Even after her divorce from director Guy Ritchie, Madonna declares that “I still believe in love.” She adds that her dream man must compare to “John Travolta in ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ Bruce Lee, and Abraham Lincoln.”
The Material Girl has given her first interview to Larry Flick’s SiriusXM show about her new album “MDNA,” out March 26, which contains two songs that appear to be about her failed relationship with Ritchie. On the song “I Don’t Give A …” the Material Girl sings, “I tried to be a good girl/I tried to be your wife/Diminished myself/And I swallowed my light/I tried to become all/That you expect of me/And if it was a failure/I don’t give a [bleep].” Meanwhile on the track, “I [Bleeped] Up,” the 53-year-old songstress sounds more remorseful, singing “You brought out the best in me/ And somehow I destroyed the perfect dream.”
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Still, Madonna says these songs shouldn’t be an indication that she is skeptical about love.
“Obviously, I had to get some things off my chest,” she said of writing the songs but not directly mentioning Ritchie, who she divorced in 2008 citing “unreasonable behavior.” “I think I still have a lot to say. I still get pissed off about things, and I still believe in love.”
When prodded on whether she considers herself a romantic, Madge said, “Of course! How could there not be? How could you be a songwriter and not be romantic?”
Madonna says that the song “Superstar” focuses on her ongoing quest for love.
“It’s about finding a man you can look up to, and comparing them to archetypes that I obviously adore—John Travolta in ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ Bruce Lee, Abraham Lincoln. I name people who I look up to and admire,” explains Madonna. “I compare the object of my affection to all these people.”
Hopefully, French dancer Brahim Zaibat stands up to such comparisons. Madonna has been dating the 24-year-old since September 2010.