Friday, January 30, 2015

Madonna NRJ Interview Transcript!


NRJ: Can you talk about your new hit Living For Love? By the way, for the video you worked with a French team who collaborated with Christine and The Queens.
Madonna: Yeah yeah, she’s great, I love her music. It’s a song having your heart broken but it’s about saying you know what I’m going to my life goes on, I will carry on, I won’t stop believing in love, I’ll pick up my crown, put it back on my head and I will walk through life proudly believing that love, true love does exist. (probably the video was directed by the French duo J.A.C.K. from Paris. They directed the video Saint Claude for Christine and The Queens)



NRJ: For this new album you worked together again with Nicki Minaj. How was collaborating with her?
M: When we work together she always comes and we sit down and she listens to the song and she says ‘Ok, tell me what is you trying to say with this song’ and you know, we just talk, we share ideas about what the song’s about and then she goes home, she thinks about it, and I know she can relay to being a strong woman who has to fight for what she does, for what she believes in, and she’s too often provocative and you know to be a successful female rapper, the rap world is really male dominated, so I respect her I think that we have a synergy when we work together.

NRJ: You worked with Avicii as well… Was it your idea to work with?
M: It was my manager’s idea that I should work with his team. I was a big fan of a few of his songs that were on the radio and I wanted to work with the team of people that he has, the team of writers that he works with, so I mean I did and it turned out really good.

NRJ: What about a collaboration with Stromae that you met few months ago?
M: I actually met him about 4 years ago and we talked about working together and then we saw each other, he came to my house a couple of months ago before Christmas and we talked about working together, so maybe one day, I like him.

NRJ: Is “Rebel Heart” an autobiographical album?
Madonna: It’s hard to qualify or quantify how much autobiographical and how is fiction because for me when I write I’m coming from sometimes a very personal place, sometimes it’s partly made up and partly my own experience but then things get all mixed into one big part and I don’t know the difference between art and life or fiction and non fiction but it’s all coming from… I’m just channeling the information so it’s my personal experience, other people personal experiences and I just put it all together to tell a story.

NRJ: Your new album is called “Rebel Heart”. Is it important for you to be rebellious?
M: We live in a time when artists aren’t encouraged to be rebellious, we don’t live, we don’t encourage the artists of today to speak their mind, to express their opinions, to think outside the box, to take risks, so I think it’s important to call attention to the idea that being rebellious is part of art, an important part of it, and… I don’t know I just wanted to underline it. But it is also important to add the word Heart because it’s not just being rebellious for the sake of being rebellious, I think it’s also important to let people know that love... I do a lot of my rebellion.

NRJ: You are an expert of provocating. Is it also part of being rebellious?
M: Not necessarily, it does necessarily mean the same thing, you could be rebellious against something, some kind of oppression, or discrimination, or prejudices, but you wouldn’t necessarily being provocative, you know, you could also be provocative without being rebellious. So, they can cross of course and being the same but their not necessarily the same.

NRJ: Have you already thought about the next tour?
M: I have some ideas, yes, but I’ve been very focused on finishing my record, doing the first video, preparing for the Grammys and I only in the back of my mind is what I’m gonna do on my tour, not yet.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Rebel Heart: Promo Goodies, Pre-order Links, Details and more… Madonna’s upcoming album “Rebel Heart” will be released in different formats.

This post will contain an overview of pre-order links, pre-order goodies, promo items and more…

Standard Version [14 tracks]
France – €16,49 – 9 March 2015

01. Living for love
02. Devil pray
03. Ghosttown
04. Unapologetic bitch
05. Illuminati
06. Bitch I’m madonna
07. Hold tight
08. Joan of arc
09. Iconic
10. Heartbreakcity
11. Body shop
12. Holy water
13. Inside out
14. Wash all over me



Deluxe Version [19 tracks]
France – 15.99€ – 9 March 2015

Germany – €20.97 – 10 March 2015
Germany (clean) – €28.15 – 10 March 2015 (import)

UK – £14.99 – 9 March 2015
UK (clean) – £19.99 – 10 March 2015 (import)

USA – $15.99 – 10 March 2015
USA (clean) – $11.88 – 10 March 2015

Australia version with bonus postcards HERE (only while stock lasts)



01. Living For Love
02. Devil Pray
03. Ghosttown
04. Unapologetic Bitch
05. Illuminati
06. Bitch I’m Madonna (feat. Nicki Minaj)
07. Hold Tight
08. Joan Of Arc
09. Iconic (feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson)
10. HeartBreakCity
11. Body Shop
12. Holy Water
13. Inside Out
14. Wash All Over Me
15. Best Night
16. Veni Vedi Vici (feat. Nas)
17. S.E.X.
18. Messiah
19. Rebel Heart



Exclusive FNAC France Edition [21 tracks]
France – 17,99€ – 10 March 2015

01. Living for Love
02. Devil Pray
03. Ghosttown
04. Unapologetic Bitch
05. Illuminati
06. Bitch I’m Madonna
07. Hold Tight
08. Joan of Arc
09. Iconic
10. HeartBreakCity
11. Body Shop
12. Holy Water
13. Inside Out
14. Wash All Over Me
15. Best Night
16. Veni Vidi Vici
17. S.E.X.
18. Messiah
19. Rebel Heart
20. Living for Love (Thrill Remix)
21. Living for Love (Offer Nissim Dub Mix)



Japanese Version [20 tracks]

01. Living for Love
02. Devil Pray
03. Ghosttown
04. Unapologetic Bitch
05. Illuminati
06. Bitch I’m Madonna
07. Hold Tight
08. Joan of Arc
09. Iconic
10. HeartBreakCity
11. Body Shop
12. Holy Water
13. Inside Out
14. Wash All Over Me
15. Best Night
16. Veni Vidi Vici
17. S.E.X.
18. Messiah
19. Rebel Heart
20. Bonus Track



Vinyl LP [19 tracks]
France – €26.73 – 9 March 2015
Germany – €34,99 – 10 March 2015
UK – £45.99 – 10 March 2015 (import)
USA – $32.99 – 10 March 2015

01. Living For Love
02. Devil Pray
03. Ghosttown
04. Unapologetic Bitch
05. Illuminati
06. Bitch I’m Madonna (feat. Nicki Minaj)
07. Hold Tight
08. Joan Of Arc
09. Iconic (feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson)
10. HeartBreakCity
11. Body Shop
12. Holy Water
13. Inside Out
14. Wash All Over Me
15. Best Night
16. Veni Vedi Vici (feat. Nas)
17. S.E.X.
18. Messiah
19. Rebel Heart



Super Deluxe Box [25 tracks]
To be confirmed…


Saturday, January 24, 2015

ARIEL RECHTSHAID ON MADONNA

ARIEL RECHTSHAID

“I kept calling her ‘Madonna’ — just, ‘Hey Madonna’ and whatever. Every time she would kind of look at me funny. After a while she was like, ‘Why do you keep calling me that?’ I’m like, ‘Calling you what?’ And she says, ‘Calling me Madonna, nobody calls me that.’ I was like, ‘What do you mean? What do people call you?’ She’s like, ‘Umm, M. People call me M.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, alright! Well, anyway, let’s do some vocals, Madonna.’”

MTV.COM

Friday, January 23, 2015

MIKE TYSON TALKS ‘INTENSE, CRAZY’ CAMEO ON MADONNA’S ‘REBEL HEART’ LP




MIKE TYSON APPEARS WITH CHANCE THE RAPPER ON “ICONIC,” A NEW SONG FROM MADONNA’S UPCOMING ALBUM ‘REBEL HEART.’
“She’s trying to save the world. I commend her for that”

When Madonna released the finished track list for her upcoming album Rebel Heart earlier this week, the most conspicuous guest star wasn’t Nicki Minaj, Nas or Chance the Rapper. That distinction fell to Mike Tyson, who appears with the singer and Chance the Rapper on new track “Iconic.”

And while Tyson hasn’t heard the finished track yet (a leaked demo of the song only featured Madonna), the former boxer-turned-actor tells Rolling Stone that his role was similar to his 1998 appearance as a hype man on battle rapper Canibus’ “Second Round K.O.”

“Madonna calls you and tells you to come somewhere, you go,” Tyson says. “I didn’t know what the hell I was going there for. I’m just there having a good time and hanging out with Madonna. She has her producer there and I go into the studio and I didn’t know if she wanted me to talk or rap. I just go in there and start talking. I’m talking about my life and things that I have endured. I’m saying some really crazy stuff. It was really intense.”

Tyson ad-libbed his part of the song — which he says was done in one take — and drew inspiration from an unlikely icon. “When I did it, I think about being some guy like [Benito] Mussolini and they’re really arrogant, but you try to come from a positive perspective and be uplifting. You watch Mussolini on television — even though we don’t understand what he’s saying — he is so mesmerizing. I look at myself in that way.

“I know people may say ‘this guy’s a fascist’ and all this stuff, but man, you can take positivity from watching him,” added Tyson. “No wonder why Hitler was attracted to him. This guy’s a hypnotic figure. There’s so much pride behind what he’s saying. I’m not even Italian and I feel the pride he’s projecting. He had that street swag; he was doing this stuff with his hands and moving his head before it was even hip-hop.”

“Madonna’s trying to do something that since the beginning of time has been the most difficult thing to do: Save the world.”

While this is the first musical collaboration between the two stars, their history together goes back decades. Tyson says he first met Madonna in 1988 during a double date between himself, then-wife Robin Givens, Madonna and her then-husband Sean Penn. When the foursome went to see a Pee-wee Herman movie, Tyson and Penn both fell asleep midway through the film, leaving their dates time to bond.

“She’s an awesome, serene person,” Tyson says of Madonna. “She’s trying to do something that since the beginning of time has been the most difficult thing to do: Save the world. I commend her for that. She is a fighter in every sense of the word and from an intergalactic perspective,” he adds with a laugh.

The star of Mike Tyson Mysteries, the unexpected animated hit that was recently picked up for a second season, even weighed in on Adi Lederman, the 38-year-old Israeli man arrested for hacking into Madonna’s computer and attempting to sell the unreleased songs. “It’s an invasion of privacy,” says Tyson. “It’s totally counterproductive to what our so-called constitution is all about. But I’m not in the position to pass judgment on somebody like that, but [what happens to him] shouldn’t be something nice.”

It’s unclear if Tyson, who contributed the dance-pop song “One Night in Bangkok” to the soundtrack to 2011’s The Hangover Part II, will try to parlay his “Iconic” appearance into a future career, but the multihyphenate is not ruling it out.

“Doing the song with Madonna makes me think this [music career] could really happen,” Tyson says. “Most guys that come in there drink a bunch of liquor or smoke 100 blunts. I just went in and boom, one take. Everyone thought it was cool.”

rollingstone.com

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Madonna's Statement on piracy and the arrest of the Hacker!

"I am profoundly grateful to the FBI, the Israeli Police investigators and anyone else who helped lead to the arrest of this hacker. I deeply appreciate my fans who have provided us with pertinent information and continue to do so regarding leaks of my music. Like any citizen, I have the right to privacy. This invasion into my life – creatively, professionally, and personally remains a deeply devastating and hurtful experience, as it must be for all artists who are victims of this type of crime.” -Madonna


Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Madonna: The Original Rebel Heart!!




Had it going on since day one!!

Israeli man arrested for hacking Madonna’s computer




An undercover investigation by the Internet crime unit of Israel’s anti-fraud police resulted in the arrest of a Tel Aviv man suspected of hacking into several musicians’ computers over the course of several months.

The suspect allegedly stole unreleased tracks and sold them online.

The investigation began after a complaint by a representative for the singer Madonna. The investigation continued in cooperation with the FBI, which led to suspicion of a wider hack of several international artists.

*UPDATE*
A man, aged 40, accused of hacking Madonna’s computer and selling unreleased songs he found on it which resulted in their leaks months ahead of an official release was arrested in Tel-Aviv this morning. A hearing to extend his arrest will take place later today in Rishon Leziyon, Unit ‘Laahav 433′ of the Israeli police announced. Madonna was forced to release six songs early due to the leak.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Madonna On MOJO Magazine!





Madonna Rebel Heart Track List Revealed!

1. LIVING FOR LOVE
2. DEVIL PRAY
3. GHOSTTOWN
4. UNAPOLOGETIC BITCH [EXPLICIT]
5. ILLUNINATI
6. BITCH IM MADONNA (FEATURING NICKI MINAJ) [EXPLICIT]
7. HOLD TIGHT
8. JOAN OF ARC
9. ICONIC (FEATURING CHANCE THE RAPPER & MIKE TYSON)
10. HEARTBREAKCITY [EXPLICIT]
11. BODY SHOP [EXPLICIT]
12. HOLY WATER [EXPLICIT]
13. INSIDE OUT
14. WASH ALL OVER ME
15. BEST NIGHT
16. VENI VEDI VICI (FEATURING NAS) [EXPLICIT]
17. S.E.X.
18. MESSIAH
19. REBEL HEART





Tuesday, January 13, 2015

SEAN DOUGLAS TALKS ABOUT “GHOSTTOWN” TRACK WITH MADONNA!

Douglas signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell in early 2012, and started scooping up opportunity in the mainstream pop world. “Heart Attack” was his first Top 10 hit as a songwriter, to be followed by “Talk Dirty,” Derulo’s “Wiggle” and work with artists like the Backstreet Boys and Hilary Duff. Douglas spent part of last summer in Ibiza with David Guetta, living in the superstar producer’s house and working on tracks for his recent album, Listen.

The recent high-water achievement for Douglas was working on “Ghosttown,” one of the songs featured on Madonna’s upcoming Rebel Heart studio album. The songwriter says that the song, which was released along with five other Madonna tracks following a demo leak last month, was written in three days after Madonna personally requested some studio time.

“She liked ‘Talk Dirty,’ actually, and so they put me and [co-writers] Jason Evigan and Evan Bogart in with her and we had this great session,” says Douglas. “I was incredibly nervous for obvious reasons, but she showed up, was super personable and was ready to work. I basically checked it off my life bucket list.”

Source : Billboard


Confirmed: Madonna At The Grammy Awards!











Friday, January 9, 2015

HOW MADONNA TURNED HER “REBEL HEART” LEAK INTO A GLOBAL HIT




On Dec. 16, Madonna was in her New York apartment when she received word that more than a dozen unfinished demos for her forthcoming album had leaked. Her manager, Guy Oseary, was just returning to his Beverly Hills estate when he got the news. The album, Rebel Heart, was set for a late-April release, and thanks to a meticulous marketing plan and an inspired group of collaborators (including Diplo, Kanye West and Avicii), buzz was strong on the singer’s 13th studio full-length.

But now, all bets were off. Madonna shot off a fiery post on her Instagram account lambasting the leak as “artistic rape,” Oseary got on the phone, and both sprung into action. “I don’t recall that phone coming off my ear from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m.,” he says.

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High-profile leaks and other security breaches have been a scourge of the entertainment industry for the past 15 years: from Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot in 2001 and Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III in 2007 to Madonna’s own “Give Me All Your Luvin'” in 2011 — which resulted in an unidentified fan’s arrest in Spain, although he was later released — not to mention the hacker group Anonymous’ threats to rapper Iggy Azalea in 2014’s final weeks. But this Madonna leak was unusually severe, including images and videos as well as music. However, the singer and her team’s quick response may have set a new precedent for how the industry can mobilize in an effort to combat them.

On the morning of Dec. 17, Steve Berman, vice chairman of Madonna’s label distributor Interscope, was on the phone with her and Oseary. “She was in a very angry, upset, emotional place,” Berman recalls. He had visited her in New York the week prior to hear some of the album’s first finished songs with label president/CEO John Janick. “She told me, ‘Steve, I care about my music. I can’t have the songs being heard the wrong way.’ “

Berman was confident that Apple’s iTunes could be engaged to turn around an official release of finished Rebel Heart tracks on a dime, even though the digital retailer’s servers would effectively shut down for the year on Dec. 19, just two days later. But he faced two major hurdles: pushback from the upper rafters at Universal Music Group (“Should we just wait and do it all at the top of the year?” was the response from one executive) and the availability of iTunes vp content Robert Kondrk, who was already on vacation with his family in Mexico.

During the next 48 hours, Kondrk was able to help Apple greenlight a Rebel Heart preorder that would include six instant-gratification songs for download by midnight ET on Dec. 20 — including “Living for Love,” the set’s first single, which was initially intended for a Valentine’s Day release (and will now be promoted to radio on Feb. 10). However, Madonna had to make sure the six songs were in finished form, so she holed up in her New York studio working on the final mixes into the wee hours of the morning of Dec. 18. “There was no time to call any of the producers — nothing,” says Oseary. “Just her final mastering sessions.”

The result of Rebel Heart’s 48-hour turnaround? The album preorder topped the iTunes charts in more than 40 countries — including the United States, where three of the six released tracks entered Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart dated Jan. 3, despite just two days of eligibility. To date, the six tracks have sold a combined 131,000 downloads, according to Nielsen Music, with preorders for Rebel Heart at a robust (considering the situation) 50,000 to 60,000, according to industry estimates. “We know that in today’s world, having a top 10 album with no promotion is really hard,” Oseary says. “It’s pretty… exciting isn’t the right word, but it’s rewarding to see it so well-received.”

Still, Madonna’s work is far from over. There’s still at least one more preview track from Rebel Heart on its way before the album’s March 10 release (likely due Feb. 8, the night of the Grammy Awards, Oseary says), and an official video for “Living for Love,” to be filmed in late January. Plus, there’s an ongoing investigation into the source of the leaks (another 14 tracks hit the Internet on Dec. 24), which, given their volume, seem too far-reaching to emanate from a usual suspect like a studio staffer or a backing musician. Neither Oseary nor a UMG representative would confirm that the investigation has resulted in a police report. Oseary’s only comment on the matter was, “We are working really hard to solve this crime.”

Source: Billboard

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

THE BOSTON GLOBE ON MADONNA’S REBEL HEART




The bad news is that an online leak of unfinished demos forced Madonna to suddenly release six new songs last month. The pop icon was, understandably, not happy about that. The good news? Those six songs are among the freshest work she has done in recent memory, a promising glimmer of what will be Madonna’s 13th studio album. Madge recently told Billboard that “Rebel Heart” is “the old me and the new me all mixed in together.” Produced by Diplo, “Living for Love” certainly gives that impression with its mashup of house music and gospel overtones. “Ghosttown” is exceptional, a big-hearted ballad you could easily hear nonstop on the radio. Nicki Minaj turns up for a cameo on “Bitch, I’m Madonna” (just in case you forgot). Give us more, please. (March 10)

Thursday, January 1, 2015

GIORGIO MORODER ON MADONNA’S NEXT ALBUM

Legendary producer Giorgio Moroder is very excited to hear Madonna’s new album and believes she can become really ”big again” if she releases a record packed with dance hits.

Giorgio Moroder insists Madonna will be very ”big again” if she releases the right album.



The legendary producer-and-DJ is excited to hear the 56-year-old singer’s next LP – which leaked earlier this month but is due for release next year – and is very pleased she is has been recording dance tracks with Avicii because he believes that is the best genre for her.
He told BANG Showbiz: ”Madonna is still relevant, people still love her and she’s still good. She’s getting older of course but she still has a great voice. I think if she makes the right dance album I think she could become quite big again. I know she’s working with very young people and I think she could do well with the right record.”

Madonna is an admirer of Moroder and her track ‘Future Lovers’ – which featured on her 2005 album ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ – has a bass line inspired by Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’, which Moroder produced and she opened her 2006 ‘Confessions Tour’ with a medley of ‘Future Lovers’ and ‘I Feel Love’.

Moroder is releasing his own new album in 2015, his first studio LP for more than 30 years, and the record features collaborations with Britney Spears, Sia, Charli XCX, Kylie Minogue, Mikky Ekko and Foxes, among others.
As well as his album, the 74-year-old musician still DJs all over the world and admits he was pleased when the EDM movement took off because he started to earn more money.

Moroder – who was a pioneer of dance music in the 70s and 80s – quipped: ”I love EDM because there’s a lot of money around and I’m a DJ too so I’m making nice money! It is the pop music of the world now, the music that is considered dance.’‘