According to billboard.com, Madonna’s 1992 album Erotica, was released 30 years ago along with her her scandalous ‘Sex’ coffee table book. While reflecting on the anniversary, Madonna shared her thoughts about the criticism she faced when they were originally released, on her Instagram Stories on Saturday, October 22nd.
Madonna wrote, “30 years ago I published a book called S.E.X. In addition to photos of me naked there were photos of Men kissing Men, Woman kissing Woman and Me kissing everyone. I also wrote about my sexual fantasies and shared my point of view about sexuality in an ironic way, I spent the next few years being interviewed by narrow minded people who tried to shame me for empowering myself as a Woman, I was called a whore, a witch, a heretic and the devil. Now Cardi B can sing about her WAP. Kim Kardashian can grace the cover of any magazine with her naked ass and Miley Cyrus can come in like a wrecking ball, You’re welcome b—-es.”
She also shared an interview clip from 1992 when she was paired with an interviewer that was incredibly uncomfortable with her book, Sex. Where she pointed out that, “I think people’s reaction to specific situations in the book was much more a reflection of that person than me.”
“Erotica,” was the album’s first single and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number one on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs Chart. A remix of the song was also included on Madonna’s recent collection Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones. Rhino Records is also releasing a limited edition Erotica 12″ vinyl picture disk, for the project’s 30th anniversary.
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