Madonna has always been an expert at grabbing headlines, and this week will likely be no different. On Tuesday, the singer teased a new music video for her single "B*tch I'm Madonna" by posting an Instagram photo [2] featuring herself, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, Miley Cyrus, and Nicki Minaj styled up like an avant-garde movie poster. Not only does the image look sort of similar to the ones Taylor Swift put out ahead of her "Bad Blood" video premiere [3], but the all-star cast and badass death stares are also enough to get tongues wagging about a music video faceoff for the ages. She captioned the snap, "Video coming soon! Just trying to make it perfect for all of you. We are hard werking bitches! #bitchimmadonna."
We should have seen this coming, right? Yes, Madonna did hit the stage with Taylor at the iHeartRadio Awards [4], but not long after, she became one of the many musicians to sign on with Beyoncé and Jay Z's Tidal streaming service [5] (which Nicki Minaj is also involved with). In May, Madonna arrived on the Met Gala red carpet with Katy [6], and the two palled around all evening, even attending Lady Gaga's afterparty together. Rita used to date Taylor's current beau, Calvin Harris — and we all know where Katy and Taylor Swift stand [7] — so it seems like "B*tch I'm Madonna" could be shaping up to be an A-list rebuttal to Taylor's model-filled "Bad Blood."