MTV - Madonna Interview - Erotica Era - 1992

[@kckstnd8]

Erotica is still a great record and was way ahead of its time

[@gympinoy]

This is what a true artist is. Someone who is proud of her work whether it sells or not and always backs it 100% regardless of how many people put it down. She learns and moves on, evolves.

[@TheLuckystar71]

+gympinoy She is so brave and then good things happen. It's almost like she creates luck.

[@sweetspirit3887]

gympinoy i agree

[@ginasousabranco5637]

“I’d rather live a day like a Tiger than a thousand like a sheep.” Madonna

[@Nicolas-yl1me]

In what minute?

[@Josh-so8tz]

she didn't say that in this because i just watched the whole thing

[@alexanderar2754]

She say that in one interview around 1995. She is so smart and intelligent

[@offbeat65]

@@alexanderar2754 - Not really, because she lived like a slut.

[@MrS98VAC]

I want to see any "artist" in today's music give an interview this intelligent and in depth. Long live THE QUEEN!

[@ejessup1]

+MrS98VAC Most modern day artists can't give an interview this in-depth and intelligent because they are created by a producer. Madonna is a self made girl. She is control of every step of the way, so she has a great deal to say about what she does because she came up with it herself.

[@ЛолитаНоян]

Gaga)) listen to her interviews . She’s smart and talented. Madonna’s, of course, too

[@MrS98VAC]

Correct yet, still, not on Madonna's level.

[@ithinkthefucknotyoutrickas5461]

@@ЛолитаНоян to me gaga plays Madonna and almost comes across as fake and not authentic. Ariana Grande seems more on point with her witty answers but she isn't on Madonna's level either.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Gaga does.

[@eyedrops1617]

As a gay boy in the early 90s, Erotica got me the chills, also Madonna in a general way. I used to see that female sexuali traits as a push towards me to be straight. Until i figured all she was talking about was to set me free! Cant wait for Celebration Tour Seattle :)

[@Matuteilcapo]

She's perfect in this era, the look, the make-up, the tooth, fascinating!! This album opened the door for every pop star nowadays!! Groundbreaking album by the one and only Queen of Pop, forever!! Her Madgesty!!

[@zaasfromparis]

Yeah I love the German , 70’s look on her it was so strong

[@leeveron9077]

Love Erotica era. Madonna is well ahead of her time. Brilliant album.

[@offbeat65]

Like our time is worth having been ahead of.

[@lampshade8818]

I genuinely love watching Madonna interviews. Everything she says in answer to a question is well thought out (you can even see it on her face at the time in early interviews), she says things that can address the public to appease all, she never _really_ skates around the subject...she DOES answer; and if it is a difficult question, then she will always answer in a defined and answerable way. I also like her command of vocabulary- she will always go a long way with that in her basket of skills. 10/10 for Madonna. Shocking and wrong, but extremely successful and very successfully career minded.

[@piaparadis1253]

Hi "Lamp Shade".. LOL!! I dig your name baby! ... I realize this is bout 4 years late, but I thought you might be interested. When asked, Madonna said if she wasn't a performer she would have liked to have been a teacher.. Isn't that so cool!

[@jorgearmandolozadaaguilar592]

She is a true feminist... she have always being way ahead of her time... who said been a feminist is denying her sexuality? Is to be honest to yourself, free and selfconfident.

[@kignatova3835]

I love this so much. This level of intelligence is unbelievable nowdays.

[@dearjessie83]

She is so smart!!! It's insane how some people think she is unintelligent and not a real artist, while in reality she is one of the biggest out there who still creates and pushes the envelope in our society. She is fucking incredible!

[@benitocamelo3219]

When I listen to her interviews a very soothing feeling comes to me.

[@andrewphillips6309]

Madonna is such a fascinating women!! She's so intelligent and so artistic!! The great entertainer of all time!! I love Madonna so much!! I can't wait to see her on December the 16th for the Rebel Heart tour!!

[@lampshade8818]

I agree! (But you said 'women', which is plural. She is singular. 'Woman'. It's hard to understand how so many adults make this common mistake. :)

[@TheRupert75]

She always say the right things, she thinks before speak, her brain is always working, she is very clever!!! 👑😘😍👍👌👏🙌

[@mrqs1549]

All the reasons people call Madonna the C word or the B word, are the reasons that I love her so much.

[@antonioarmentano1700]

Madonna is not only the greatest singer, cos she's multi-dimensional and very addictive, fun, happiness-giving... she's the personification of the Dream of Freedom, of Self-realization... She made me dream about my new life since I knew about her, in 2003, as I was 16, and she still inspires me, and awakens very often the best in me... I want to be a "Madonno" (male Madonna) in my life, just as tough and ambitious as her... I know I will be!!

[@antonioarmentano1700]

True, Lucky star!! I was into a difficult period some days ago,and she helped me a lot, I kept on watching her interviews and got lots of energy from this awesome woman... she keep on cheering Us Up !!

[@antonioarmentano1700]

True, Lucky star!! I was into a difficult period some days ago,and she helped me a lot, I kept on watching her interviews and got lots of energy from this awesome woman... she keep on cheering Us Up !!

[@antonioarmentano1700]

True, Lucky star!! I was into a difficult period some days ago,and she helped me a lot, I kept on watching her interviews and got lots of energy from this awesome woman... she keep on cheering Us Up !!

[@noahalfalfamabersellix9677]

I loved yout Comment, it starts by stating that Queen Madonna is not only the Greatest singer, due to her Divesity, Innovative, Folks who are jealous of Madonna can't wait to say that She can't sing? They wish they had 1/2 the Voice, Influence, Achievements, Beauty, Intelligence, Accuracy and the Success She has. I thought it was awesome the way you conclude your comment. "Madonno" Inspiring Legend, She has EARNED HER MANY MANY ACCOLADES. 💜🎶🎤😍

[@ariesdelfuego]

This is the best interview I've ever seen of Madonna. The interviewer asked about her Art and didn't focus on her current love interest. She enjoyed answering these questions

[@popthehistorymakers]

thx

[@walterortiz-nieves2480]

I remember this interview and I watched it when it first aired on MTV in 1992. One of her best interviews. I miss this Madonna❗

[@TheLuckystar71]

+Walter Ortiz Nieves She was so cute then!

[@walterortiz-nieves2480]

TheLuckystar71 Yes she was cute & edgy.

[@Camille_Anderson]

Bad Girl was not only one of her most heartbreaking songs, the video was a cinematic masterpiece! that face is the most exquisite ive ever seen!!! gorgeous!! 💯🌟👑👑👑👑👑

[@popthehistorymakers]

I remember it very well

[@SHAYNEYBABYHOME]

THIS INTERVIEW AND ERA IS GOLD!

[@toothpasteboy1763]

Her one tooth is too

[@popthehistorymakers]

thx, that was me, was thinking of doing a youtube video about the interview, the questions and some background into this - what do you think?

[@carlrodger1465]

I really like the way she looks here

[@Euphoria2224]

"Erotica" is brilliant album. Love that time of 1990-92's...

[@piaparadis1253]

The gorgeous, eccentric and beautiful shape of her face in this era.. I just love her look. I just rewatched, "Body Of Evidence" and Mads looked so naturally,sweet and pretty in that film. I don't understand why it was not well received in the USA? It was, if I remember correctly, well received here in France. Well, I loved it! ✝

[@sashachitownvillegas6850]

yes her face was unique and gorgeous she got way to much surgery as of 2/13/23😖

[@bbchoux6892]

She's a genius omg

[@offbeat65]

She's a genius oh my god / pointy bra on scraggy bod. / She can swallow up to the fauces / twerking before burning crosses.

[@firouz256]

I have watched this interview since the day it aired so many times again and again. You can see how she was beginning to feel the first wave of the EROTICA backlash and how important it was to her to make her point. I have gaaaaaged every time I watched this and I still do! Poor GEnZ and Millanials will never understand what a true superstar is and how much Madonna has changed the world.

[@Tanishka101]

That is one very clear and pristine diamond of a mind right there. Unbreakable and shines under pressure. Total queen 🙌🏻

[@Bry77]

She was 20 years ahead of her time! It’s just mind blowing!!

[@quintero69]

Madonna was always ahead of time. As she said “ the video is a fantasy...” so true, Erotica’s video message is up to the audience interpretation.

[@MrTiggerr84]

Just listening to her speak and watching her Poise and not flinching about what people say or think about her shows you how intelligent and sophisticated she is compared to most of her peers!

[@pddroo]

She looks so beautiful here. There's an aura in these era's looks. Her hair, her lashes, the grill, the brows... 🥵

[@elaustraliano]

Her interviews have always been really interesting because she is intelligent, well-spoken and really thinks about what she is saying and how she is answering questions.

[@modonna65]

Such an articulate creature! And honest! I take a bow to Madonna 💋

[@shanegrim5421]

I love you Madonna! You help us more than you know! Thank you for your fight for us!

[@hotrobo79]

Truthful words of a pioneer, forth right and honest in her words. Before ahead of her time. Simple and true. Words so true. Inspirational, before it’s time and yet time hasn’t changed which it’s more controversial than the here now! True artist x

[@goldenorchidpeach]

She liberated me as a gay person when I was younger. I learned to love myself. Her message was epic and still is.

[@river8698]

I think that she is actually a very private person, just not in the way people generally think of privacy

[@TheLuckystar71]

+River I agree with you. I remember a friend saying to me years ago "What do we really know about Madonna? She's so private." It seemed a strange thing to say at first, almost funny, but correct.

[@RosePetal17]

I also agree with you "River". We all know her persona, not the 'essence' of the person; who is known as Madonna.

[@desativado9332]

She is still a very private person, I love her interviews, I learn a lot. We know much aboit the persona "Madonna" but never about herself at all.

[@lampshade8818]

I nearly said something in her favour (regarding paparazzi and inviting it), but then i deleted it coz i actually do think that Madonna would have used technology to her advantage 100%. I think she would have tweeted, facebooked, instagrammed and all the others. I really do. And i LOVE Madonna, but i do think we all need to remember that no matter how intelligent she is, she takes the same route as all the sad sap fame seekers of today. Shame, that.

[@lvgxc10]

Yeah, absolutely agree... think her brothers book life with sister Madonna is as close as we get

[@jozefscott4935]

i absolutely love her. such a revolutionary. always pushing the barrier and so intelligent ♥️

[@Mia-de8xf]

"A girl can't go anywhere without her handbag" hahaha love her sense of humour

[@graphiquejack]

I think when she smirked and said ‘pocketbook’ she may have been referencing slyly ‘where life begins’ lol

[@jacobpatrickpoulsen6608]

One of her best albums/eras. :)

[@myfriendisaac]

23:20 “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!?” -Your message still resonates *now more than ever, Madonna!* 💯👏🏾📝💐

[@absoluteacw]

She is basically continuing today what she talks of here. I like her comments on control. So true.

[@aaronmichaels807]

She has been so blessed, she has a lucky star shinning on her...like a ray of light.

[@mrqs1549]

Erotica is such a great album

[@itsgregmahadeoyourgregario9139]

I’ve always admired Madonna. What a beautiful, daring, and intelligent woman she is. Especially then.

[@sow1084]

I bought this record when I was twelve years old, when sex was still a mystery but it was expressing itself in the art of this amazing album that has opened so many ears and door in the our world!!

[@pedrocarvalho6492]

LOVE THIS ERA! ONE OF MY FAVES EVER.

[@mrqs1549]

Fascinating human being.

[@thechannel7327]

she is my idol!!!💜💜

[@mariamayub212]

Really wonderful to watch this interview again and enjoying the 28th anniversary of erotica album and sex book!

[@trippyboi91]

8:36 they used that quick laugh clip in I Love the 90s where I first heard about the SEX book. Have always wanted to see it in context so I’m happy I’m finally getting to watch this interview. Thank you VH1/MTV!

[@david80169]

INCREDIBLE MADONNA .. EROTICA is a masterpiece ❤️

[@Destiny93134]

Madonna is and was a trailblazer.she was way ahead of her time especially with the erotica era.no modern female artist will ever come close to what madonna achieved.

[@offbeat65]

Trailblazer for today's trash, for sure.

[@lampshade8818]

21:24 Madonna shows a rare insight into how she really feels. She tries to loosen her 'collar' when asked about how she feels when fans park outside her house.

[@luciasofia8890]

Great interviewer

[@telanotelano]

Such an artist! She was controversial, sexually liberating, depth. Madonna! Lived up to her name.

[@m3cinco452]

The where do you go from here question was asked because at that time many thought her career would be over. Too bad he didn't ask her about the actual music in the album. It has lots of jazz. Even the interviewer was hung up on the "scandal" aspect of the erotica video. Well, she really put him on his place as the rest of interviews she went through during this era.

[@Camille_Anderson]

well said!! The integrity if that album was overlooked by the usual press rats but it is still fantastic & i love listening to it, its so liberating!!! 💯🌟👑

[@richsantana3211]

AWESOME AND LIBERATING!

[@tmalone2530]

Madonna was absolutely a smart woman. At 4:12 she explains herself so intelligently. We (Americans mostly)“glamorize” violent movies but look at “sex” like it’s so wrong an taboo.

[@atrocchia]

Erotica is her best album.

[@Christimony222]

I loveeeeddd Madonna through this whole thing. NOT the interviewer. His energy was rubbing me the wrong way. I felt like he had a negative opinion about her and I felt it by the way he would ask those questions...

[@lampshade8818]

Good point. I thought it, too- it smacked of Piers Morgan. He is also a jounalist that doesn't really 'interview' ; he 'interrogates'.

[@lvgxc10]

Would have to disagree, he asked open ended questions about her actions at the time & you can tell by her answers she has to think about the reply

[@firouz4296]

Steve is a fan!

[@graphiquejack]

Piers Morgan is a huge ass and misogynist, but this guy was fine. He allowed her the time to explain her messages and artistic vision in contrast to how many people only look at the surface shock value. If anything he was most judgmental of American prudishness than Madonna’s sex positive persona

[@ISVVVc628]

​@@lvgxc10Exactly.

[@vulmarvasquez2554]

loved this era.. it pissed small minded fools.

[@sansorini2231]

madonna is a genius, i have always said that

[@nikkireign8805]

She's genius. Periodt.

[@shotzby3]

Great interviewer and complex questions

[@guillermovilla9517]

Love this era!!

[@zayyanne]

Truly ahead of her time. I can’t think of any artist of the last 20 years that can come close to her level.

[@offbeat65]

Her level of what, exactly? Cheap PR tricks to excite yokels?

[@salivameemborracha6634]

Amazing!

[@marisapanzarin2910]

It's funny because this album came out in the early 90s you would think it's a song that should be created now. It's so a head of her time that I've only discovered it now and I'm 36 and she has inspired me to be more sexually expressive come out of my shell a bit lol but I think it's great when artists have this effect on people

[@tamijaswintonakaamiasamata8250]

Love love love this!

[@thedarthflagger]

Madonna in her Gothic Heidi era is sending me

[@lightstar84]

Thank you

[@flyestfreshestprince9223]

No one in this modern-day era can get away with stuff like Madonna did back in the 80's and 90's most definitely could not push the envelope today like it happened back then

[@eggads]

She was so sharp and intelligent.

[@jeffersonsilva7653]

welcome to Milan madonna: °_°

[@baduappletree1520]

Madonna is a art prodigy

[@sebastiankinnunen5549]

❤So Intelligent! ❤Thats the secret for her success! Plus she is so multitalented! ❤TheLegend❤love from Finland

[@planetes82]

I love it when she says that she doesn’t understand her fans’ behavior spending hours staring at her building. It’s something I will never understand either, I find that behavior repulsing.

[@Peterrdee]

Wow Madonna was walking around in 1992 more iconic and better looking than anyone else yet they call erotica a flop even tho it outsold, since the CD was with the book she sold a shit ton of erotica suck on that haters

[@zubenko17]

The Queen

[@sebastianhall6554]

She is groundbreaking. A one off

[@cameronwilson9649]

Hi Dita

[@corndoggate]

One of the best eras 💚✨

[@butchbrewer4923]

A good interviewer plus Madonna is heaven

[@111usul]

she is mesmerizing, and that smile ♥️

[@offbeat65]

With that gap, yeah. I imagine Caligula was about this sexy.

[@leejohnson8364]

she's just amazing lover her ❤ stunningly beautiful

[@thechildthatsgothisown1925]

I love this outfit. It looks like sumptuous velvet or silk.

[@latinheat1132]

She was the first woman who started talking about sex openly. Now it's not big deal to talk about sex

[@carlgreen8154]

Wow.. that's all I can say. She's very open, honest and Genius.

[@jaymclelland3116]

She raised me!!!

[@Marc-zi5cq]

She raised us all! Taught us so much about being ourselves and being open minded.

[@jackcastell2024]

23:48 she uses the phrase “hung up” 😂

[@healterskelter]

That look 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@djgualtiermaldeCO]

30 years later people is still not ready for Erotica

[@clauviky8910]

One of her Best era❤

[@Patrick3183]

Lol love her outfit here so cool. The album shoulda been a bit more funky like her outfit

[@Peterrdee]

She’s such a cutie, I’m glad she took ahold of her sexuality such a strong legend

[@absoluteacw]

I listened to this without looking. Madonna was always ahead of the pack. An intelligent woman. What happened to Mtv?!

[@julieswahn]

When this (or a facsimile) interview aired so many years ago, I, a very big fan of M's, failed to recognize her.. I truly did. I was getting ready to go out with a friend and just turned on the tv for no good reason.. I see this woman with the brutally short hair, golden tooth, sparse brows and Twiggy makeup and I did not know it was Madonna. How could that happen? I still don't know. I caught on pretty quickly but I must admit to a few moments of not realizing it was actually her. I thought she looked really bad.. :( .. but in retrospect I think she was and always is beautiful, even with this extreme look. Oh well, foddering along, I'll close this.. Yeah Madonna, never stop.

[@Patrick3183]

I think it's like a 20s cabaret look

[@TheLuckystar71]

+Julie Swahn I am fascinated by her different looks - I find it amazing how so many styles suit her. How can one person create all this? She is amazing.

[@julieswahn]

TheLuckystar71 I know! I've yet to see one look of hers that I found unattractive years later.. sometimes they seemed so at the time but they always ingrained themselves in me eventually. :) I'd love to see some of the looks that didn't work out, you know? It'd be a lot of fun. She's a stunner.. they'll have to beat her into the grave with a shovel cos she ain't going nowhere lol! ;)

[@TheLuckystar71]

Julie Swahn I think her skin tone and facial structure helps with her suiting loads of different looks. Also, her figure has never declined over the years which just goes to show her commitment, as it must be so easy when one is rich, to just hide away somewhere and count your money all day long, lol. I hate it when people comment on her age, like she is supposed to give up and go away, but I don't want her to go away - I want to enjoy more of her!! Even if she was 90.

[@julieswahn]

I agree wholeheartedly with your comments! I get stoked when ppl mention her age, as though she is supposed to go into hiding and wear turtlenecks to bed and completely forget about saucy romances! Harumph, I say! (of course I am her age.. 56, anyway ;)

[@thedarthflagger]

And to think people thought that this era was career suicide for her is baffling. I thought to myself, where does she go from here? Cue Evita and then ROL.

[@CristinaF210]

please someone teach me how tom make this eye look makeup is so beautiful here

[@SpookyElectric319]

Icon.

[@TheEuzkatroika]

best era of her