Following a week or so of teasing, queer icons Madonna and Sam Smith have officially announced their collaborative single VULGAR.
Madonna and Sam have both shared the single's artwork on Twitter, along with its release date of June 9. The artwork shows two bodies wearing bodices superimposed with the letters "S&M", a reference to their respective initials, but also a potential clue as to the song's subject matter.
On Sam’s Gloria: The Tour, which began in April, they have been performing a cover of Madonna's classic R&B bop Human Nature, which features empowering sex-positive lyrics including the whispered refrain "express yourself, don't repress yourself".
Madonna and Sam have never collaborated before, but the pop queen did introduce Sam and Kim Petras's performance of Unholy at the Grammy Awards back in February.
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