Still, the successor to Hard Candy was less of course correction and more of a shrewd recalibration once workshopping sessions for it started in the summer of 2011. The latter work emerged in the slipstream of Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005), a stunning example of how to balance commercial appetites, creative nerve and veteran certitude.īut Madonna’s aim to recapture the post-disco clubland vibes of her self-titled debut from 1983-via retrofitting the chart-ubiquitous, stateside R&B-pop of the late 2000s- saw her fall short of her goal. The issuance of Celebration (2009)-her third compilation following The Immaculate Collection (1990) and GHV2 (2001)-brought the curtain down on another decade which saw Madonna simultaneously peak with American Life (2003) and stumble with Hard Candy (2008). I'm just saying.” It was a bold statement that got chins wagging about what Madonna was going to do next in her preferred medium-especially given where she’d last left off. I'm on the lookout for the maddest, sickest, most badass people to collaborate with. I need to make new music! Music I can dance to. On December 17, 2010-with shooting well underway for W./E.-Madonna took to her official Facebook page to proclaim, "It’s official! I need to move. It would be her first effort on the Interscope/Live Nation imprint after her groundbreaking tenure at Warner Bros. This dusky, tango-inflected ballad might have incidentally recalled past glories like “La Isla Bonita” and “Who’s That Girl?,” but “Masterpiece” was only one of many songs featured on Madonna’s twelfth studio album, soon to be set loose. Written and smithed by the Queen of Pop in conjunction with writer-producers Julie Frost and Jimmy Harry, the song won big that evening. There was a silver lining: its theme “Masterpiece” received a “Best Original Song” nomination at the 69th Annual Golden Globes earlier that same month. Notwithstanding its stunning cinematography, lush score and evocative performances, upon W./E.’s general release in late January of 2012, the movie was greeted with indifference. She not only co-wrote the script alongside longtime friend/director Alek Keshishian, Madonna also occupied the role of director. Anchoring this ambitious period piece were James D’Arcy and Andrea Riseborough, who compellingly portrayed the Duke and Duchess of Windsor both actors were personally selected by Madonna, the film project’s mastermind. was an imaginative retelling of the controversial courtship between the Prince of Wales Edward VIII and American socialite Wallis Simpson. Opening at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2011, W./E. Happy 10th Anniversary to Madonna’s twelfth studio album MDNA, originally released in select territories Maand in the UK & US March 26, 2012.
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