Global pop icon Madonna (67) is shaking the global pop world by pouring unrestrained anger at ex-husband Sean Penn and her stepmother Joan, who died last year, into a new album.
On the 2nd (local time), according to foreign media including the Daily Mail of the United Kingdom, Madonna unleashed sharp criticism at the figures who rocked her life through her highly anticipated new album Confessions II.
The most eye-catching is the track "Bizarre," aimed at actor Sean Penn, whom she was married to for three and a half years in the 1980s. In the song, Madonna mentions Penn's trademark "movie star with deep blue eyes," alleging that he felt threatened by her overwhelming fame and refused to share the red carpet.
She increased the shock by including specific lyrics about the 1968 Shelby GT500 convertible she gave him as a wedding gift and even his 1987 reckless driving conviction. Because Madonna had previously shown unusual affection for Penn in public, saying "I still love him from the moment I saw him," the sudden targeting through this album has surprised music fans. In the lyrics she expressed bitter anger, saying, "You just won't admit it because you feel threatened by me. Who would have known love could be so bizarre?"
Madonna's blade did not stop there. On the track "Betrayal," she zeroed in on her stepmother Joan, who died during the making of the 2024 album. Madonna, who lost her birth mother to breast cancer at age 5 and had deep conflicts with her stepmother, reportedly did not attend the funeral. In the lyrics she unreservedly expressed long-buried hatred, saying, "This is a story about betrayal. You could never take my mother's place."
But this album is not filled with anger alone. It also contains a record of her deadly struggle, when she was found unconscious at her New York home in 2023 and fell into a coma from sepsis.
In particular, Madonna proved her strong vitality by revealing an anecdote that after waking from a 48-hour coma she felt as if God asked, "Will you go with me?" and she firmly shouted "NO!" The song "The Test," featuring her daughter Lourdes (29), who stayed by her side and helped her recover, is a healing song that wiped away long-standing grievances between mother and daughter.
Madonna recently appeared on the BBC show Madonna & Graham and candidly said, "My daughter was very reluctant to work with me because she didn't want the perception that she debuted using my privilege, and she kept her distance. She held resentment for a long time." But she said her daughter first suggested, "Let's write songs that precisely contain what we want to say to each other," and that their mother-daughter relationship was miraculously restored through this music work.
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