Madonna was, understandably, not amused when a version of her yet-to-be-announced 2015 album leaked online.
The 56-year-old singer dismissed the songs as "unfinished demos stolen long ago," noting in an Instagram post Wednesday that the tracks "are not ready to be presented to the world." She addressed her fans directly, too, writing, "Thank you for not listening! Thank you for your loyalty!"
She expressed some real frustration, though, with a controversial follow-up Instagram post (which has since been deleted). In it, she wrote, "This is artistic rape!! These are early leaked demo's half of which wont even make it on my album the other half have changed and evolved."
"This is a form of terrorism," she went on. "Wtf!!!! Why do people want to destroy artistic process??? Why steal? Why not give me the opportunity to finish and give you my very best?"
Manager Guy Oseary addressed a leak on Twitter late last month...
It's unclear whether Mr. Oseary was addressing the most recent leak of Madonna's music, a portion of it, or different tracks entirely.
Regardless, the Queen of Pop has been in the business of protecting art and intellectual property for a long time now—even back in the days of Napster! Way back in 2000, Madonna joined fellow artists like Dr. Dre and Metallica leading the charge to stop the now-defunct music sharing site from using their content.
