{"id":463788,"date":"2026-05-28T04:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/463788\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:32:09","slug":"linda-perry-says-madonna-needs-to-wake-up-and-stop-trying-to-compete-with-charli-xcx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/463788\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Perry Says Madonna Needs To \u2018Wake Up\u2019 And Stop Trying To \u2018Compete With Charli XCX\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

After years of collaborating with music\u2019s biggest names, Linda Perry has her sights set on getting into the recording studio with Madonna<\/a>, even if she has a distaste for the Queen of Pop\u2019s latest output. <\/p>\n

In a video interview with Consequence<\/a> this week, the 4 Non Blondes musician named Madonna as her \u201cNo. 1 bucket list collaborator\u201d before noting that she believes the seven-time Grammy winner has become too focused on chasing sonic trends that don\u2019t suit her. <\/p>\n

\u201cOf late, I feel she is a follower,\u201d Perry said. \u201cShe\u2019s following the trends. She\u2019s trying to compete with Charli XCX<\/a> and this and that. Everything about her seems weak to me, and not powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I would love to get that woman in a studio, slap her in the face a couple of times, and say, \u2018Wake up, get back to who Madonna is and what you represent. You are a leader,\u2019\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Perry rose to prominence in 1993, when 4 Non Blondes unveiled their signature hit, \u201cWhat\u2019s Up?\u201d The five-time Grammy nominee went on to write and produce Pink\u2019s \u201cGet the Party Started<\/a>\u201d and Christina Aguilera\u2019s \u201cBeautiful<\/a>,\u201d and has also worked on albums by Adele, Celine Dion and Ariana Grande<\/a>, among other artists. <\/p>\n

Appearing on \u201cThe Zach Sang Show<\/a>\u201d earlier this month, Perry revealed she first offered \u201cGet the Party Started\u201d to Madonna<\/a> at some point before Pink recorded it for her 2001 album, \u201cMissundaztood.\u201d<\/p>\n

As to what her fantasy album with Madonna might sound like, Perry told Consequence, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get back there and focus on the power of what her voice can do, not the power of what auto-tune and effects can do, and all the electronics that she\u2019s into right now to hide all that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would put her out in the open and make all those flaws, I would just bring them all out and show them, and make this beautiful, more acoustic type record with strings and something she could sit down and just sing to a crowd,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat would be what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Madonna,Madonna, right, performed with Sabrina Carpenter at Coachella in April. <\/p>\n

Kevin Mazur via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Despite her less-than-favorable take on Madonna\u2019s most recent work, Perry said she has deep respect for the pop icon\u2019s record-smashing legacy, which stretches back to the early 1980s. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s one of the greatest. She taught women to be strong and be yourself, and I love how she just constantly was changing her sound,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery record sounded different. I mean, she is an explorer. She is a leader … she is out there in front of everyone, leading the path, telling people what to do and how to just be ballsy and get out there and kick people in the ass.\u201d <\/p>\n

Though Perry doesn\u2019t seem confident her plan to work with Madonna will ever come to fruition, she nonetheless concluded her Consequence chat with a final plea: \u201cMadonna, call me when you\u2019re ready to get back to your fucking strength, alright?\u201d <\/p>\n

Madonna has yet to respond publicly to Perry\u2019s remarks. In July, she\u2019ll release \u201cConfessions II<\/a>,\u201d a follow-up to her seminal 2005 album<\/a>, \u201cConfessions on a Dance Floor.\u201d Last month, she previewed<\/a> her new music with a surprise performance during Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s headlining set<\/a> at Coachella. <\/p>\n

Perry, meanwhile, has been promoting \u201cLet It Die Here<\/a>,\u201d her first solo album in 25 years and an accompanying documentary<\/a> of the same name. Last weekend, she reunited<\/a> with her 4 Non Blondes bandmates for their first full-fledged concert in 30 years <\/a>at California\u2019s BottleRock Napa Valley music festival. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of collaborating with music\u2019s biggest names, Linda Perry has her sights set on getting into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,85686,2004],"class_list":["post-463788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-linda-perry","tag-madonna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}