-I saw you in Brooklyn, by the way, performing your --
your concert, and I was -- -"Madame X."
-"Madame X." -Mm-hmm.
-It was unbelievable. -Thank you.
-And I -- What I loved about it
was that you chose these smaller arenas.
You always do stuff that no one's doing.
You zig when people are zagging. -Right.
-[ Laughter ] -And then, people --
You can quote me on that.
And -- But here's what I was going to ask you. Do you --
-Did I make any money? -No.
No, I wasn't going to ask you that.
-I didn't. [ Laughing ] -I was going to ask you...
When people take your ideas -- you do all these things first.
-Mm-hmm. -And then people take your ideas
and they don't give you credit, and I go,
"No, Madonna did that already."
-Yeah, and they also don't do it as good.
[ Cheers and applause ]
I mean --
-That's -- [ Laughs ] That's exactly right.
-That sounds really, um, arrogant...
-Yeah. -...but it's kind of true.
-No. -Yeah.
-"Madame X." This is on Paramount+ tomorrow.
What -- What do you hope people take away from this,
from watching this documentary?
-Um, that art is important in our lives.
I don't think people emphasize that enough.
-Yeah.
-I -- I'm really inspired by James Baldwin the writer.
-Yeah. -Have you heard of him?
-Of course. -Don't lie.
-I have heard of James Baldwin. -Okay, yeah.
He's -- was a great source of inspiration for me growing up,
and he was a great source of inspiration for the show.
And one of the things I quote over and over again in the show
is that artists are here to disturb the peace.
And so -- -Wow.
-And so I hope that I have disturbed
not only your peace this afternoon but...
-You always disturb my peace.
-...people's peace while they watch the show,
but I mean that in the best way. -Oh, yeah.
You get in good trouble. -Good trouble.
-Yeah, you really do.
No, no, no! Now, why would you --
Madonna. Madonna!
[ Sultry R&B music plays ]
Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop it.
Oh, my heavens. Stop it. Stop it.
I don't know what to do. Stop it right now.
Absolutely -- This is --
♪♪
-No one's gonna see anything. My God.
-Sorry.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
Every -- Look at this.
[ Laughter ]
I don't know what -- I don't what to --
-Because life is not just about interviewing kiddies.
[ Laughter ]
Okay? -Is that right?
-Don't you want to talk to an adult?
-Is that right? Yeah.
-Let's have some adult conversation.
-Are you talking to an adult right now?
-I'm not sure.
[ Laughter ]
I'm talking to someone who's -- I feel, like, you're --
You're in some kind of conflict right now.
-Oh, interesting.
-Yeah, have you been to a therapist?
-I went a -- I went once or twice. I didn't --
It wasn't my thing. -No.
-Do you go to therapy?
-Um, I just -- I write.
[ Laughter ]
I write. -So -- So, no?
-It's a form of therapy.
No, I write, and I also hope
that I have good friends
and I talk my [bleep] out with people and, you know,
that's a kind of therapy, don't you think?
-I can be your friend. -You think?
-Yeah. You should call me.
-You should've -- You know, you came over to my house once.
-I did. I had a great time. You introduced me to "Ladybug."
Um, whatever it's called. "Miraculous."
I didn't know what that was.
-Do your kids watch it? -Now, because of you.
-Okay. -I do everything because of you.
Oh, my gosh. Is this like --
See? This is why I don't go to therapy.
It gets -- It gets -- It gets nowhere.
-You get -- Yep, and it's gonna --
Just talk to me. -Do you smoke?
-No. -Me neither.
-I don't. I smoke for photo shoots.
-But you never smoked? -No.
-Because of your voice? -Yeah, I just don't like it.
-Yeah, me neither. Do you vape?
-I'd rather...
I like...opiates.
[ Laughter ]
-Ridiculous. I want to show a clip.
Here is Madonna in "Madame X." Take a look at this.
♪♪
-♪ It's not gypsy blood ♪
♪ We live between life and death ♪
♪♪
♪ Waiting to move on ♪
♪ And in the end ♪
♪ We accept it ♪
♪♪
♪ We shake hands with our fate ♪
♪ And we walk past ♪
♪ There's no rest for us in this world ♪
♪♪
♪ Finally a lost love ♪
-Yes! That's what I'm talking about!
More with Madonna after the break!
"Madame X," everybody! Come on back!