Madonna: "Because we think if we look at Instagram for two…

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Madonna: "Because we think if we look at Instagram for two hours, we’ve actually been with somebody. It’s a deeply disturbing activity."

https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/madonna-confessions-on-a-dancefloor-nadia-lee-cohen

OTTENBERG: It’s easy to forget to go out and be with people now because most of us are addicted to our phones.

MADONNA: Because we think if we look at Instagram for two hours, we’ve actually been with somebody. It’s a deeply disturbing activity.

OTTENBERG: Yes.

MADONNA: It’s mesmerizing and also soul-destroying.

OTTENBERG: Do you doomscroll?

MADONNA: Occasionally I open Instagram and something pops up that makes me go to the next visual. And then I go, “What am I doing? I have 5,000 things to do. Get off the phone.” I have a lot of discipline when it comes to social media, simply because I grew up without it. I didn’t have Instagram until 2018 or something. I grew up without TV. I’m not a person who gravitates toward distraction. Oh my god, I make lists every night, put Post-its everywhere, and then my day is filled with sometimes boring but also very exciting activities. And I do see, if I go on Instagram for more than 10 minutes, I get depressed, and I don’t want to go there. Why am I giving this nonexistent entity power over my soul, my brain, my vision of myself, my vision of the world? Time is precious, and that’s something I’ve known all my life. Time’s precious. What can I get done? What can I do?

OTTENBERG: Yes.

MADONNA: I keep journals. My manager gets them for me all the time. This one says “The Queen.” I go through probably three a week. I love to write. With my hand. I write all my lyrics. I see you write too…

OTTENBERG: I have to.

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