Madame X: trailer

Madonna music special Madame X, filmed in Lisbon in early 2020, screens on Paramount+ on Saturday.

The unprecedented intimate streaming experience will take viewers on a journey as compelling and audacious as Madonna’s fearless persona, Madame X, a secret agent traveling around the world, changing identities, fighting for freedom and bringing light to dark places.

Madonna’s virtuoso performance in Madame X celebrates the seven-time Grammy Award winner’s fourteenth studio album of the same name, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and captures new music alongside previous hits and fan favourites for an unrivalled theatrical journey. The linguistically diverse album, inspired by her life immersed in the rich cultural influences of Lisbon, is a love letter to multiculturalism and a testament to Madonna’s transformative influence on, and respect for, global culture and earned praise from The New York Times as a “reimagine[d] pop spectacle for a theatre stage, merging her newest music and calls for political awareness with striking intimacy.”

From MTV Entertainment Studios, Madame X is directed by Ricardo Gomes and SKNX.

Saturday, 9 October on Paramount+.