(CNN) Madonna's latest music video -- for a song called "Dark Ballet" -- evokes religious images and symbols reminiscent of her controversial music videos from the 80s and 90s.

The intense new music video the artist released is for a single off her upcoming album, "Madame X."

The video is inspired by the French Catholic saint, Joan of Arc, and echoes her 1989 video for "Like A Prayer," which was condemned by the Vatican because it featured burning crucifixes and sexual role-play on an altar, among other things.

"She fought the English and she won, still the French were not happy. Still they judged her," Madonna said in a statement. "They said she was a man, they said she was a lesbian, they said she was a witch, and, in the end, they burned her at the stake, and she feared nothing. I admire that."

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