Madonna gets honest about what is ruining art and music

Madonna, a pop icon whose life has been devoted to creating art, is vexed by artificial intelligence encroaching on the genre.

Known for a no-nonsense attitude, the singer candidly told Vogue Italia that AI is the “opposite of making art".

She compared artists' early days when they created art from a “very pure place".

“Once you were around painters and musicians and dancers and artists in one place and working from a very pure place for each other. I value that experience a lot.

However, the situation has changed quite a bit now, Madonna said, adding That Streaming numbers have begun to dominate the music industry.

“Nowadays you don’t do that anymore. Now, to have a record deal, you think about how many followers you have.

The Grammy winner has even released a song that took a potshot at the industry's fixation on numbers. 

“That’s why in ‘Bring Your Love’ I say, ‘Don’t try to distract me with numbers’. For me it started not thinking about the charts, the streaming numbers.” 

“Algorithms and artificial intelligence are the opposite of taking risks, and to me that is the opposite of making art.”

Given how ubiquitous technology and social media are, Madonna's digital detox is to disconnect from them.

“Lately it’s been hard because of my record and so many things connected to it. But I do like to take breaks… and disappear.” 

“Because that’s how you fuel your imagination,” she shared.

“You have to have stillness, and you have to have days where you’re just connecting to nature, my children, my horses,” Madonna concluded.