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Madonna news - Jan. 2018
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Madonna calls for gender equality with Get Stupid studio video
Source: Youtube - 21 Jan. 2018Madonna has posted the studio version of the Get Stupid video on her Instagram and Youtube accounts. The video was originally used during the 2008-'09 Sticky & Sweet Tour as interlude video with a clear political message.
This time, Madonna uses it to support the #timesup campaign, which fights for gender equality and women's rights. On Instagram, she commented:
Get UP......It’s Time.......Your LIFE........Your WORLD............🌎🌍🌏🕓🕘🕙🕑🖤📢🖤💃🏿📢🖤 #timesupnow #women #unite #gender #equality 🖤
Madonna responds to critics of her collaboration
Source: Instagram - 19 Jan. 2018Madonna has edited her post about her collaboration with Starrah to respond to the many criticisms that had followed:
❣️talented and amazing songwriter and human being! ❣️ Some people see a woman of color with a baseball cap and assume I am making a hip hop record with rappers
And that is just some racist, stereotypical B.S.!!! That said, I will make the record I want to make and do not have to explain or ask permission to do what i want as an artist. 🎶💃🏿🎨🎤🎥! Never have and never will. 1. Do your research before you make assumptions ! 2. Nothing Good to Say?? Then say Nothing. 😷 Positive Vibes only please! 🌈💕🌸🎉😂
It's a pity that so early in the recording process, certain 'fans' can't be excited and instead jump to false conclusions prematurely.
We can't wait to hear what Madonna, Starrah and Billboard are creating right now, how about you?
First collaborators: Madonna in the studio with Starrah and Billboard
Source: Instagram - 19 Jan. 2018Following her announcement that she's back in the recording studio, Madonna has posted a selfie with - as it seems - one of the first collaborators on her new album: Starrah.
Madonna also tagged Billboard, who previously co-produced her song Ghosttown.
Starrah - aka Brittany Talia Hazzard - is an American songwriter, singer and rapper. She co-wrote many recent pop hits, such as Katy Perry's "Swish Swish", Nicki Minaj's "No Frauds", and Camila Cabello's "Havana". She also collaborated with Rihanna, Big Sean, Calvin Harris, The Weeknd, and Pharrell Williams.
In 2017, she released an EP with Diplo. Diplo also reacted to Madonna's Instagram post:
Yeh she's actually the best there is
And your the greatest of all time
Madonna announces she's working on new music!
Source: Instagram - 17 Jan. 2018Finally, after months of speculation about new music in 2018, Madonna has today confirmed that she's back in the studio!
In an Instagram story she said:
feels so good to be working on music again
Later today, she was seen leaving a recording studio in London.
The news comes a month after Madonna declared, during an interview at 'Live with Kelly & Ryan', that she would be coming back to the music scene in 2018.
The new material will be Madonna's 14th studio album and will serve as a follow-up on her #1 album Rebel Heart, which was released in March 2015.
Madonna pledges to build 4 more schools in Malawi
Source: People - 4 Jan. 2018Madonna is getting "Into the Groove" of 2018 — with some charity work!
On Thursday, the pop icon announced that her philanthropic foundation, Raising Malawi, will build four new schools in the southeast African country, where the organization has already built 10 schools.
"Let's start 2018 off right!" Madonna, 59, captioned an Instagram post. "I'm challenging you all to stand up, come together and BE the CHANGE you want to SEE in the World!! This year we'll begin by building 4 brand new schools in the Kasungu District of #Malawi with @RaisingMalawi and @buildOn!! That's 14 schools in total that will help thousands of kids get the education they so rightfully deserve!"
Madonna has a long history with the nation, as she adopted four of her six children from Malawi: David Banda, 12, Mercy James, 11, and 6-year-old twins Stella and Estere, whom she brought home last February. (The Grammy winner is also mom to Lourdes Leon, 21, and Rocco Ritchie, 17.)
The "Living for Love" singer's relationship with the African country began in 2006, when she launched Raising Malawi. And this summer, all of Madonna's efforts culminated in the charity's biggest undertaking yet. In July, the pop star asked PEOPLE to join her and her family in Malawi for the opening of the Mercy James Centre for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, the first children's hospital in the nation.
"I'm here to save lives," she previously told PEOPLE of her work in Malawi, which in 2017 Global Financial Magazine ranked as the sixth-poorest country in the world. "I don't want to be the outsider that comes in. I want to help them help themselves."
Charity advisor Trevor Neilson — who has helped manage the philanthropic efforts of everyone from Bill Gates and Bill Clinton to Bono — has worked with Madonna for six years.
"A lot of people thought she might lessen her involvement," he previously told PEOPLE, "but instead she has dramatically increased it and has now — with the completion of the pediatric surgery unit — done something that no one has ever done before in Malawi or, really, anywhere in Africa … She is engaged on a daily basis in a way that people who just write checks are not. She is tough, smart and extremely committed to this country."
All the details on Madonna's personalized 'MAMBO' mommy necklace
Source: People - 4 Jan. 2018Madonna's children are with her wherever she goes, thanks to Lana Jewelry.
The pop superstar, 59, has shared multiple snaps of herself rocking a nameplate necklace that reads "MAMBO": the nickname her kids Estere and Stella, 5, Mercy James, 11, and David Banda, 12, call her. (She is also mom to son Rocco John, 17, and Lourdes, 21.)
The brand's founder and designer Lana Bramlette spoke with PEOPLE about her new Get Personal collection that the Material Girl's necklace is from, as well as the inspiration behind Madonna's particular piece that she made as part of the collection's launch.
"My publicist coordinated with [Madonna's] stylist, Eyob Yohannes, to design the piece," says Bramlette, whose personalized nameplate necklace is also worn by Jennifer Lopez. "I think she is excited to wear something meaningful, and I love watching her proudly rock it every day on social media."
"I want to give my clients pieces to wear that make them feel good about themselves and that express their values. She also wears my diamond Crossary necklace daily," Bramlette explains, adding with a laugh, "I tell my clients, 'If Madonna wears her necklace around the world and back daily without damaging it, you don't have an excuse for a repair.' "
Madonna claps back at all the haters shaming her daughter Lourdes' armpit hair
Source: Bravo TV - 4 Jan. 2018Of all the New Year's Eve parties we'd want to attend, Madonna's ranks pretty high up there. But somehow Internet trolls found a way to rain on the pop star's 2018 parade — and attack her college-age daughter Lourdes in the process.
It all started when Madonna posted a mother-daughter NYE selfie with Lourdes, who is following in her mom's footsteps and skipping shaving. Unlike a Gigi Hadid "Is that really armpit hair?" situation, there's definitely no mistaking in this photo that Lourdes is going au naturel. She's been photographed before with hairy underarms, so clearly it's a personal preference.
Nonetheless, rude commenters jumped in saying how "nasty" it is for women to have underarm hair. (Other people disagreed, writing things such as "It's more disgusting to think that this is disgusting" and "Its just hair.") Despite being unnecessarily mean, do any of them actually think that Madge cares what their opinion is on the matter? Doubtful!
Here's what Madonna has to say about online meanies in general — or basically anyone judging her, ever. Yesterday she posted this on Twitter, clapping back at all the haters:
"Oh Wait! What was my New Years Resolution? ......................." she wrote "Oh Yeah......To Give many less F**ks about what people think! #thinkforyourself #dontbeasheep #thecheesestandsalone." Then she posted an Instagram with a unicorn meme expressing a sentiment along those same lines.
Good for you, Madonna!
Madonna thanks friends in year overview, shares pix of NYE celebrations
Source: Instagram - 1 Jan. 2018Mad-Eyes wishes all Madonna fans a wonderful 2018, filled with many great Madonna moments!
Before going into the new year, Madonna shared a video with some of her best moments of 2017, including her travels to Italy and Malawi. She thanked her friends and family, because "Life would be empty and meaningless without each and every one of you."
As she partied on New Year's Eve, she shared pictures and video from her daughters Lola, Stella and Esther, as well as her dancer friends Sofia Boutella, Loïc Mabanza, and Lil' Buck Riley, who all celebrated with her.
Madonna's selfie with her eldest daughter got criticised because Lola hadn't shaved her armpits. Those fans seemingly have forgotten Madonna herself didn't shave her armpits in high school, as part of her rebellion.
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