I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I’ve been going through a stage where I don’t immediately hate everything coming out of Madonna’s mouth. Is it just me or does she actually seem a bit calmer? Yes, she’s still flashing her butt at the Grammys, but her interviews are coming off as reflective, a little bit sad and interesting. Madge sat down with the NYDN recently to talk about her new album, feeling nostalgic, why she ends up with younger guys and how Kanye West is the new Madonna.

Madge thinks Kanye is the new Madge: “Kanye is the new Madonna. Kanye is the black Madonna. We know, and recognize, that we have that in common. We’re comrades in the envelope-pushing genre.”

Showing her butt at the Grammys: “Bitch, this is what my ass looks like — show me what your ass looks like when you’re 56. I take care of myself. I’m in good shape. I can show my ass when I’m 56, or 66 — or 76. Who’s to say when I can show my ass? It’s sexism. It’s ageism. And it’s a kind of discrimination.”

She’s still vulnerable sometimes: “I’m only human. I’d like to get to the point where nothing can shake me. Sometimes I’m there, sometimes I’m not.”

Her new album is about a bad breakup? “When I started writing the record, I had just broken up with somebody. (Likely either Brahim Zaibat or Timor Steffens)

She’s not just into younger guys: “It’s just what happens. Most men my age are married with children. They’re not datable. I’m a very adventurous person and I also have a crazy life. I’m a single mother. I have four children. I mean, you have to be pretty open-minded and adventurous to want to step into my world. People who are older, and more set in their ways, are probably not as adventurous as someone younger.”

Ageism: “People have always judged me, and given me s–t about one thing or another. Now they’re giving me s–t about age. It’s bull—t. And mostly I hear it from women. I feel I should be hearing support — like, ‘Good for you.’ It’s like everything else. I’m opening doors for women behind me who one day won’t have to deal with this s–t that I deal with.”

[From The NYDN]

I think she’s kind of right about Kanye being the new Madonna. It used to be that Madonna was the queen of controversy. Nowadays, people just… don’t really care, right? Now Kanye is the one. Everyone either loves him or hates him and you can create massive flame wars by simply defending him or slamming him.

As for Madonna’s habit of dating younger guys… “Most men my age are married with children. They’re not datable.” At first I was like, “How rude, she would burned at the stake if she was a man and said that about dateable women!” But I think she means she’s not going to date married men. Which is actually a good call. Still, she should just admit that she likes dating younger guys because she wants to steal their souls and drink their blood.

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