The Creepy Alternative Meaning of Madonna’s “Hard Candy”
April 28th, 2008, 9 Comments »
The media has been yakking about it all week, so you’ve probably heard that Madonna has a new album out. As you might expect, there are articles about Madge in magazines and newspapers everywhere. I’ve been traveling over the past week, so I’ve read at least three such pieces.
Here’s what none of the articles have reported: the term “hard candy” is Internet slang for an under-aged girl. I only know this because of the disturbing 2005 film (my review) of the same name.
Given Madonna’s long history of cheeky sexual innuendo, I’m pretty sure she (or her marketing team) was aware of this particular connotation. They obviously didn’t include this fact in their press material, though, because in review after review, there’s no reference to it. Or maybe they did, and reporters are just too tired of Ms. Ciccone’s sexually-aggressive, “look everyone, it’s my vagina!” approach to publicity.
