Look

We know we shouldn't be making excuses for Madonna. But we will. Imagine that you've had a 30 year career spanning 4 different decades. Imagine that you've changed the pop landscape forever, not just with the high quality of your output, but by redefining what it means to be a female popstar. Imagine that you're the biggest selling female artist of all time, with the biggest grossing solo tour of all time. Imagine that you're 53 and still challenging sexist notions of how women should behave. Imagine you're the Queen of Pop with more innovation under your belt than 99.99999999% of artists achieve in their short careers.

You're allowed to phone it in a bit.