Madonna is responding to those that have picked at her look in photographs of her at Sunday’s 2023 Grammys.
In an Instagram put up shared late Tuesday, the music icon, who in January introduced a brand new tour celebrating her 4 many years of music making, responded to criticism of her look “taken with a protracted lens digicam by a press photographer.”
The singer says that the photographs “would distort anybody’s face” and have been a distraction from the historic win of trans music artist Kim Petras and nonbinary singer Sam Smith, whose efficiency of “Unholy” she launched on the awards present.
“As soon as once more I’m caught within the glare of ageism and misogyny That permeates the world we stay in,” she writes in a prolonged put up that accompanies a video of her hanging out with the likes of Cardi B, Smith and others. “A world that refuses to have fun ladies previous the age of 45 And feels the necessity to punish her If she continues to be sturdy willed, hard-working and adventurous.”
She goes on so as to add that she has been unapologetic about her model and inventive selections as a performer, which incorporates how she appears to be like and what she wears, including “and I’m not going to begin [apologizing].”
“I’ve been degraded by the media for the reason that starting of my profession however I perceive that that is all a check and I’m glad to do the trailblazing so that each one the ladies behind me can have a better time within the years to come back,” she continues.
She ends the put up by invoking a line from Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” and celebrating a way forward for “subversive habits” and boundary-pushing that won’t solely proceed to contain “standing as much as the patriarchy” but additionally “most of all having fun with my life.”
“Bow down bitches,” she ended the put up.
Whereas most of her message was aimed toward those that had harped on her look, she additionally took time to elucidate how she handed on presenting the album of the 12 months award and as an alternative opted to introduce Smith and Petras.
“I assumed it was extra necessary that I current the primary trans-woman performing on the Grammys — a Historical past making second,” Madonna wrote. “And on high of that she gained a Grammy!!”
