Madonna is in full promo-panic mode after the rush release of her new music has proven a complete failure. The six-track release from Madonna’s forthcoming LP Rebel Heart were made available on iTunes just before Christmas, intended to be a precautionary measure against leaks. But while the early availability of the tracks saw initial movement on the iTunes chart, they quickly plummeted out of the top 100, with Nicki Minaj collaboration “Bitch I’m Madonna” currently the highest charter at number 188.
The album, set for release in March, is currently at number 38 in iTunes pre-orders and a dismal 167 on Amazon. Madonna is clearly failing in her efforts to attract a new generation of fans, while the older generation are less patient with her trend-pandering newer material.
Artistic Rape? Terrorism? Hmmm…
“This is artistic rape!!” she cried out in an Instagram post that has since been taken down. “These are early leaked demo’s half of which wont even make it on my album the other half have changed and evolved. This is a form of terrorism. Wtf!!!! Why do people want to destroy artistic process??? Why steal? Why not give me the opportunity to finish and give you my very best?”
Go figure
A post-menopausal celebrity-addicted former pop queen who looks like a velociraptor, obsessed with youth and trend, is having a hard time swaying a public whose bullshit detectors have evolved far faster than her schtick. And matters are certainly not helped when she starts co-opting iconic imagery of true heroes of the past for her own promotional agenda, in one stroke both diminishing their legacies and showcasing her own narcissistic overdrive.
Backpedaling
In two Facebook posts on Friday, Madonna clarified that the famous images she had been using, bound in the same way that she is on her Rebel Heart cover, were the works of her fans.
‘I would like to thank all my fans for recreating my album cover with the Rebel Heart ribbon on the faces of so many Great Heros. It shows that you are also celebrating and in admiration of these great freedom fighters! When I repost these images i am saying YES! These people are all Rebel Hearts in one way or another from Martin Luther King to Jesus to Nelson Mandela to John Lennon. YES! Lets celebrate them! The world needs more people like them.
I hope to one day accomplish. 1 100th of what these Rebel Hearts have accomplished. As I Said in a previous post ‘I walk in the footsteps of Giants’ and i will continue to do so G*D willing. They are my guiding light. #rebelheart #livingforlove’ -Madonna”
Rebel (Old) Fart
Speaking of hashtags, what’s cooler than a 56 year old woman desperately trying to pass herself off as timelessly young and “hip,” flipping off cameras and tagging everything under the sun with #UnapologeticBitch?
Try all you like, Madonna. Between the “terrorism” victim game, the in-your-face classless tough-girl schtick and, oh yeah, terrible new music nobody likes, it’s hard to ignore the writing on the wall: You’re no longer the queen.
