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Originally Posted by Chibi-Chan
I too find the song pretty boring and I only made it half through it when I listened to it a few days ago. Overall I like the video, but this Maluma guy is so unlikeable somehow...
Nonetheless, I'm curious what will follow and this seems like a very interesting concept album!
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I'm kind of in agreement with you here. The video itself, the sexuality of it especially, feels
very "try hard". It's a little odd that Madonna would think all the sexual scenes with someone who's literally
less than half her age would look as good as she assumed. Maluma, at least IMO, is gorgeous. I like his suave. He's always been eye candy.
What's awkward is I can't tell if it's the recent politics of America or Madonna herself that makes me look at the lyrics, her pronunciation of the Spanish language, the idea of Madonna teaching cha cha to a room of Colombians... with a weird feeling of "white people luxuriating Latin culture". I normally don't sign on to the "cultural appropriation" stuff, but
this just feels like Madonna basically telling her team, "I want to do Latino for my new album."
I really hope she does fado justice here. Fado is an extremely unique part of Portuguese culture, and with a first single that sounds like Sia trying to write a Shakira song, I'm a little worried that Madonna will basically rub her crotch on a guitar while mouthing sad lyrics and
that will be her idea of "fado influence".
I'm glad Mirwais is working with her again. I loved
American Life. But I'm also a bit confused about the absence of Portuguese and Latin producers on an album supposedly heavily-influenced by Portuguese and Latin culture. I'm not sure if Madonna really knows what she's doing here. And to be honest, after
Hard Candy,
MDNA, and
Rebel Heart, I don't have a lot of confidence in Madge pulling off the concepts as effectively as she once did with records like
Confessions and
Ray of Light.