonies are just so good. There are a few places I would have toned down the auto tune. I know its an artistic choice, but isn’t necessary in all places. Your music knowledge is very solid and appreciated. I agree that its an album that is best from start to finish.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem

      Thank u so much! I really appreciate it! And I agree that skipping the chorus after the first verse gives musical blue balls 😂

  • @ejm6460
    @ejm6460 Před rokem +2

    I feel that you fully understood and appreciated this album ❤️

  • @sirex02
    @sirex02 Před rokem +6

    A plus reaction mister! Finally a reactor that lets the music play then comments about what he's heard....Love Madonna ....I also have another artist request if you're familiar...Tori Amos please!

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      Awesome tysm I’ll add her to the list. Any particular album you think is like a “classic” album of hers?

    • @sirex02
      @sirex02 Před rokem

      @@popcultureweekly Tori Amos is a child Prodigy who began playing piano at age two and has performed over a thousand shows. She's touring this summer. She's released sixteen albums. You might wanna start with her proper debut called Little Earthquakes. She did release a failed big 80s pop rock synth album with her band Y Kant Tori Read...a fan favorite. Enjoy the journey with one of the deepest and most prolific singer songwriters of our generation.

    • @shadowboxercl
      @shadowboxercl Před rokem

      @@popcultureweekly from the choirgirl hotel

  • @hutnerbaekUBS
    @hutnerbaekUBS Před rokem +1

    Subscribed for Madonna! 🙏❤️ Thank you for this.

  • @e.s.9080
    @e.s.9080 Před rokem +4

    Radio has written off Madonna as too old, unmarketable by whowhever decides demographics. The irony is that Madonna still manages without so-called acceptance. She's been long accepted, acknowledged and crowned, so she does what she wants creatively and has the money to reap the rewards or eat the losses. Not many of can claim that freedom. The other bit of irony is that her music always returns years later and is re-evaluated and accepted as ahead of it's time. She knows exactly what she's doing...have faith in her.

  • @leco.xd.
    @leco.xd. Před rokem +10

    more anitta please, react anitta boys don´t cry

  • @bentoth6377
    @bentoth6377 Před rokem +5

    Masterpiece 👌

  • @ejm6460
    @ejm6460 Před rokem +2

    I always said that Crave was the centerpiece of the whole album. Prior to that was a very experimental music but at and after Crave she marries the two: the creative and commercial

  • @galactictiger9947
    @galactictiger9947 Před rokem +3

    Top 3 best Madonna's albums ever 🔥 great reaction

  • @AppleCinnamon1
    @AppleCinnamon1 Před rokem +1

    Finally Enough Love and Future are my favorites but I love the other tracks too especially Looking for mercy.

  • @MrEdOliiver
    @MrEdOliiver Před rokem +3

    So cute the way you say "caçacha"...🇧🇷

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem

      Haha am I pronouncing it wrong?

    • @MrEdOliiver
      @MrEdOliiver Před rokem

      @@popcultureweekly it's "cachaça" but I think it's cuter when you say...😁

  • @escapingboredom6958
    @escapingboredom6958 Před rokem +3

    Great reaction. I can see you already did your homework and know why she created this album. Looking forward to more reactions. Subscribed to your channel for my Queen ❤️

  • @fernandoalayola8338
    @fernandoalayola8338 Před rokem +1

    Amazing Álbum !!! Great Reaction

  • @josephprovencher6345
    @josephprovencher6345 Před rokem +2

    I absolutely appreciate your reaction to the Queen of Pop, and this is my first time on your channel and you've done so great by that I've subscribed and put it all notifications! Looking forward to what you'll react to next ❤

  • @noproblemnostress963
    @noproblemnostress963 Před rokem +8

    More Madonna please

  • @terrystorey
    @terrystorey Před rokem +7

    I always thought they were saying CON troll. Emphasis on CON. I love that you called her RapDonna. I personally love RockDonna, which she morphs into once in a while also. This album was the only album I listened to for two years straight. I feel like it is one of her very best albums. Top 5 imo. She's a genius. This was the best album in 2019 imo. It's too bad that the masses could not see this, and they continue to listen to the same drivel that all sounds the same.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      I totally agree! Tysm for watching! Ray of Light is up next!

    • @moonstone1159
      @moonstone1159 Před rokem +1

      The political connection she makes between "God" & "Gun/s" with "Con" is powerful!

  • @anthonyflynn6228
    @anthonyflynn6228 Před rokem +1

    Great review! This one took me a while because of the vocal effects. I am now used to them and can appreciate the complex work this is. My favorite album is still American Life.

  • @First-q6l
    @First-q6l Před 3 dny +1

    This is my 2nd favorite Madonna record after Erotica! I like her more artsy side vs. the standard pop sound.

  • @joasdavi693
    @joasdavi693 Před rokem +3

    Great review 👏👏👏👏

  • @caios1433
    @caios1433 Před rokem +4

    Anitta is so good

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem

      I’ve got her on the list to review :)

    • @anittalovers23
      @anittalovers23 Před rokem

      ​@@popcultureweekly React ANITTA's album VERSIONS OF ME with 2 billion streams

  • @zanyzander
    @zanyzander Před rokem +3

    Loved it. Was hoping u would include Funana and Ciao Bella.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      I was going back and forth on if I should include them, but decided against it. Now I feel like I should have lol. Thanks for watching!

  • @3O2Nick
    @3O2Nick Před rokem +1

    LETS GO, KYLE!

  • @rodrigorodrigo1230
    @rodrigorodrigo1230 Před rokem +4

    the reason why i like this vids of people reacting to music is bevause even though i may have lstened the album 10000 times, the people who reacts always found something new. it happens all the time, but this was definitely, my favourite of all the ones ive seen.. hahaha

  • @ejm6460
    @ejm6460 Před rokem +1

    I wish you could also hear a bonus track "Ciao Bella", you would truly appreciate it I feel

  • @getrealoky9947
    @getrealoky9947 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This Album is great! Typical Madonna experimental! Future is soooo gooood

  • @EAB82
    @EAB82 Před rokem +1

    I love Madame X.. Come Alive is my favorite

  • @EmilioCadernMne
    @EmilioCadernMne Před rokem +2

    Will you talk about Madonna's albums?
    Well, You've got a new follower from Mexico!
    Great review! Madame X is such an underrated album! With much American Life vibes, and that just can be good

  • @dncmsc1
    @dncmsc1 Před rokem +1

    You got rhythm 🕺

  • @irina1296
    @irina1296 Před rokem +2

    This is a World Music Album from Madonna. Once again, she made something FRESH and DIFFERENT. I'm in minority but Madame X is my 5th favorite Madonna album. I love its concept too.
    Most favorite tracks of mine are Looking for Mercy, Batuka, God Control, Future, Crave and I Don't Search I Find

  • @OBJUAN.
    @OBJUAN. Před rokem +1

    Don't forget these two additional tracks:czcams.com/video/3f_Ul4hLutA/video.html&ab_channel=MegaMixMasters

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      I was debating whether to do the international bonus tracks at all. Ended up choosing Back That… due to the TikTok craze

  • @Iza_Santanna
    @Iza_Santanna Před rokem +1

    React to Anitta - Boys don't cry
    Anitta Queen worldwide 👑 she is very power woman singer in 5 languages

  • @jimmybelc2057
    @jimmybelc2057 Před rokem +1

    You should react to confessions on a dancefloor it’s masterpiece

  • @ralfgraebel4257
    @ralfgraebel4257 Před rokem +1

    Madonna is the Love of my life....she is a brilliant Artist and she has the right to do what she wants to Bring her music to Life....i d'ont Like every Song but why should she Produce Hit after Hit....a Artist is Not a hitmachine

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      I couldn’t agree more! Tysm for watching! I’ll be doing M’s whole catalogue from the start forward :)

  • @andersonbs2702
    @andersonbs2702 Před rokem +1

    o mundo é selvagem, o caminho é solitário, é, é, é... The world is wild, the path is lonely, yeah, yeah, yeah...

  • @moonstone1159
    @moonstone1159 Před rokem +1

    If you haven't already, another masterul and controversial artist to review is the Spanish singer (from Barcelona, Spain) is Rosalia. Her first two albums "Los Angeles" and "El Mal Querer" are especially powrful. She will be around for a long time.

  • @anittalovers23
    @anittalovers23 Před rokem +1

    React ANITTA's Performance in the VMAs and the Global hit ENVOLVER by ANITTA!
    ANITTA is on GUINNESS BOOK!
    She was the first female latin artist to reach the top 1 Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, iTunes, CZcams Music Video and BILBOARD GLOBAL consecutively with a solo song and she wons the VMAs, AMAs, EMA, PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS, LOS 40 MUSIC AWARDS and she was nominated to the GRAMMY
    React the album VERSIONS OF ME album with 2 billion streams

  • @California_dreaming
    @California_dreaming Před rokem +2

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ManiaDeEstrelato
    @ManiaDeEstrelato Před rokem +2

    Anittaaaa❤ queen

  • @ennyonline
    @ennyonline Před rokem +2

    Thank you for reacting! Keep the videos coming. You should react to Beyoncé's new album. :)

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      Thank YOU for watching! Great suggestion I’ll put it on the list!

  • @netolemos7474
    @netolemos7474 Před rokem

    React to like a prayer by Madonna

  • @bertramlobberts4987
    @bertramlobberts4987 Před rokem +2

    React ray of light album

  • @AppleCinnamon1
    @AppleCinnamon1 Před rokem +1

    🤍💙❤💪✌😘🌹🌿🌾

  • @shaunhoward6838
    @shaunhoward6838 Před rokem +2

    Can u please do Kylie Minogues 2020 DISCO album?! Kylies a Queen 👑💯👌

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem

      You’re the 2nd person whose asked so it’s on the short list :)

    • @shaunhoward6838
      @shaunhoward6838 Před rokem

      @@popcultureweekly cheers bro ill keep my eye out 👌💯💿

  • @dalee72
    @dalee72 Před rokem +2

    I'm a big Madonna fan but although I appreciate the experimental aspect and especially the political messages in the album but this is one of my least favorite Madonna albums. I don't like the over use of autotune on the album. I like only 2 songs on this album which are Come Alive and Faz Gostoso.
    Are you going backwards chronologically in her discography?
    If not then I suggest that you start from the beginning with her debut album Madonna and on in order to appreciate her evolution as an artist.

  • @albertramirez9770
    @albertramirez9770 Před rokem +1

    🎙️”If I was abducted by gay aliens, that’s what be playing” 🌈👽🌈👽👈🏼 LMAOROTF 😂👏🏼😍👍🏼

  • @brunorafael8440
    @brunorafael8440 Před rokem +2

    React - Anitta - Álbum Versions of me

  • @wagnercorrea_
    @wagnercorrea_ Před rokem +1

    Madonna is a legend!

  • @ikelwin
    @ikelwin Před rokem +2

    react to anitta songs

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem

      That’s on the list! Someone suggested an album of hers I’m going to do coming up :)

    • @ikelwin
      @ikelwin Před rokem

      @@popcultureweekly great, also react to her music videos. It's a plus!

  • @TheGamerClubber
    @TheGamerClubber Před rokem +1

    I LOVE MADONNA ❤️...but MADAME X is my least favorite.
    TRACKS I LOVE:
    ✓ GOD CONTROL❤️
    ✓ FUTURE ❤️
    ✓FAZ GOSTOSO❤️
    ✓ CRAVE
    ✓ CRAZY
    ✓ I DONT SEARCH, I FIND
    ✓ DARK BALLET (but I like the REMIX / DANCE version most)
    ✓KILLERS WHO ARE PARTYING
    ✓COME ALIVE
    ✓ I RISE

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +1

      That’s most of the album, though lol ;)

    • @TheGamerClubber
      @TheGamerClubber Před rokem

      @@popcultureweekly Crazy, right?
      But I have a stronger conection with CONFESSIONS ON A DANCEFLOOR & EROTICA.
      ---
      I know its Madonna style to be brave and dare New things but...c'mon...BATUKA? 😬😬😬

  • @kristianberg4264
    @kristianberg4264 Před dnem +1

    As a 40yr Madonna fan, I can say one of my least favorite albums after American Life. Crave is the only song I can tolerate.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před dnem +1

      It’s definitely different but one of my favs

    • @kristianberg4264
      @kristianberg4264 Před dnem

      @@popcultureweekly -I respect that, I’m one of the few, as most seem to like it, though I always enjoy her experimentation & growth.

  • @giancarlo5316
    @giancarlo5316 Před 14 dny +1

    Very good ideas and material but really bad editing .... Madonna's lost the plot since 2015 at that issue 🤔

  • @jartober
    @jartober Před rokem

    Bad album that she promoted for years after the release. God Control wasn't really hers , Medellin is awful...I could go on and on. If you think this is an outstanding album, please revisit Erotica and ROL, Bedtime Stories. To each their own, but it's just terrible. The best song that wasn't even on the album is Ciao Bella.

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +4

      Hard disagree on it being bad. But it’s all subjective, which is the great thing about awry.
      The melody to the chorus of God Control wasn’t hers, to which she offered to pay the original songwriter for.
      I do love Ciao Bella!!
      I do love Ray of Light, that’s up next to review :)

    • @jartober
      @jartober Před rokem

      @Pop Culture Weekly she only offered AFTER it was revealed. She gave him no credit early on. She could have made the album brilliant but it certainly did not wind up that way.

  • @christinepugliese-lf8fy
    @christinepugliese-lf8fy Před rokem +2

    I like the Madame x theme, all the women in one woman for the nuanced and rhythmic representations by Madonna👍👍🫶🫶🙏🙏

  • @naurking5388
    @naurking5388 Před rokem +1

    Out of all her albums you reacted to her second worst 💀

    • @popcultureweekly
      @popcultureweekly  Před rokem +2

      Lol awwww no

    • @jartober
      @jartober Před rokem

      Exactly. No real Madonna fan would love it. He's clearly just getting into her lol. Some of us are old and have been there since 82

    • @naurking5388
      @naurking5388 Před rokem

      @@jartober there's not such thing as real fan, you ain't special. The album is mediocre cause it's mediocre, nothing else.

    • @jartober
      @jartober Před rokem

      @@naurking5388 absolutely there are. A real fan can mean many things. Especially when it comes to Madonna.

    • @13dxavier
      @13dxavier Před rokem +1

      The album is great. Been a fan since 89