“Covid shut us out at the end – we were going to film more shows,” he said. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Ketel One Vodka Portuguese photographer Ricardo Gomes met Madonna while she was recording the album in Lisbon and was tapped to record behind-the-scenes footage for Instagram and eventually direct the Madame X film. “In Lisbon I had the chance to meet and share the great artistry of all these musicians in my show, and that was a wonderful experience for me,” she said. Inspired by Lisbon’s many cultural influences, the album traversed languages and music styles, from fado to Moroccan gnawa music and the Cape Verde tradition batuque, and the show features the all-female Lisbon orchestra Orquestra Batukadeiras, among other performers from around the world. We capture it to a certain point but not completely.” Adding to the cozy feeling of the show was the fact that four of her six children participated, in both taped segments and live performances. “I love people heckling me or calling out, I love talking to them about what was going on in the world, whether it’s Donald Trump or a natural disaster.

“There’s a lot of moments where I talk to the audience, but we had to cut a lot of that down for time,” said the surprisingly soft-spoken singer on the red carpet. And that intimacy may not necessarily translate to the film, Madonna told the Guardian. What distinguished this tour and concert film from others was its smaller scale, consisting entirely of theater venues instead of stadiums or arenas.

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