Let's all talk about the Super Bowl

We haven't been paying much lip service to Our Glorious Leader lately on S&N which is ridiculous because there is so much to talk about. The details about exactly what we can expect from M.D.N.A. are still in the air - however at the Golden Globes we were informed Martin Solveig took care of the euphoric, happy side of the album while William Orbit's domain was the introspective, darker side. Colour us ecstatic - but in a week and a half the world will be witness to fifteen minutes of a fifty four year old woman exemplifying why thirty years into her career she is still renowned as the planet's premiere performing artist at the top of her game. The rumours of which seem too good to be true.

Whether it is a reaction to the eruption of exposure to gay liberation in pop world over the past couple of years, Madonna seems intent on reclaiming her Patron Saint of Fags and we couldn't be more excited to see how this translates to her performance; we honestly cannot guarantee we will still be breathing after seeing her perform "Vogue" with the House of Ninja (!!!!!!) in an "brand new intense choreography". First of all, Madonna hasn't actually 'vogued' - as in the choreography which inspired the song - since the track's release twenty two years ago, as each tour on which it has been performed has featured a unique spin on various underground dance movements. Secondly, the House of Ninja are renowned for being the dominant vogueing house in New York and were the most featured in both Paris is Burning and the "Vogue" video, so to see the youngest members two decades on performing with Madonna is quite literally the stuff dreams are made of. Finally, and most controversially, Madonna is going all out G-A-Y at the SUPER BOWL - the most mainstream expression of masculinity in international television. Is this actually happening? She's going to kick up a storm, middle America will be bewildered and disgusted and we cannot wait.

Not only that but the Indianopolis Gay Men's Chorus are expected to be performing a rendition of "Like a Prayer". Are you taking this in? She's employing the local gay men's choir for "Like a Prayer" at the SUPER BOWL. If it takes Lady Gaga nipping at her heels to produce these results, long live Germanotta. IS THIS REAL LIFE!?!??!?

Madonna love is in heat here at Shiny & New and fingers crossed after the Super Bowl and hopefully incredible album, the world falls in love all over again just like they did in 1998, 2000 and 2005.