Madame X is a secret agent. A dancer. A professor. A head of state. A housekeeper. An equestrian. A prisoner. A student. A teacher. A nun. A cabaret singer. A saint. A prostitute.
madame x
Released 14th June 2019, Madame X found Madonna moving through Lisbon, fado, Latin pop, political theatre and club experimentation. Restless, theatrical and global in sound, the album introduced one of her most enigmatic alter egos.
tracklist | Deluxe
medellín with maluma
dark ballet
god control
future with quavo
batuka
killers who are partying
crave with swae lee
crazy
come alive
extreme occident
faz gostoso (feat. Anita)
bitch I’m local (feat. maluma)
I don’t search I find
looking for mercy
I rise
funana
back that up to the beat
ciao bella (feat. Kimi djabatè
tracklist | standard
medellín with maluma
dark ballet
god control
future with quavo
batuka
killers who are partying
crave with swae lee
crazy
come alive
faz gostoso (feat. Anita)
bitch I’m loca (feat. maluma)
I don’t search I find
I rise
singles
medellín with maluma
crave with swae lee
I rise
I don’t search I find
dark ballet
god control
formats
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vinyl
cassette
Album: Madame X
Artist: Madonna
Released: 14 June 2019
Label: Interscope Records
Main producers: Madonna, Mirwais, Mike Dean, Diplo and others
Key collaborators: Maluma, Quavo, Swae Lee, Anitta
Lead single: Medellín
Era: 2010s
Tour: Madame X Tour
Themes: identity, freedom, exile, surveillance, politics, faith, sexuality, language, resistance
visuals
Madame X was built around disguise and duality. The eyepatch became the era’s central symbol: part spy, part cabaret icon, part wounded warrior. The imagery mixed Catholic drama, Lisbon shadows, political resistance and old-world glamour, giving the album a visual language that felt deliberately unstable. Nothing was fixed. Madame X could be anyone, anywhere, watching and being watched.
themes
At its core, Madame X is an album about fractured identity. Madonna does not present one version of herself here, but many: lover, exile, activist, observer, performer, provocateur. The album moves between languages, genres and political positions, sometimes elegantly and sometimes abrasively. That unevenness is part of its character. Madame X is not designed to be smooth. She is designed to disturb the furniture.
lisbon influences
Madonna’s years in Lisbon shaped the sound and soul of Madame X. The city opened the album outwards, bringing in Portuguese, Cape Verdean and Latin influences alongside electronic pop. Songs such as Batuka and Extreme Occidentfeel especially rooted in that wider musical conversation, making the album one of her most geographically expansive works.
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