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Ariel Pink had some harsh words for Madonna in a new interview with Faster Louder. The indie singer revealed to the site that he was contacted by the pop superstar's label Interscope to help work on her new album and said some bad stuff about her career when he tried to explain why he was wanted to join Diplo and Avicii on the project.

"They need something edgy. They need songwriting. She can't just have her Avicii, her producers or whatever, come up with a new techno jam for her to gyrate to and pretend that she's 20 years old. They actually need songs. I'm partly responsible for that return-to-values thing," he said.

Pink then admitted he's a fan of Madge's first album, but he thought her other albums sucked. "The first record was so good because of the songs," he added. "It's been a downward slide [since]. 'Ray of Light' is not cool. And all the other stuff she's done after that, it's not like it matters. It really shows a drain of values. People need more substance in their mac-and-cheese. People need more sugar or something."

Madonna's camp has responded to Pink's comments. After the interview was published, her manager Guy Oseary said on Twitter, "[Madonna] and I have never heard of [Pink]." He added that Pink's claim about him being asked by Interscope for the album might be true, but personally, Madonna wasn't interested in working with him.

Another person who wasn't happy with Pink's statement was Grimes. The Canadian singer also took to Twitter to blast the Los Angeles-based musician. "Ariel Pink's delusional misogyny is emblematic of the kind of bulls**t [every] woman in this industry faces daily," she wrote and praised "Ray of Light" in a follow-up post, saying the album "is a masterpiece."