Madame Bullshit

"Madame Bullshit" is the third song on Romo's second self-titled, fifth studio album, surprise released September 8, 2020. It will be released as the second single from the album on November 6, 2020. "Madame Bullshit" is a two-part song with the first part being an experimental electropop song with vocal influences from pop punk music, while the second contains an elaborate instrumental coda of the indie rock genre with its vocals consisting exclusively of a chorus of "Bullshit."

Composition
Romo created "Madame Bullshit" as an outlet for venting anger on the album after noticing that most of the songs she was writing expressed hopelessness for the future, but without a call to action. Romo envisioned the song as expressing a rebellion against the forces that make people feel hopeless, even in the face of aggressive obstacles.

The first part of the track contains some of Romo's most chaotic instrumentation and vocal performances, alternating between loud scream-singing that battles the instrumental with outright screaming. Musically, the song is an experimental electropop song, partly influenced by the subgenres of hyperpop and glitchcore, that defies the structure of conventional pop songs, with a sound Romo described as "gritty" and "raw." She wanted the song to sound like a rock song, without using guitar or drums in its making.

The second part is a soft, quiet indie rock-influenced coda consisting only of a repeated "Bullshit", until Romo in the song's last seconds drags out "She ... is ... bullshit!" Romo based the song's second part on the 2000 song "For The Damaged Coda" by Blonde Redhead, famously used in the animated sitcom Rick & Morty.

Lyrics
"Madame Bullshit" contains some of the angriest lyrics on Romo (II), describing an unsympathetic character who uses her power and influence to bring people down. The narrator disrespects the ground she walks on and says it's "not worth burying a corpse there," derides her taking the low road in everything she does that even marijuana can't lift her above "the level of a step stool", and that she has better aim throwing a dart at her own face. In between the song's two parts, the narrator laments the song's subject left her feeling "fucked over", ruining her ability to support herself. The song's ending is the repeated word "Bullshit!"

Romo titled the song "Madame Bullshit" as an attempt to one-up the song titles of American hip hop duo Run The Jewels.

Speculation on the song's subject
Since the release of Romo (II), fans and critics have widely speculated who Romo wrote "Madame Bullshit" about. The lyrics note the subject is someone who "swings to the lowest to angry up your base's blood", "starve(s) a thousand people to feed your family and your partners", and "Project(s) your weaknesses onto others to look better than them," among other things. Many industry publications think the song is about UK prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, or both, while some think it could be a reference to female players in the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump such as first lady Melania Trump, daughter Ivanka Trump and former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.

Romo has said in an interview the song is a composite sketch inspired by multiple people and the subject is not one particular person, similar to Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", which to this day continues to be the subject of speculation.

Promotion
Romo confirmed "Madame Bullshit" as the second single from Romo (II) during the livestream concert Feminist Christ's Revival (In The Name Of The Mother) on September 24, 2020. Full time promotion is expected to commence one week following the charting of the album's previous single "Feminis†".

So far, the promotional cycle has involved Romo rehashing the ROUGE feud and taking up meditation and yoga despite feeling no calming effect to prevent her from feuding.

Music video
On October 20, 2020, Romo previewed a brief snippet of the "Madame Bullshit" video via Instagram, showing a glitchy image of Romo singing into the camera. The video is said to take heavy inspiration from glitch art, which also inspired the artwork for "Feminis†".

Critical
"Madame Bullshit" has been singled out by some reviewers as one of the best songs on Romo (II). Many compared it favorably to the work of Grimes and 100 Gecs, who Romo listed as an influence on the song, as well as the metalcore band Iwrestledabearonce, who have a number of songs that start out chaotic and have a quiet, melodic conclusion. One review described the song's music and lyrics as "Blink-182 if they worshiped Giorgio Moroder instead of Descendents."

Commercial
A month prior to its commercial release, "Madame Bullshit" managed to reach #34 on Urapopstar's airplay charts based on pre-impact support.