Madonna: What Happens When You Don’t Age “Gracefully”

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  • Опубликовано: 6 май 2024
  • Madonna has received criticism for her unwavering sexuality as she ages, ageism or desperation? likely both, but it’s the least surprising thing about Madonna’s career at this point. She famously said “don’t preach!” , and maybe it’s time we listen, given her continued success and longevity. Could Madonna be embracing the new normal?
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  • @asgo7320
    @asgo7320 Месяц назад +1500

    Male rock stars being half naked on stage, singing about sex and sleeping around has always been ok. But if a woman does it?

    • @samueltv9428
      @samueltv9428 Месяц назад

      Yes please we need to let women show their boobs.

    • @BroJo676
      @BroJo676 Месяц назад +84

      Male rockstars singing songs from their youths as nostalgia acts.
      Madonna keeps releasing new music and her new attempts at making music sound too juvenile, destroying her extensive and beautiful legacy from the 1980s to 1990s.

    • @perfectallycromulent
      @perfectallycromulent Месяц назад +43

      Half naked male rock stars have only been ok since the late 1960s, and only in certain countries, like those in Europe or the Americas. Asian countries are generally much less accepting of this sort of thing.

    • @sarizonana
      @sarizonana Месяц назад +60

      Nope it looks equally ridiculous.

    • @Dojafish
      @Dojafish Месяц назад

      Where are this male artist😭?
      Also I think most are usually on par with woman signing about sex while half naked. Like have you seen the pop girlies of the last 2 decades?

  • @hellobye7697
    @hellobye7697 Месяц назад +1027

    Well when you’re bullied for your looks and being called too “old” from the 80s until now, ofcourse you’re going to change ur face.

    • @TakabIghe
      @TakabIghe Месяц назад +64

      As if Madonna hasn’t bullied tons of people in the industry too 😂

    • @t_ylr
      @t_ylr Месяц назад +42

      Can I be honest I've seen unedited videos from her concerts and she looks fine imo. She looked kinda crazy right after her last face lift, but I feel like we're making a big deal out of how bad her plastic surgery is. Idk she's Madonna she's not Jill from accounting. Let her have a face lift if she wants 😂

    • @LemManga
      @LemManga Месяц назад +40

      @@t_ylr shes allowed to get a face lift and we're allowed to say it looks bad

    • @hellobye7697
      @hellobye7697 Месяц назад +4

      @@TakabIghe Name the people she has bullied

    • @hellobye7697
      @hellobye7697 Месяц назад +4

      @@t_ylr She looks incredibyl lately due to weight loss and filler dissolving, but ofcourse all people do is hate

  • @Toby2017
    @Toby2017 Месяц назад +579

    Damn,she really fought for a lot of good causes.

    • @dieterdelange9488
      @dieterdelange9488 29 дней назад +65

      Exactly. It's so easy for artists these days to jump unto the LGBT+ pandering train, but for Madonna to do so in the late 80s/90s was career suicide. It was the height of the AIDS crisis, when left and right politicians and so many others turned their backs on the gay community (including celebs who support them now), and when AIDS was still labelled "God's punishment", "gay cancer", etc.
      Madonna openly spoke out on behalf of gay people, advocating for safe sex and breaking down the myths of AIDS (e.g. people still thought you could get it from using the same bathroom, etc.) She often went to Mexico to get medication for AIDS patients. Above all, she said that AIDS patients should be treated with compassion, regardless of how they got infected.
      She didn't pander to the gays, she supported them. It's sad how so many in the queer community today make fun of her and diss her.

    • @MashaRistova
      @MashaRistova 29 дней назад +47

      She stood up for the gays when it wasn’t the cool thing to do. She’s brave and truly dgaf. In the clips in this video you can see she had men dressed in drag on her stages decades ago. Also POC, men and women. She made out with black men in her videos. I repeat, it was NOT accepted or the cool thing back then. That’s why she’s an icon

    • @Victorcolongarcia
      @Victorcolongarcia 29 дней назад

      @@dieterdelange9488👏👏👏

    • @MissGayleEnlightens
      @MissGayleEnlightens 18 дней назад +3

      She stole children. 🙄

    • @Victorcolongarcia
      @Victorcolongarcia 17 дней назад +3

      @@MissGayleEnlightens you call adoption stealing? Wtf?

  • @nachonic100
    @nachonic100 Месяц назад +783

    Sorry but she killed in Rio, she's a legend and should be left her be whatever she wants

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 Месяц назад +417

    I mean she’s a true legend, she made like a prayer, ray of light. I think that’s enough.

    • @raheemabdoul8480
      @raheemabdoul8480 25 дней назад

      She fell of after the 80s

    • @rhiannonyoung8962
      @rhiannonyoung8962 24 дня назад +6

      @@raheemabdoul8480 That's Not What Her Successful Sales/Sold Out World Tours Prove.

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 16 дней назад

      @@rhiannonyoung8962 Madonna is so huge she doesn't need to have hit records anymore. She had hit records for 25 years ---That's no small feat.

    • @irishspagetti6565
      @irishspagetti6565 8 дней назад

      Ray of light sucks, everything she did after that is just bad

  • @SavvyMuhon
    @SavvyMuhon Месяц назад +645

    Body dysmorphia is a demon, I can’t imagine it whilst also being a sex symbol. I am glad that public opinion in terms of body image is slowly shifting, but it’s sad that the ripples are still moving. Just let people age. It happens to literally everyone.

    • @cosmefulanitoo2625
      @cosmefulanitoo2625 Месяц назад +9

      Just because a woman decides to do something about her OWN BODY doesn't make her a "demon." A woman who shows her gray hair is just as IMPORTANT as one who dyes her hair. A woman who shows her wrinkles is just as VALUABLE as one who has a cosmetic procedure. And this is just on the physical issue, don't get me started on sexual and reproductive freedom. Women... ALL HUMANS can age however they want. Through your own values ​​and conditions but above all ASPIRATIONS.

    • @SavvyMuhon
      @SavvyMuhon Месяц назад +15

      @@cosmefulanitoo2625
      Clearly I struck a nerve.

    • @cosmefulanitoo2625
      @cosmefulanitoo2625 Месяц назад +2

      Of course YOU DID Felicia. 👽 You actually DID THAT.

    • @milkflavored
      @milkflavored Месяц назад +3

      I think watching the Met Gala last night weirdly hammered this home for me. Not only the body dysmorphia on display but how there were also so many different types of bodies on the carpet, and I found them beautiful and inspiring … I’m really sitting with my thoughts

    • @I_love_You_And_Me_1996
      @I_love_You_And_Me_1996 29 дней назад

      She- she didn't call her demon, she said the illness "body dysmorphia" is ​@@cosmefulanitoo2625

  • @Peterrdee
    @Peterrdee Месяц назад +382

    When I see Madonna I don’t see age, I don’t care what she does with her photos or her face, her music is absolutely amazing no one has that and no one will have the talent or longevity of Madonna

    • @santiago324
      @santiago324 Месяц назад +5

      This THIS!!!

    • @sullysullivan1187
      @sullysullivan1187 Месяц назад +14

      Thank you! We should happy we still have her around. She is one of the greats. Honestly all the hate is because she is a woman. Let’s be real

    • @LD-tn6ff
      @LD-tn6ff 29 дней назад +3

      Madonna was hardly famous on the basis of her music alone. She amassed notoriety from CONSTANT public scandal, spectacle, feuds, controversy, sexuality, etc. The masses were more interested in seeing what she would do next rather than hearing what she would do next. Not saying these are even necessarily bad, but these are almost more responsible for making her a cultural icon/influence rather than her overall discography. This also perfectly explains why she hasn't released any noteworthy or popular music that younger generations are willing to care about. Expressing open sexuality isn't provocative anymore and shes continuing the attempt to use "controversy" as a crutch. When this fails, she then appears as somewhat of a spectacle to new or young audiences. Theres a reason why counterparts within the same generation (Kylie Minogue for example) who never relied as heavily on controversy, is able to maintain a career with new hit music that transcends generational divide and without the subsequent criticism.

    • @dontrelate465
      @dontrelate465 29 дней назад +7

      ​@@LD-tn6ffBaby no one is checking for Kylie Minogue.

    • @dudnika-anti
      @dudnika-anti 13 дней назад +1

      @@LD-tn6ff saying this as a fadga stan is crazy 💀the call is coming from inside the house. madonna birthed that talentless hag...

  • @robertprice4826
    @robertprice4826 Месяц назад +235

    To be fair even if Madonna aged the way Pamela Anderson is, she would still get criticsized, Pamela an aging sex symbol gets attacked for allowing herself to age, so no either way women can't win

    • @xBINARYGODx
      @xBINARYGODx 29 дней назад +33

      this - they don't actually want you to age gracefully, that's just a talking point backed up by nothing because the only actual point is the complain about the thing you find uncomfortable.

    • @patchchrist
      @patchchrist 24 дня назад +7

      💯. Ever see IG photos of her Sister Melanie being compared to her? If Madonna allowed herself to age like her Sister, she would get dragged & age-shamed even worse.

  • @masteroftheelements276
    @masteroftheelements276 Месяц назад +1078

    Madonna just made history the other day in having the biggest audience for a concert tour in history something the current girls who should actually be surpassing Madonna haven't accomplished.

    • @rienzib
      @rienzib Месяц назад +288

      You forgot to mention the show was FREE to the public.

    • @maddy8124
      @maddy8124 Месяц назад +111

      Uhh- the concert was free😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
      And there are ANY current and their are indeed other artists that are currently surpassing Madonna in the auditorium 😭 I’m to weak-

    • @nikibronson133
      @nikibronson133 Месяц назад +42

      And yet she gets no media coverage yet she’s consistently still amazing and even breaking records because the previous person to hold that record funny enough was Tina Turner another older woman during her peak

    • @courtneythompson6179
      @courtneythompson6179 Месяц назад +30

      I’m sure Swift could if she did that same

    • @rienzib
      @rienzib Месяц назад +40

      @@courtneythompson6179 Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Shakira, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Karol G…

  • @evanliu1939
    @evanliu1939 Месяц назад +115

    To loosely quote from Rupaul’s Drag Race S12 EP7 Madonna Rusical:” The most controversial thing Madonna has done is to stick around.”
    Even though I personally don’t care about her that much, I still respect her legacy and her everything. No matter what she will become, I still want her to stick around and stay true to herself unapologetically.

    • @nouriciolz
      @nouriciolz 28 дней назад +9

      Drag Race quoted her from her speech of woman of the year in 2016. Amazing episode!!!

    • @scottwooledge6387
      @scottwooledge6387 10 дней назад +2

      She could do like so many artists do, have a few hit records then tour off of playing the oldies for life. But she is driven. Driven to be relevant, driven to be creative, driven to prove she has earned her place as a legend. Nothing but respect for sticking around. That’s such a funny and true assessment.

    • @LexaTerrestrialx
      @LexaTerrestrialx 8 дней назад

      she gave hope to sm women and inspired the world.I commented on a photo on IG & said "If I have the audacity to stay around on the planet best believe I'm gonna wear what I want" they were praising & showing older woman who walked the red carpet all glam. It got 1,000 likes. The most controversial thing she's done is yes live her life.

  • @IsabEla-tf5lt
    @IsabEla-tf5lt Месяц назад +95

    Pink just said "We shouldn't be talking about madonna face we should be talking about the badass shit that women did for the rest of us"

  • @ElectroPrince3000
    @ElectroPrince3000 Месяц назад +256

    “Aging gracefully” is just another dated, misogynistic phrase aimed at controlling women and shaming the ones who have the nerve to do what they want with their lives & not follow the pack. You will NEVER hear anyone using that saying for a man.
    Madonna has always done whatever the fuck she wanted with her life and always embraced self-care, edgy fashion & makeovers. Why should she change who she is just because total strangers find it abnormal or inappropriate? Suddenly, feminism is out the window.
    I also find it hilarious how no one bats an eye when pop stars in their 20s & 30s are filled with botox & fillers but when a 65 year old woman does it, it’s pathetic & desperate. Let’s not act like pop girlies like Ariana, Katy, Gaga or Beyoncé have never had any cosmetic work or beauty procedures. Madonna has just always been an easy target for bullying since the very beginning, because no matter how much people tried to humiliate and bring her down, she never budged and that still pisses them off. And that’s why the media keeps trying to push a very one-dimensional side of her. WAKE TF UP.

    • @natashamacedo6848
      @natashamacedo6848 29 дней назад +23

      Exactly! People would not care if her procedures looked "natural". Madonna, as an artist, has never cared about what people deem graceful. Her career has always been transgressive.

    • @Blazer9970
      @Blazer9970 29 дней назад +33

      Why are u lying. Just look at Michael Jackson. He's a man and he was bullied all his life for his cosmetic procedures even when the public found out that he got them due to the relentless bullying and insecurities he got from his father they still crucified him, calling him wacko jacko etc. The point is whether or not its a man or a woman, whether its the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s or 2020s they still get mocked by the public especially if the transformation is pretty drastic.

    • @juandiegotorres9632
      @juandiegotorres9632 29 дней назад

      Michael Jackson was bullied for not aging gracefully...

    • @txwtw
      @txwtw 29 дней назад +4

      @@Blazer9970 I agree.

    • @CYBER_N0T
      @CYBER_N0T 29 дней назад +6

      ​@@Blazer9970That doesn't fit in with their narrative

  • @commonomics
    @commonomics Месяц назад +203

    I honestly think that she looks fire for being in her 60s

    • @samanthas6073
      @samanthas6073 Месяц назад +23

      You need your eyes checked.

    • @commonomics
      @commonomics Месяц назад +1

      @@samanthas6073 either she becomes saggy and ignored by society or she gets plastic surgery and looks like what she does. It’s not awful, she just doesn’t look like herself. Cher is a good example of great plastic surgery, Kim k is another great example.

    • @adontecook810
      @adontecook810 Месяц назад +56

      @@samanthas6073you need to turn 65 and see how you look by then

    • @bigbootyboy420
      @bigbootyboy420 29 дней назад

      @@adontecook810it’s not about her looking old. Ppl are criticizing her uncanny valley creepy plastic surgery botched face

    • @MsCarringtonsYoutube
      @MsCarringtonsYoutube 29 дней назад +3

      A Lie

  • @Lwhale.3797
    @Lwhale.3797 Месяц назад +54

    Madonna bringing ballroom culture to the masses in a big way with ‘Vogue’ (and priming the pump for Drag Race in the 2010’s) will forever be iconic. Love her 🔥🔥🔥

  • @lulu-im9ps
    @lulu-im9ps Месяц назад +46

    The concert in Rio was insane, it was broadcast live on TV, everyone stopped to watch her perform

  • @jorgeherrera-uo2pr
    @jorgeherrera-uo2pr Месяц назад +217

    Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite artist. Let that be clear.

  • @fan7708
    @fan7708 Месяц назад +197

    One day we gonna have this conversation about Taylor swift and her weird obsession with writing from a perspective of a high schooler OOP

    • @somberwinds
      @somberwinds 27 дней назад +14

      That’s just marketing. Her whole brand is being a relatable singer/songwriter and making music for young women to feel identified with, writing music specifically catered to the most profitable and loyal audience an artist can have (teenage/young women/fangirls) is precisely the reason why Taylor is the biggest star in the world right now. Her marketing strategy is flawless and by far the smartest and most effective out of any artist in music history.

    • @pizzadogma
      @pizzadogma 26 дней назад +9

      There's the saying of, "the age you become famous, is the age you mentally stay at forever."

    • @ozyvillanueva9277
      @ozyvillanueva9277 18 дней назад +7

      @@somberwindssweetheart no matter what you say ms. Emissions billionaire swift is not relatable. Call it marketing or whatever but Taylor is what Madonna used to be so we’ll be talking the same about Taylor in 20 years.

  • @Waterlemoan
    @Waterlemoan Месяц назад +58

    I just want to say that I truly appreciate what you do. This is one of many times I realized I need to get a grip of my focus and deal with my shit. I honestly thought this video was about surgeries and had my thoughts - but to be reminded of what she's done and how the world also affect me was a humbling experience. To even think that I silently judge her is just... I am so ashamed. And as I am ashamed I am also scared of wrinkles, of looking "tired" and lose my youth. What a world we live in.

    • @MissAngie25
      @MissAngie25 Месяц назад +8

      All women deal with this fear, we will all be expected to tone down our looks and sexuality as we get older or we’ll feel the pressure to stay looking young, these are choppy waters we’ll have to navigate so imagine being Madonna the blueprint of female pop music and sexual expression in the mainstream, always thought as sexy, having to deal with that kind of criticism from the general public.
      I wouldn’t want it so I think people need to be a little bit kind and understanding.

  • @yassercastillo2607
    @yassercastillo2607 Месяц назад +111

    She is making it easier for other girls as usual. Look a Gwen, Jlo, Kylie. They are not being as scrutinized for their looks and surgeries.

    • @Theicons687
      @Theicons687 Месяц назад +15

      I'm glad they're not it's just a shame Madonna is , Kylie on forums back then was kinda dragged for Botox which she has admitted to but people loved to hate😢it's a shame why can't we just enjoy their music

    • @Ronsquaremy
      @Ronsquaremy 27 дней назад +1

      Gwen Stefani looks like a light skinned biracial now. She didn't just get a facelift...a fox eye lift and lip fillers too.

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 16 дней назад

      Gwen is not as big of a star as Madonna. Nowhere near that big

    • @florencembah2626
      @florencembah2626 13 дней назад

      I don't know about the rest but Kylie gets dragged a lot

    • @yassercastillo2607
      @yassercastillo2607 13 дней назад

      @@florencembah2626 Kylie Minogue?

  • @eml3077
    @eml3077 Месяц назад +187

    There would be no Britney, no Beyonce, no Taylor
    Without Madonna 😊

    • @cbhvhgj
      @cbhvhgj Месяц назад +6

      LOL

    • @dancer4066
      @dancer4066 29 дней назад +32

      Umm beyonce yes don’t never try to credit a white woman for Beyoncé

    • @daniellarkins3849
      @daniellarkins3849 29 дней назад +31

      ​@@dancer4066Yes. I love Madonna but their pushing it a little with their comment. While Madonna may have had some influence on Bey and the others, she isn't their sole influence.

    • @cosmefulanitoo2625
      @cosmefulanitoo2625 29 дней назад +31

      BEYONCÉ: "... Queen Mother Madonna I Love Ya... "
      BEYONCÉ FANS: "... Madonna is white... "

    • @trapliyah1709
      @trapliyah1709 29 дней назад +10

      lmao madonna wasn’t the end all be all for beyoncé

  • @indiefairy6951
    @indiefairy6951 Месяц назад +24

    She just made a historical show here in Brazil, and I'm so proud of us, brazilians, and her for making this happen! I absolutely love Madonna and she's a legend. She fought for the LGBT+ community when It wasn't accepted in any way in society. For everything she has done, for everyone she inspired, I don't mind the photoshop and the cosmetic procedures, let her have fun.

  • @daintycaked
    @daintycaked Месяц назад +89

    having actually lived during the like a virgin era, madonna was very much considered a pop star at the likes of Britney spears until she released the album True Blue. Not that there's anything wrong with Britney, but I'm saying she was considered a musician for teeny boppers. (despite the sexually charged songs). Her music grew with her audience. I was madonna for halloween when I was eight. A lot of little girls like me loved her back then--it tells you a lot. So... she was not transgressive necessarily from the beginning, but she was definitely different and got to be more transgressive as her and her fanbase aged.

  • @maxplease9323
    @maxplease9323 Месяц назад +29

    You should also talk about Kylie Minogue and the ageist society and how the radios black balled her comeback single Padam Padam for being old

    • @ignazs.5816
      @ignazs.5816 27 дней назад +2

      I hadn't heard about this. However, kylie didn't need the radios this time around. This isn't the 2000s. I do understand the existence of agism, but Kylie minogue is the success story amidts this type of discrimination. Still, her comeback single was huge and even led to finally winning a Grammy. This was the year for her and proves that a 55 year old female singer is capable of chart success without ridiculous behavior and excessive cosmetic surgery as that of Madonna. I like her and respect her, but definitely lost admiration for her as I thought she's was stronger than that as to let herself be consumed about her looks and what people think of her

    • @erossinema8797
      @erossinema8797 16 дней назад

      Blackballed her song??? The truth is, it's a lousy song. All that time in the studio, and that's what her record company releases??? Seriously??? Padam this

  • @karasays01
    @karasays01 Месяц назад +70

    People will never be satisfied. Madonna has paved the way for so many artists. But her current look is disheartening. I loved that madonna had muscles later in life as that was not consideed common although she was still considered thin which is considered a euro standard the power from her frame inspired me. The face and possible bbl just shook me. It made me realize maybe Madonna was insecure all along and this physical change was the manifestation of it. She has had work done but it was more so natural looking and I undestand why she did it but she took it too far.

  • @meloi661
    @meloi661 Месяц назад +23

    Honest, I love you but will have to agree to disagree. Madonna can do whatever she wants. She is the blueprint for so many stars today who on day will get old too. She is a trend setter. She is setting the trend for an older pop star in the future. In the future Lady Gaga, Meg, Doja, Beyonce, Miley and Taylor plus more will be able to be 60 year old pop stars and still be sexy and we will be okay with it. No one will question it because Madonna took all the heat for it in the past. Being sexy is not only for the young.
    Plus I was a kid of the 90s. Madonna was BIG. For the MTV generation between Madonna, -
    and. Huge. If you grew up with Madonna you will understand. Madonna is still the queen of pop.
    Nice video

  • @Sttephy30
    @Sttephy30 Месяц назад +71

    Madonna isn't doing anything different than what Cher is & has been doing. Madonna doesn't wanna wrinkled up, saggy face. So she's getting plastic surgery. Everyone isn't gonna age amazingly well like TINA TURNER did. Madonna's a legend tho.

    • @sunnesunne4039
      @sunnesunne4039 4 дня назад

      They've had different trajectories for one Cher was nowhere near as commercially successful as Madonna who dominated the charts across the globe at her peak and she did not overtly push sexuality in the same provocative way I.e. sex book. Cher was a much more centrist if not at times even conservative star for much of her career

  • @EmilyTressa
    @EmilyTressa 29 дней назад +10

    YES YES YES - Madonna has changed the course of history and fought for so many things. She has never been afraid to speak her mind and has been criticized relentlessly for her entire career. She is smart and involved in all of her work with a thorough artistic vision. She is a talent and above all has a huge heart and a tough exterior. I feel it took her almost passing away this past year to really get the world to connect with her which is so sad. Her Celebration Tour is so amazing and I cried the entire time I was there. At 65 she can still put on a show and you can see how happy she is to still be here.

  • @user-ui2lf3tk8l
    @user-ui2lf3tk8l 29 дней назад +12

    I didn’t know we really cared about her looks anymore… we have evolved to realize her literal looks were not what catapulted her to her heights. So she can touch her face, whatever makes her fell better

  • @kaijunasan4497
    @kaijunasan4497 Месяц назад +278

    I honestly think she's just trying to hold onto her youth too much 😅 but the whole being late for her own concerts and then blaming it on the audiences I knew she lost it long before

    • @Emerald_Forge
      @Emerald_Forge Месяц назад +50

      I think her facial features would've aged really well anyways so it's especially sad

    • @kaijunasan4497
      @kaijunasan4497 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Emerald_Forge Ya:/

    • @cosmefulanitoo2625
      @cosmefulanitoo2625 Месяц назад +15

      Tell that to the 1.6 millions at her Rio concert... just a few days ago. Just sayin'... 😘😎

    • @SavvyMuhon
      @SavvyMuhon Месяц назад

      @@cosmefulanitoo2625
      Girl go touch grass

    • @jiananlee5482
      @jiananlee5482 Месяц назад +19

      If it wasn’t for an ageist industry basically pressuring her to stay young and chic, I don’t think she’d be undergoing so many surgeries

  • @nouriciolz
    @nouriciolz 28 дней назад +8

    "When I'll die, they'll finally kiss my ass" - Madonna
    I will cry this woman like a family member.❤

  • @laurenan9381
    @laurenan9381 12 дней назад +4

    i went to Madonna's Celebration Tour this year. as a shy and traumatized teen girl with serious body dysmorphia and self-acceptance issues as well as a long-time fan of Madonna, it was surreal seeing a 65 year old dance and sing perfectly on stage with makeup, multiple costume changes, bright (and hot) lights, and jet lag from her world tour. she is a motherfucking icon, like it or not. people are always going to say shit about her and while she may have learned to live with it through the years, i think that it is time that we as a collective society, should start to have discussions about ageism towards public figures, especially those who are overtly sexual.

  • @donjai9366
    @donjai9366 Месяц назад +8

    I think Madonna is amazing & an absolute icon & I honestly think she has aged gracefully. Madonna is over 60 & is still singing & performing just like she was in the 1980's. And even at 65 she's still making history. I love Madonna's music & artistry. I think she's an absolute legend & I love how so many artists today are collaborating & paying homage to her.

  • @charlesvanness1021
    @charlesvanness1021 Месяц назад +9

    She deserves all of her flowers while we still have her!! These last few days after Rio have been amazing for Madonna fans ❤ I hope it continues. She more than deserves it. Long live the Queen!

  • @nikibronson133
    @nikibronson133 Месяц назад +11

    I really hope that Madonna is still pushing the boundaries and playing up the new normal in the sense that women are allowed to age or be sexual just as men are. Your video description put it very well and wouldn’t it be ironic if we look back 20 years from now and realize Madonna was still pushing boundaries and pushing the norm forward just as she did her whole career

  • @MashaRistova
    @MashaRistova 29 дней назад +3

    I appreciate this video so much. It’s important.

  • @surette2012
    @surette2012 Месяц назад +6

    Sucks because I feel like a lot of the trust falls and support for people suffering with body dysmorphia or bad body image is only reserved to young or younger people.
    So much sympathy and understanding even though, objectively, the young are stilled considered in their prime in looks. Meanwhile those actually dealing with the existential and dissociative stress of visibly aging and feeling disconnected from the image of themselves they’ve grown attached to…are mocked. it becomes a mockery. A spectacle to gawk at.
    Sure, we try to flag them down with ‘aging is a blessing’ ‘just age gracefully.’ But it’s all so insincere. Platitudes. They really wanna say ‘please, phase out of society already, I don’t want to see your aged face. it’s a bummer and reminds me I’m next.’
    We live on perpetual denial.
    I’ve seen all the unfiltered comments regarding women staying natural vs women getting enhancements. They both get dragged.
    I’ve also seen creators/public figures I really liked have an intrusive thought and say really ignorant and dismissive things out loud about older people and their own thoughts about their future aged self.
    Everyone is secretly repulsed and lying, it seems. It’s like how all those edgy kids joked about unaliving at 30, there’s truth in that. They may not do it, but they become mentally disengaged with life by then. It’s like a spiritual death.

  • @majestyad1matata562
    @majestyad1matata562 Месяц назад +7

    I love your videos!♥️

  • @nickyd3572
    @nickyd3572 29 дней назад +5

    I first heard Madonna in the 80s and was hooked ever since. I don’t only think she is a great musician but lyricist and visionary, up there with Michael Jackson.

  • @kimberlytaylor8550
    @kimberlytaylor8550 28 дней назад +4

    The caption should say “what happens when you WON’T age gracefully”.

  • @HvPsnlitenw4991
    @HvPsnlitenw4991 29 дней назад +3

    Madonna is a veteran warrior queen who mastered the music industry for such a long time. I feel so blessed to see her in her most recent tour- the first ever time I ever saw her in the flesh after living a whole childhood seeing her through a screen.
    Not only did she made it okay for me to be gay in my teenager years but we both share a fate of surviving near death. It was fate for me to see her in person and seeing her at age 29 after surviving cancer at age 28 and after she survived near death fulfilled my 20s.

  • @HenryCLHarries
    @HenryCLHarries 28 дней назад +4

    MADONNA is forever the moment and forevery favourite every album just slaps ... Her lyrics, vocals, productions, performances, vidials, storytelling, speeches, styles, reinventions, genre bending, business, entrepreneur, energy is secobd to none theres no one on her level and never will be and RIO performance this week in her mid 60s proved she has the power 🫶✨ long may she reign

  • @MarianahsTrenchGal1
    @MarianahsTrenchGal1 29 дней назад +13

    I remember Madonna being shamed for being "too old" to act sexy because 4 Minutes came out when I was 10 and I remember watching the music video and my mom was one of the people saying that about her. She came in to the room while I was watching it and said something like, "what the heck, is that Madonna? Isn't she in her 50s or something?" And she laughed at the way she was dancing in her skin-coloured suit in the video

    • @ThaisNeri-xl4cx
      @ThaisNeri-xl4cx 27 дней назад +2

      And she was beautiful in that music video

  • @Chelaxim
    @Chelaxim Месяц назад +14

    Tabloids used to photoshop with wrinkles and turkey neck...insecurities don't happen in a vacuum. You think those same people would stop hating on her when she did start to age?

  • @Lin10uson
    @Lin10uson 11 дней назад +2

    It has really sickened me to see people talk about Madonna the way they have because they're literally just mad at the woman for aging and not resigning to the role of the old maid. Like, can this woman not do what she wants to do? Has she not earned the right to do that, giving us amazing music for literal decades? People are so misogynistic, it's not even funny.

  • @ExploreEmbraceExpress
    @ExploreEmbraceExpress 11 дней назад +3

    Maybe the question should be, "why don't we let women age gracefully?"
    There's a ridiculous amount of pressure on women to stay forever young.
    An absolutely impossible feat.
    So if they try to keep up with the beauty standards they are trying too hard, and if they don't they have let themselves go.
    Please tell me how we are supposed to win this game set up for failure?
    This is why I don't subscribe to trends.
    I'll be 45 this year, and if someone doesn't like the fact I don't do Botox or whatever -so be it.
    But I completely understand why so many people, especially women, have cosmetic procedures.
    Imagine if we put that much time, energy, focus, money, and other resources towards educating ourselves, making the world a better place, having fun...
    But as a society, we have made it big business to be following whatever beauty trend happens to be on point on any given day.
    Women/People: the only way to win the game, is to not play it.
    Just do whatever GENUINELY works for YOU.
    You are the one you have to live with day in and day out ❤️🌷

  • @sebastianmonterolofeudo9020
    @sebastianmonterolofeudo9020 Месяц назад +9

    OMG, leave her alone! She is the Queen of Queens

  • @ryanpriye1402
    @ryanpriye1402 29 дней назад +5

    She’s been a rebel from day one so ofc she chooses to defy the expectation of “aging gracefully”

  • @melina-re2ns
    @melina-re2ns 28 дней назад

    great vid as always, bro pls drop a video about the kendrick/drake situation

  • @mr.tawakal
    @mr.tawakal 29 дней назад +4

    The ‘Ray of Light’ album should’ve been her musical direction once she turned 50. It was a masterpiece and going down that road would’ve made her artistically revered. Like, Barbra Streisand revered. Now, she’s just controversial as she always has been.

  • @bentoth6377
    @bentoth6377 Месяц назад +4

    She still makes great music and breaks records to this day thats what matters most...shes the ultimate creative

  • @katarinakrnjevic8183
    @katarinakrnjevic8183 15 дней назад +1

    It's a shame that so much news articls are now all about her looks rather than her music because ,more of her songs are getting forgotten.

  • @Yugvijay
    @Yugvijay Месяц назад +10

    Girl the title... Lemme see the video help 😭

  • @stereohype1
    @stereohype1 22 дня назад

    I've seen her live twice. The first time was The Girlie Show Tour in Sydney on Nov 19th 1993 (this show was filmed for the DVD tour!) and a second time for her Re-Invention Tour in Philadelphia on July 4th 2004. I was right up close stage at this one and she pointed directly at me when she sang Crazy For You...I couldn't believe my luck!
    She is a true icon and tbh I love her more than ever cos of how she perseveres and is paving the way for younger female singers who will someday reach their 60s and will be able to continue high success thanks to Madonna's trailblazing

  • @elinat2414
    @elinat2414 29 дней назад +3

    Idk, I suppose there is something to be said about growing with your audience.
    Pop musicians are generally always young, because their target audience is usually younger people (teens-20s). Young people want to see their peers or people just a little older (because pop is also aspirational).
    I can't help but find it really sad when people try to hold onto being overly sexy into middle age. You can still be absolutely stunning while being mature, classy and experienced. My husband's grandmother is in her 70s, and she's an objectively, beautiful woman. Her elegance, sense of style and bearing is what makes her beautiful. Being sexy isnt the only way to be physically attractive. And there is a sense of fundamental immaturity that comes with wanting attention by showing off as much of your body as possible. Hence why it can be offputting when older people (who should be more mature) do it.

  • @PoppyMack
    @PoppyMack 17 дней назад +1

    when ppl drag her irl to me in random convos i’m like guys, that’s literally madonna let her do her thing!!

  • @patchchrist
    @patchchrist 24 дня назад

    I saw her live at her Celebration tour on my Birthday. It was incredible! She still looked beautiful in person & stood and danced throughout the whole show and very rarely sat down. It was totally worth it!

  • @DamienHurts
    @DamienHurts Месяц назад +1

    did anyone notice the piano instrumental in this video is Papa Don't Preach

  • @jacksampson5615
    @jacksampson5615 29 дней назад

    This was an excellent career retrospective on Madonna! What a legend! I haven't enjoyed much of her 21st-century music. i can't get behind a LOT of the instagram pics and how much she is altering her face to look young. But I'm so glad we have Madonna, and she'd given us so much great music

  • @kelocoche
    @kelocoche Месяц назад

    What a great video, the script, the editing and even the background music. Thank you :)

  • @Itsacamlife
    @Itsacamlife Месяц назад +4

    She’s truly a legend of her own! She stays on her own lane and really just mind her business and having fun!!!! Forever Iconic! ❤❤❤

  • @jennastewart7290
    @jennastewart7290 18 дней назад +2

    The whole "older women can be sexy" while changing your face to look younger is the biggest and most disappointing oxymoron. If you're altering your face (fillers, surgeries, even just photoshopping every picture) you're just admitting in a roundabout way that you're NOT sexy at all as an older woman. 🤦‍♀️ Stand on it or sit down.

  • @maddy8124
    @maddy8124 Месяц назад +19

    I don’t know how to feel about Madonna because even at this older age, she would make jokes about her own sons friends (teenagers) being attractive- she wrote a book about her interacting with young men and being completely happy about taking advantage of young boys…I’m surprised u didn’t mention that 😂

    • @IsabEla-tf5lt
      @IsabEla-tf5lt Месяц назад +11

      Research before you talking that book was about her having a relashionship when She was 18 and he was 16

  • @edreid7872
    @edreid7872 29 дней назад +2

    For someone who was with her at the beginning, her trajectory is interesting to say the least, and only those who have experienced her entire journey, and not just bit and pieces, can appreciate what she is attempting now.

  • @XillowLinoue
    @XillowLinoue 25 дней назад +2

    She has one life, let her be!
    Same for male and others.

  • @KrisBryant99
    @KrisBryant99 Месяц назад +49

    Madonna didnt start getting weird until post "American Life" which is where she lost sight of her art and started getting with random producers and doing collaborations which she's rarely done on an album 😅....So I wonder if conforming to current trends is where she became insecure and started going crazy?

    • @xBINARYGODx
      @xBINARYGODx 29 дней назад

      awww look - troll copy pasting the usual anti Madonna drivel into many comment replies on top of original posts. Its cute, really. Bless your heart.

    • @KrisBryant99
      @KrisBryant99 29 дней назад

      ​@@xBINARYGODxdude shut up and get laid okay?

    • @Qwerty-lq2op
      @Qwerty-lq2op 28 дней назад +1

      If you think criticizing america for how they handle the twin tower situation and the propaganda at that time is being weird, then your comment is irrelevant

  • @robertschrader
    @robertschrader 28 дней назад

    Aw, this video made me tear up.

  • @sharmanitascos
    @sharmanitascos 20 дней назад +2

    Erotica is probably the best album she has ever produced and probably one of the best albums produced in the past decades form a mainstream superstar at least in terms of artistry

  • @carlpacheco2058
    @carlpacheco2058 Месяц назад +48

    The problem with Madonna is that the quality of her music peaked 20 years ago, and since then she has offered subpar albums, and she went from innovating and pushing pop music forward into chasing trends and seeking to do collabs with flavor of the week new artists to stay relevant, and her sexuality went from provocative and groundbreaking to desperate and embarassing. I used to love Madonna when I was little but I haven’t really liked her music since Confessions, it’s just not particularly good. Other female artists like Kylie Minogue and Mylene Farmer are still making good music and being sexy without coming across as desperate.

    • @cosmefulanitoo2625
      @cosmefulanitoo2625 Месяц назад +10

      This comment says more about you and how you view older women than it does about Madonna herself. The fact that you don't like anything post Confessions is SUBJECTIVE and speaks to your own musical tastes. That shouldn't interfere with whether or not Madonna should continue making music. Regarding comparing her to other women, it is sexist and misogynistic. And you know it. But it is also even UNFAIR. Kylie's career is not in the least comparable to Madonna's. And you know that too.

    • @shawncarter5434
      @shawncarter5434 Месяц назад +20

      ⁠@@cosmefulanitoo2625Don’t pull the sexist and misogynistic card. What they’re saying is true. Madonna is desperate and washed up

    • @IsabEla-tf5lt
      @IsabEla-tf5lt Месяц назад

      ​@@shawncarter5434She just had 1.5 million people watching her on brazil

    • @robertprice4826
      @robertprice4826 Месяц назад

      Madame X and rebel heart are classic Madonna, taking on the patrichal system. Criticsizing American society for allowing Trump to even become president. She even said females who didn't vote for Hilary Clinton aren't feminists but full of self hatred and hatred for women

    • @BroJo676
      @BroJo676 Месяц назад +4

      Somebody talked about French language Mylene Farmer. It's rare. And I'm. French.

  • @supermahmoud
    @supermahmoud 29 дней назад +1

    "Ray Of Light" will always be my favorite album from her, "Frozen" is heavenly ♥

  • @PureSparkles22
    @PureSparkles22 Месяц назад +2

    Rebel heart was a great album and back that up to the beat is a great song

  • @Victorcolongarcia
    @Victorcolongarcia 29 дней назад +2

    Omg this video! THANKS! Young people need to know. They have internet but no curiosity about pop history

    • @imaslave4u..
      @imaslave4u.. 20 дней назад

      Nah I’m young but I love learning about stuff like this

  • @Tattles94
    @Tattles94 Месяц назад +2

    This is so beautiful to highlight this icon's accomplishments. She is an inspiration to me and encourages me to see growing older as the gift that it is and not the curse society tries to make it out to be for women.

  • @jellyrcw12
    @jellyrcw12 17 дней назад +2

    I LOVE Human Nature. Super underrated song

  • @arealkp
    @arealkp Месяц назад +6

    Shes great. However I wish she did all this and loved herself as she aged.

  • @Thisisbrobe
    @Thisisbrobe 4 дня назад

    Watching this. Clip after clip. I’m just like WOW 😮
    ICON!

  • @MoonRavenn
    @MoonRavenn 27 дней назад

    Mkay love this!!!!❤❤❤

  • @akuaampabeng
    @akuaampabeng Месяц назад

    Hey Honest, I was wondering if you’re going to make a review video on Radical Optimism?

    • @jpmackey1607
      @jpmackey1607 29 дней назад

      He just did. 😉

    • @akuaampabeng
      @akuaampabeng 29 дней назад

      @@jpmackey1607 haha just found after I posted this and enjoyed every minute of it, thank u😁

  • @filomenapalesoo8580
    @filomenapalesoo8580 Месяц назад +3

    It’s never been done before and they are just uncomfortable or envious of her for doing it. As long as she’s having fun I will enjoy her also xx.

  • @90210bryan
    @90210bryan 29 дней назад +2

    This is such a brilliant history on Madonna. Such an incredible woman.

  • @gskn7147
    @gskn7147 Месяц назад +8

    Madonna loves to redefine herself. She is not insecure. Odd at times sure. But she knows exactly what she wants and what she is doing. Outspoken on current and relevant issues through her artistic expressions. 💐

  • @thesecondYouTube
    @thesecondYouTube 12 дней назад +1

    And the blond hair needed to go in 2008 as well.
    She should have chocolate brown hair that looks healthy and well styled.

  • @brysonstanley2178
    @brysonstanley2178 29 дней назад +8

    Meanwhile, Angela Bassett, who was born on the same day as Madonna, has NEVER had plastic surgery and has aged gracefully and beautifully.

  • @donjai9366
    @donjai9366 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Honest Can we get a Eternal Sunshine review please & a video on George Michael and his impact on the music industry similar to a documentary & a video on Prince & his impact as well. 😁

  • @criminalmindsgirl2936
    @criminalmindsgirl2936 Месяц назад +22

    Her career changed with Ray Of Light because she had just became a mom. She said that herself. But she can learn a thing or two from Janet Jackson. At the age that Janet is now. She doesn't need to prove herself with sexism and her age. She just still got it. Madonna just don't wanna get older.

  • @LoneWulf278
    @LoneWulf278 Месяц назад +7

    Madonna is an icon. The way people dispose of her impact is insane. All of our faves owe her.

  • @reneejones-gt1om
    @reneejones-gt1om 25 дней назад

    Madonna is a perfect example of just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you need to do it

  • @scottwooledge6387
    @scottwooledge6387 10 дней назад +2

    Gotta hand it to Madonna, she is the hardest working woman in show biz. No shade intended but look at her contemporaries like Billy Joel and George Michael. They peaked creatively in about the same era as Madonna. But GM just stopped making new music. So did BJ. His last ablum was in early 90s and continues touring playing songs that are over 20 years old. It’s his choice and again I don’t look down on it. But I do look up to Madonna for putting herself out there. She could save herself a lot of criticism by settling into a habit of playing all the hits and just catering to Gen X nostalgia. But she is an artist and wants to continue pushing herself and the envelope.

  • @strawberrylime33
    @strawberrylime33 29 дней назад +2

    Good for her! I'm glad she made history. And I'm not even a mega fan. Damn, people wanted her out of the industry when she was barely 40, and she's still here!

  • @jessiklovecine
    @jessiklovecine Месяц назад +4

    the background song im sorry😭😭😭😭

  • @Mylene2023
    @Mylene2023 29 дней назад +2

    Madonna is the eternal Queen of Pop, hands down!

  • @juandiegotorres9632
    @juandiegotorres9632 29 дней назад +1

    Okay but sexuality in general does have an expiration date, as sex drive naturally starts to diminish and sexual liberation stops being a priority in people's lives.

  • @LeilaVividSounds
    @LeilaVividSounds 25 дней назад +2

    Madonna used sex appeal so much because she wasn’t very talented. She was competing with Prince and Michael Jackson and her only angle was using her sex appeal. Most people don’t find it appealing as you age. Why should she expect a 16 year old to find her sexually appealing in her 60s? What helped her was keeping her finger on the pulse of music trends and working with great producers. No one has to find her super sexy in her 60s if they don’t want to. We don’t need it rammed down our throats!

  • @PrinceCryBaby
    @PrinceCryBaby 13 дней назад +1

    Wow, I cried a bit. Love Madonna ❤

  • @growinsides
    @growinsides 29 дней назад +2

    this is journalism

  • @jackt8295
    @jackt8295 29 дней назад +2

    Madonna was there for the LGBT community since the start- especially during the AIDS epidemic. No other 65 year old woman can bring 1.4million people to a concert- even if it were free. We need to show respect.

  • @missbellaiza
    @missbellaiza Месяц назад +4

    She’s still look amazing

  • @Turo1994
    @Turo1994 9 дней назад +1

    Madonna will always be my inspo. I would tattoo “poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another” across my back! She’s the goat

  • @Jgotmilk555
    @Jgotmilk555 28 дней назад

    Madonna is a legend! Thanks for the great video!

  • @kyolastname9048
    @kyolastname9048 26 дней назад

    Does anybody know what song is playing in the background

  • @mitchelherreraquiane2661
    @mitchelherreraquiane2661 Месяц назад +4

    Madonna is the GOAT! ❤