True Blue (Madonna song) in the video. The video was released at a time when she was going through a failed marriage with then husband actor Sean Penn. During this period, Madonna focused on more traditional fashion and attitudes and tried to appear more respectful of traditional gender roles. After shedding her trampy sex-kitten and boy-toy image with the "Live to Tell" music video, Madonna again adopted a new look for this video. Madonna attended aerobics classes at Hollywood health centre "The Sports Connection", which was responsible for her toned down look in the video. Sire Records decided to opt for a promotional device
Radio 1 Madonna controversy was generally in support of Madonna, with "The Sun"s Dan Wootton criticising Radio 1's decision to not play the track. Describing the station's daytime playlist as the "Cray List" in his column, Wootton listed several artists who struggle to receive Radio 1 airplay, including Robbie Williams, Take That, and Meghan Trainor. Madonna posted a newspaper clipping that featured the story on her Twitter and Instagram accounts, and thanked her fans for their support. In an interview with Wootton in "The Sun", the singer called the omission "unfair" and "discriminatory", and felt that ageism was a taboo that is still not