ALso i hope (may be bias here as i love them) the impact of the likes of Lorde, Charli XCX, Solange, Lana Del Rey, Frank Ocean, Sky Ferreira have influenced Madonna too i know she always ahs an ear out there for styles out there....she can do amazing Indie Pop styles...most of the music from these artists echo/mirror a lot of what she did in the past too...would be just so cool, fresh and different .

Just a few more ideas i have had really...cannot wait and love the idea of Diplo in the mix.

Welcome back, Josh! I missed you! I liked the stuff Diplo did on the last No Doubt album which was unfortunately ignored. I think he could do something cool with Madonna.

I think I mentioned this before, but I"m in love with this artist EMA. She had an album a few years ago, but she has a new song and video out called So Blonde and an album out in April called The Future's Void. It's a tribute to everyone's favourite blondes, of which Madonna is one of course. I can't stop listening to it. It's kind of a mix of Madonna and Courtney Love. I guess I'm kind of jaded by current music, but this song blows my mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvyUN0P6yvk

Hey thanks ) and yeah wished he workd more with ND but alas the material there was solid

I reckon he would push himself further with Madonna he has interesting themes in his productions...woul be cool.

And i have heard of EMA before i like the video and the mid-tempo punky vibe very cool!

and it was posted on my bday

do you think a Pet Shop Boys and Madonna album would be a good idea? Even if it was just an EP of maybe 5 songs?

Honestly no. I've never been a big fan of theirs. I thought people wanted her to go into new more edgy less commercial territory with unknown producers? An album with the Pet Shop Boys would most likely be very commercial mainstream pop/disco. I can't see it being anything ground breaking or that interesting.
On a more positive note, did everyone see the new pictures she posted on Instagram? They're beautiful! She's getting ready for her Oscar party on Sunday.

gigi - i love you xx... you are always honest to your own point... (much like myself) and i respect that ... (whether right or wrong - you are true to yourself) ... you have said that your not a fan... me neither but i do like them .... my other half is a big fan ..and i know some people that are too....their albums with a certain liza and dusty are very impressionable and full of critical acclaim... i just winder whether a mini ep would be a good idea.... i suspect as an offshoot of a single or project that it just maybe?

Anyhow...im currently listening to 'ray of light'....and JUST WOW±±±

has anyone heard the kdms version of Give Me all Your Luvin .... it is so epicLLY 'first album' ...

Yes, I know a lot of people are big fans, so I know I'm in the minority. Another problem with them though is I think they are pretty successful with their own recording and touring and are very busy with that. How much time and effort would they have to focus on writing and producing with Madonna? Obviously, they are going to have the primary focus on their own career. I think it would be better if Madonna worked with someone who was more solely a producer and not trying to be pop stars or have their own recording career. She said during the recording of HC it was a little difficult to find the time to work with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake because they were performers in their own name too so they had all these other projects that she had to work around and so her time with them was limited. So I think it would be best if she worked with someone who wasn't a recording artist in their own right, but more focused on being just a producer so they could really make her album their priority and total focus.

Yes,It would be brilliant!

I love PSB and I would love a collaboration but I think it's too late now!

In SO many ways i prefer the production style to the original...while i love that Power Pop lyric/vocal i think a SYnthy/Disco riff/bassline production that odes to her beginnings would have been cooler definitely and suited very well...but alas...KDMS do a solid version of the song and really really refreshing too...will have a relisten i think soon .

The latest rumour is Madonna is looking for dark edgy unconventional Italian disco sounds which started back in the early 80's. So the rumours about Giorgio Moroder could be true.

i would welcome something edgy from her. retro dance sounds have been done to death in the mainstream though and she already did that with "confessions". the unconventional aspect sounds intriguing though, but mostly, i want something a bit deeper from her again.

i was flicking through the music channels earlier and the "ray of light" video came on. that video and that parent album never fails to cheer me up. it was like her wiping the slate clean and starting afresh in some many ways, but most of all it was honest and thought provoking.

she's a very intelligent woman and even her biggest critics will admit that, so i hope that she can reflect that more with the next record. don't get me wrong, i will always welcome new music from madonna, but i would like something more personal from her next time around.

So she's confirmed she's working with Avicii now I was hoping she'd be working with Joe Henry/Pat or even a new unheard of producer who she has been inspired by but it seems as though she's chosen to join last years bandwagon. Hopefully it will turn out fine but it's not the direction I wanted her to go in

Thought just say hi as a huge Madonna fan

he is the producer...which I think is a great choice..he has the midas touch of creating a super sonic fresh sound mix of edm and acoustic rock and country .....but she may have several songwriters still. Listen to his tracks: heart upon my sleeve; hope theres someone; addicted to you. I think her sound will sound as fresh as the confessions album did in its day. Exciting times.

I don't mind Avicii, I like Hey Brother, it's catchy and I like the trumpet break, You Make Me is quite catchy too but I'm not familiar with the other songs. I had a pretty good idea Madonna would work with him though, either him or David Guetta.

oh dear at avicii. it could be just one track though, here's hoping. i too would have liked something that wouldn't be viewed like her jumping on a bandwagon again, but perhaps she can bring something out of him that i haven't seen as of yet. i do agree, that there could be several other songwriters on board, which could make the collaboration different to what people would expect.

anyway, i stand by what i said yesterday morning. i will always welcome new music from madonna, even if this news seems disappointing for me on the surface.

Josh, listen to the tracks 'heart up on my sleeve' and 'hope there's some one' you may change your mind on Avicii ...

I also though Giorgio M was a cert too.

I actually like Avicii. He isn't typically dance. He fuzes it with folk and country. Some of his songs even have indie elements. So the sound could be anything.

It's interesting that people are saying that Madonna is jumping on the bandwagon after the Avicci announcement. I would like to say that she isn't. She is the bandwagon because let's face it she's not competing anymore. She has been there and done it all. Rhianna may have released 200 more albums than Madonna but they are samey and manufactured. Madonna is now at the stage of her career where she makes music because she wants to and not because her livelihood depends on it. All of her albums are totally different to each other because she is influenced by certain styles of music at certain times of her life. It's a little bit early to be disappointed by her new collaboration. In an ideal world I would love a Like a Prayer/Ray of Light style album, but as Madonna never revisits her past work, I am eagerly looking forward to new album from my favouriteartist, regardless of who she collaborates with.

I completely agree.

It's getting a wee bit annoying with the whole ''Madonna trying to be down with the kids'' criticism. Wearing risqué costumes (cone bra '90, cone bra '12), doing/saying provocative things (dedicating Papa Don't Preach to the Pope, super-imposing a swastika on Marine Le Pen's forehead), hanging out with DJs (Shep Pettibone, Avicii), collaborating with current artists (Prince, Justin Timberlake), dating male models (Tony Ward, Jesus Luz) are all stuff Madonna's been doing her entire career. The only things that have changed are her age, and the way other people react to her age.

Oh, and her face. Now, I'm not fond of the surgery and all that, and I've said that before in here (and I think put out a couple of members by doing so) but I was re-reading Tina Fey's book Bossypants recently and she made two interesting observations:
1. That people don't want to listen to women when they don't want to screw them any more (which is fairly relevant seeing as Madonna's a pop artist and not Hillary Clinton). And...
2. That Lorne Michaels once told her to go home because she looked tired (in a chapter where she interpreted various things Michaels had said to her over the years as advice) - and she interpreted this as meaning that if she doesn't look her best on the job, it's going to distract from her work.

In a weird way, these things might explain Madonna's surgery - she's a provocative, sexually charged and energetic performer but if she went out with a face like Betty White (no shade, I love her) people would take her less seriously than they even do now.

Or, y'know, she could just be really vain.

Anyway, that's my two (twenty?) cents on the matter. And I'm looking forward to the new material, obviously.

So is it confirmed that she's working with Avicii on her new album or is she doing vocals for a song on his album? Avicii doesn't sing and he uses guest vocalist on all his tracks. It just seems odd that at the HC Fitness launch a few weeks ago she said it was a big secret who she was working with on her new album and she wouldn't tell, but then now on instagram she casually says she going to the studio with Avicii

it could be just a feature on one of his tracks for all we know, just like i speculated in my earlier post.

yes, i wrote that this scenario would be inevitably considered bandwagon jumping by some people and i even wrote that i was disappointed with this move on the surface, but i also wrote that she could perhaps bring something different out of him.

like everyone else, of course i am looking forward to new material, but i cant help but feel disappointed by this news on the surface. its not an ageist reaction or me wishing her to revisit former glories. i just want her to articulate her intelligence through her music again and i am not convinced avicii is the man for the job imo.

Back on here for a sec....so excited by this news....a while ago i pondered AVICII ever sicne his mix of Wild...i wished he worked on MDNA ...but....ever since his mixes with Madonna...he has worked on mixes for other artists and unleashed his music independantly...then WHAM last year he had some massive hits and acclaim for his (really great) debut album TRUE.

He has yet to break out further and showcase everything he is capable of...he is fresh/young/and massive mega talented as a musician rather than "just" a DJ/mixer...which gives him a unique slant as a producer/collaborator...his Acoustic/Folk/CLassical music samples/productions in his Electronica really makes for a unique experience and trademark as a producer.

Now having Avicii on board for album 13...could really open the doors to the rumours of Nile returning with M as heavily hinted even mroe true (and would make a massive treat and surprise!) Nile is friends with him and of course M too wo would make a nice doe to the past as well as future....then of course there are the Moroder rumours which could also be included here...and Pat Leonard too...now with these elements i think she could indeed be capable of making a really broad album of sounds, styles, themes lyrically/vocally/production-wise and make a really bold and big album...the potential and ingredients are there to make big songs for the album...and i really truly hope this is the angle it takes.

I have loved Hard Candy...and MDNA is solid...but i do agree that they arent what LAP, TB, Erotica, ROL, LAV, COADF make as defining album classics critically/longevity wise....BUT the potential is still here to show/see where she can take it.

Plus with the Ray Cesar influenced posts of late and posts of her older photos of when she started in NYC/debut/LAV years....combined could make for a striking reinvention which is key and would be ebautiful to see.

So yeah...that is my reaction/where i think she could go with the album ....plus i would adore it if AVICII was the main producer/collaborator on the album with Nile/Diplo/Moroder as co-elements perhaps in production on certain songs and Madonna and pat to be main lyricists...would be insane! Plus as said...no one has worked with Avicii on their own album yet either ...i am excited to hear what they come up with...Then again as also speculated it could be included on Aviciis next album himself?? who knows...but if it is for album 13 i am 110% for it the potential to make something beautiful happen is here.

Huh?i havent commented on Avicii til now...and as i have posted on here before i have liked/loved Avicii and my recent comments i hope justifies that but i do however agree both those songs showcase how versatile he is in EDM genre and as an experimenting artist solely too.