"Human Nature" was the fourth and final single from Lust Icon Madonna's sixth studio album, Bedtime Stories. The song proves true to the theory that the best music is written from personal experiences.
"Human Nature" was written in response to public backlash from Madonna's previous album, Erotica, and her coffee table book, Sex. Lyrically, she sarcastically asks rhetorical questions based on actual encounters. "Did I say something wrong? Oops! I didn't know I couldn't talk about sex. What was I thinking?". It also repeats one of my favorite Madonna theories "express yourself, don't repress yourself" multiple times.
The music video for "Human Nature" continues on these themes and was heavily inspired by comic artist, Eric Stanton. Madonna explains, "Mondino [the Director] found this book by this illustrator named Stanton who did kinda S&M drawings and stuff, but we didn't want to go with the straight S&M; we wanted to have it be more about making fun of it".
For the first time, Madonna teamed up with choreographer Jamie King [who has choreographed and directed her last four tours] to dance, whip, and punch in latex and leather. She even had leather strips braided into her hair. The costumes for the video are said to represent the "constraints of society". Even her dog at the time, Chiquita, suited up to express herself.
Lust with your eyes below. "Absolutely, no regrets".
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