Madonna: 'Pop music isn’t exciting me too much right now'

Madonna has admitted that the current pop scene isn't "exciting" her at the moment.

The singer is due to release her latest studio effort 'Rebel Heart' in the UK on March 9.

In a new interview with Pitchfork, the US star was asked about what in the pop circuit is inspiring her.

Madonna said: "To be honest, pop music isn’t exciting me too much right now.

"I mean, do you consider James Blake pop music? I love his music, some of his songs just kill me. He’s a great songwriter. It’s the kind of thing that makes me jealous, like, 'Oh! I wish I’d made that!'."

When asked meanwhile if she still enjoys performing on stage, the Queen of Pop replied:

"Yeah. I like coming up with these spectacular extravaganzas that will, hopefully, totally blow people away. But I also like the intimacy of stopping it all and sitting at the edge of the stage and connecting with individual people in the audience.

"Actually, I quite like the idea doing a different kind of tour - and don’t get any ideas because this is not gonna happen right now - where I would sing songs and play guitar and just have maybe one other musician out there with me; it’s just me and a guitar and a good bottle of wine.

"I could talk in between each song and tell stories, or do some of my stand-up comedy, which I’m actually quite good at. I love it when I see a stand-up comedian have some amazing back-and-forth dealing with a heckler in the audience. I could really have a field day with something like that. I don’t think you understand how funny I am - I mean, maybe not right now, but in general. I do some of my best stand-up comedy during sound checks."

Watch Madonna perform at the Brit Awards below: