Filters or fillers? Madonna’s shock new look and transformation over the years – the pop queen sparked surgery rumours again after her unrecognisable Grammys TikTok

Apr 20 , 2022

Madonna’s face has everyone talking on social media. Photos: @madonna/Instagram, @madonna/TikTok

Madonna, 63, hit headlines this month for her unsettling TikTok close-up, which fans speculated as a really overdone Botox job – but it may have just been a filter

She said she ‘wasn’t born with Gisele Bündchen’s body’ but keeps fit with interval training and Ashtanga yoga, and sticks to a macrobiotic diet

Since releasing her debut album in 1983, Madonna’s incredible musical genius has been celebrated by fans worldwide. She’s been able to reinvent herself, remaining relevant during her long career. And just as her music has been revamped over the decades, so too has her appearance.

On the right, we have Madonna performing Express Yourself in 1990 during the first Blonde Ambition concert in Los Angeles. Photos: Reuters, AP

The Queen of Pop has the ability to transform herself while looking apparently ageless. At 63, she looks as young as ever – but there has been some concern about how.

Madonna posted a TikTok video before the 2022 Grammys, which left audiences stunned. Photo: @madonna/Tiktok

She posted a TikTok video ahead of the 2022 Grammy Awards on April 3, which left many fans unsettled. The video showed Madonna bearing little resemblance to what fans are used to seeing of her.

The comments section on the post had some fans thinking she had undergone drastic plastic surgery while others said it was a filter, referring to her as the “filter queen”.

Others suggested it was an overuse of fillers and Botox, referencing her wrinkle-free face at over 60.

But what is Madonna’s stance on surgery? Here’s what we know about her transformation over the years.

Surgery denial

Madonna now vs Madonna in the Material Girl music video in 1984. Photos: @madonna/Instagram, Madonna/YouTube