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Madonna is back.

The "Queen of Pop" announced Sunday in a dramatic Instagram video that her much anticipated 14th studio album had a name: "I decided to call my record" Lady X "."

In the video, Madonna wears many costumes and identities while assuming her mysterious alter ego, Ms. X, whom she describes as "a secret agent." Traveling around the world, changing identities, fighting for freedom. light in dark places ".

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Madonna adds that her alter ego is a woman with many hats, including: "A dancer, a teacher, a head of state, a governess, a rider, a prisoner, a student, a mother, a child, a teacher. A nun A singer, a saint, a whore. "

"The spy in the house of love, I'm Madame X," she says.

Madonna did not reveal any further details about her upcoming project, but teased a song with the words: "What hurt me the most was that I was not lost. "

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"Madame X" will mark Madonna's first album since "Rebel Heart" in 2015.

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