{"id":487275,"date":"2019-06-21T07:21:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=850949"},"modified":"2019-06-21T07:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:21:47","slug":"madonna-jimmy-fallon-face-off-in-neon-dance-battle-on-the-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/madonna-jimmy-fallon-face-off-in-neon-dance-battle-on-the-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna, Jimmy Fallon Face Off in Neon Dance Battle on \u2018The Tonight Show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screen-Shot-2019-06-21-at-9.02.33-AM.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/madonna\/\">Madonna<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jimmy-fallon\/\">Jimmy Fallon<\/a> donned glow-in-the-dark jumpsuits on Thursday night for a neon dance battle on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-tonight-show\/\"><em>The Tonight Show<\/em><\/a>. Fallon managed to hold his own against the Queen of Pop, but if we\u2019re being honest, the best part of the show was seeing the two of them dance in-sync to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-roots\/\">The Roots<\/a>\u2018 music.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tbYUr9ToB-g?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In her interview with Fallon, Madonna talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-extends-madame-x-tour-dates-837409\/\">her upcoming small-theater shows<\/a> (including a 17-night residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music) and recalled getting flustered (and a little flirty) when Fallon introduced her to President Barack Obama the last time she was on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>. \u201cYou\u2019re the only reason I\u2019m doing this,\u201d she allegedly told the former president backstage. She then led the audience in a cha-cha dance, inspired by her song \u201cMedell\u00edn\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/maluma\/\">Maluma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna released her latest album&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/madonna-madame-x-album-review-847737\/\"><em>Madame X<\/em><\/a> earlier this year. She recently performed her song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-quavo-future-eurovision-controversy-837263\/\">\u201cFuture\u201d<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/migos\/\">Migos<\/a>\u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/quavo\/\">Quavo<\/a> at Eurovision.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-neon-dance-battle-tonight-show-850949\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna and Jimmy Fallon donned glow-in-the-dark jumpsuits on Thursday night for a neon dance battle on&nbsp;The Tonight Show. Fallon managed to hold his own against the Queen of Pop, but if we\u2019re being honest, the best part of the show was seeing the two of them dance in-sync to The Roots\u2018 music. 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