Nightswimming

“Madonna should have made a breakup album. Not some dreamy, melodramatic teen-pop breakup album, but a record by a middle-aged mother about the failure of her marriage. You can tell that she wanted to. Every once in a while on MDNA, a very specific lyric about opening a joint account or not signing a prenup cuts through the big, cheesy beats and reminds us that there is a real human being behind these songs. But it doesn’t happen enough, because Madonna is afraid to make a record for adults. If she did, she’d have to admit to being one.”

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Flavorwire » on Madonna’s ‘MDNA’: Where Are All the Elderstateswomen of Pop?

some interesting points. I hoped for a new ‘Ray of Light’ too.