The first taster of the eagerly-anticipated Sam Smith and Madonna collaboration has dropped. The full track will be out next month.
Both Smith and Madonna began teasing the collaboration last week, just hours before Smith was forced to cancel a concert in Manchester, England, four songs into their set. Smith later blamed vocal issues and subsequently canceled the rest of their immediate UK dates.
Yesterday, Smith posted an Instagram photo of a pair of legs, simply captioned: “Tomorrow”.
Well, tomorrow has now become today. This morning, Smith and Madonna both posted again to Instagram. They revealed the track’s name, “Vulgar”, and its release date: June 9th.
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And there it is. Pop culture, lyrics, an artist’s point of view. Satire, parody, what ever….pushing back AGAINST THE GROUPS WHO CALL YOU/US VULGAR EVERY DAY! You’re sad.
My god, you have a lot to learn about words. You (and us ostensibly) are called vulgar on a daily basis. Artists sometimes use words to convey ideas. And all you can do is shun them…before giving them half a chance. You’re a douche. Here is a partial verse, not sure if there’s more, but it might be all that you can handle.
You know you’re beautiful when they call you vulgar
I do what I wanna, I go when I gotta
I’m sexy, I’m free and I feel
Ah
Holy Shit Freddie. I’m going to say 10 Hail Madonnas and 3 HaIe Marys. You said APPROPRIATE and I read INAPPROPRIATE.
Forgive me father for I have sinned…………………it’s been eons since my last confession.
I beg your pardon. I will pay for your Madonna tickets.
Oh God, I must have missed something important in life. I’ve been appreciating talent when the only thing that matters is making a crude statement to piss off the churchgoers. Thanks, abfab! I’ll go look in the gutters to see what other treasures can be found.
You have a point but, actually, Madonna *built* her career on talent and hard work, along with the shock value she loves, but is now relying solely on shock value to try to remain relevant. What she doesn’t seem to realize is that doing the same thing she did 30-40 years ago doesn’t shock anyone anymore but makes her look remarkably out-of-touch and just sad.
If you go to a lot of shows today with big headline acts that were hot decades ago, they all do the same thing too. Sometimes it works, other times it’s so lame and so are the crowds.
Madonna might pull something out of her cone shaped bra, but it’s the songs. They are great songs and it will be a party.
I’m devastated that you think so. My self-esteem has suffered irreparable harm. Goodness, whatever shall I do? I could start listening to Madonna if it wouldn’t make me hurl. Or I could pretend Sam Smith is sexy in his straps and Halloween costume.
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GameBoy
OMFG! AN SMASH INCOMING!!!
FreddieW
I don’t even need to listen to know the title is appropriate. Maybe they work well together because they’ve both built careers on shock value.
abfab
And there it is. Pop culture, lyrics, an artist’s point of view. Satire, parody, what ever….pushing back AGAINST THE GROUPS WHO CALL YOU/US VULGAR EVERY DAY! You’re sad.
My god, you have a lot to learn about words. You (and us ostensibly) are called vulgar on a daily basis. Artists sometimes use words to convey ideas. And all you can do is shun them…before giving them half a chance. You’re a douche. Here is a partial verse, not sure if there’s more, but it might be all that you can handle.
You know you’re beautiful when they call you vulgar
I do what I wanna, I go when I gotta
I’m sexy, I’m free and I feel
Ah
Vulgar
Vulgar
Vulgar
Vulgar
Vulgar
abfab
Holy Shit Freddie. I’m going to say 10 Hail Madonnas and 3 HaIe Marys. You said APPROPRIATE and I read INAPPROPRIATE.
Forgive me father for I have sinned…………………it’s been eons since my last confession.
I beg your pardon. I will pay for your Madonna tickets.
abfab
But I must add…………….nothing shocks anymore. Not even the GOP TROLLS HERE. Over and out…………..for now.
FreddieW
Oh God, I must have missed something important in life. I’ve been appreciating talent when the only thing that matters is making a crude statement to piss off the churchgoers. Thanks, abfab! I’ll go look in the gutters to see what other treasures can be found.
abfab
Seeing the words Madonna and appropriate and/or inapproriate in the same sentence made my head explode. It’s all Madonna’s fault.
Happy Pride Month, Freddie.
ScottOnEarth
You have a point but, actually, Madonna *built* her career on talent and hard work, along with the shock value she loves, but is now relying solely on shock value to try to remain relevant. What she doesn’t seem to realize is that doing the same thing she did 30-40 years ago doesn’t shock anyone anymore but makes her look remarkably out-of-touch and just sad.
abfab
If you go to a lot of shows today with big headline acts that were hot decades ago, they all do the same thing too. Sometimes it works, other times it’s so lame and so are the crowds.
Madonna might pull something out of her cone shaped bra, but it’s the songs. They are great songs and it will be a party.
And she’ll get arrested!
DBMC
Neither of them care what you think. It’s Madonna and Sam Smith, they don’t need your approval.
LegionKeign
FreddieW is an unmitigated bore. PERIOD.
abfab
At least Madonna isn’t too old for him……
FreddieW
I’m devastated that you think so. My self-esteem has suffered irreparable harm. Goodness, whatever shall I do? I could start listening to Madonna if it wouldn’t make me hurl. Or I could pretend Sam Smith is sexy in his straps and Halloween costume.
FreddieW
Oh, my bad. “… in their straps and Halloween costume.”
Gabby
I am so excited for her new tour. Like freaking out excited.