Madonna has explained the inspiration behind her album “Madame X” and how it means not caring what anybody thinks.
At a Q&A in London (April 24), fans asked the pop queen all kinds of questions about her music and upcoming album. One fan inquired about the line “Allowed myself to be naïve/To be someone I’ve never been” and asked Madonna if that summarizes what “Madame X” is all about.
Madonna responded: “What I mean by that line is naive in terms of not caring what people think. I feel like when I started my career, as an artist, I was naive. There was a good thing about being naive because you don’t think about judgment, you don’t think about what people are going to say, or think about what you’re doing, and you’re free and pure in your expression.
“I wanted to be able to go back to that time in my life when I was just starting out in New York and I didn’t care what people thought and my music really came without listening to all the noise or recommendations or suggestions, or whatever.”
She added: “That is also the time in my life, when I was 19 when I was given the name Madame X. So the whole story comes full circle.”
Madame X will be released on June 14.
