After Universal Pictures dropped the ball on her biopic, don’t expect Madonna to turn to artificial intelligence to get the job done.
The 7x Grammy winner recently explained why AI-generated content is “the opposite of making art,” noting that she prefers “connecting to nature, my children, my horses” for inspiration in making music.
“Once you were around painters and musicians and dancers and artists in one place and working from a very pure place for each other. I value that experience a lot,” she told Vogue Italia. “Nowadays you don’t do that anymore. Now to have a record deal you think about how many followers you have. That’s why in ‘Bring Your Love’ I say ‘Don’t try to distract me with numbers.’”
Madonna continued, “For me it started not thinking about the charts, the streaming numbers. Algorithms and artificial intelligence are the opposite of taking risks and to me that is the opposite of making art.”
Referring to the lyrics of her song “I Feel So Free”, which include “that’s why I like to go dancing / safety in numbers,” Madonna explained, “It’s completely the opposite. In this case numbers give you safety. You’re with a lot of people and you don’t feel judged, you can hide.”
Instead of maximizing output with the help of generative AI, the Confessions II artist prefers to stop and find inspiration in her own life.
“Lately it’s been hard because of my record and so many things connected to it. But I do like to take breaks… and disappear. Because that’s how you fuel your imagination. You have to have stillness and you have to have days where you’re just connecting to nature, my children, my horses,” added Madonna.
Madonna is seemingly in for another break soon after her 15th studio album Confessions on a Dancefloor: Part II releases on July 3. She recently performed songs from the album during a surprise set in Times Square and debuted an accompanying 13-minute short directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (aka TORSO) at Tribeca Film Festival.
