In 2015, music videos must feature a minimum of four gratuitous celebrity cameos, and the Queen of Pop is jumping in on the fun and/or power plays.
Madonna has been teasing a video for her Rebel Heart single "Bitch, I'm Madonna" on Instagram, and today she posted an image that is making the video seem suspiciously like her own version of Taylor Swift's celebrity girl gang celebration "Bad Blood."
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A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Jun 16, 2015 at 12:57am PDT
Nicki Minaj is featured on the track, so her presence makes sense. And if you can get Beyoncé in your video, always get Beyoncé in your video, so there's no need to look into that any further.
It gets suspicious from there, though. Katy Perry has been universally accepted as the antagonist of Swift's "Bad Blood," so her presence hints at fighting cattiness with cattiness. Rita Ora, by far the least famous person involved, used to date T-Swift's current boyfriend, Calvin Harris.
Miley Cyrus is definitely the wild card here. Her picture isn't even featured in the Instagram, but that's probably because Madonna doesn't want to give away Miley's video look that's just her totally naked, covered head to toe in baby powder or grape jelly.
But is there actually bad blood between Taylor and Madonna? They used to have mad love when they performed together at the iHeartRadio Awards.
My new favorite guitar player! Thank you Taylor! Just you and I in #ghostown ❤️#rebelhearts pic.twitter.com/vYa80Ngo21— Madonna (@Madonna) March 30, 2015
I might be okay but I'm NOT FINE AT ALL. #MyFangirlLife #TaylorAndMadonna pic.twitter.com/z7fMbq0rEE— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) March 30, 2015
Of course, maybe this isn't an attack video. Maybe Madonna is just trying to give back by taking fledgling pop stars like Bey under her wing.