Celeb News: "I didn't mean to work with so many producers" Madonna

Swag

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MADONNA: I didn't mean to work with so many different producers. First of all, I didn't know that Avicii was going to have a life-threatening illness and disappear. So a lot of the songs that I wrote with him or his songwriting team, I ended up having to go out and find other producers to work on them, to finish the songs with me.

And then Diplo came along and I very much wanted to work with him, and he also wanted to work with me, but I didn't know that he also was working with 5,000 other people and had to get on a jet and go to the other side of the world to play festivals and then go here and play that and then go here and do that -- just getting him to sit still for a couple of days to finish a song was a challenge.

So I ended up working with a lot of young DJs and I naively didn't think it through. Oh, it's summertime -- it's the festivals, and they're on tour, and I'll be lucky if I get them for three days, so a lot of that had to factor in. OK, I can't wait for three months for this dude to come back. I have to find somebody else.

EDGE: Was it ultimately satisfying? Or you wouldn't do it that way again?

MADONNA: Ultimately satisfying...? [Long Pause] If I had my way and I could do it again, I would make people sign an iron-clad agreement that they would stay and ensure they would not leave me until all the songs were finished.

Edge Media: Bitch! I Interviewed Madonna Part I

Mr. Fahrenheit

I sense the next album will be a far smaller affair collaboration-wise, she seems to have realised the difficulty in juggling so many people on the one record.

I bet the next one will be like 'American Life' - like, one dude in the studio with her.

Swag

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Originally posted by Mr. Fahrenheit

I sense the next album will be a far smaller affair collaboration-wise, she seems to have realised the difficulty in juggling so many people on the one record.

I bet the next one will be like 'American Life' - like, one dude in the studio with her.

She realized that since Bedtime Stories, she is saying she had to do it since Avicci got sick

OnlyXtina

Queen of pop.

prollyallmyfault

"I didn't want to work with so many producers"

Who is this shading?

Swag

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Originally posted by prollyallmyfault

"I didn't want to work with so many producers"

Who is this shading?

No one, she's answering a question about her record.

Mr. Fahrenheit

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Originally posted by Swag

She realized that since Bedtime Stories, she is saying she had to do it since Avicci got sick

Yes, but 'MDNA' also had a lot of cooks (Solveig, the Benassi brothers, Orbit, Demo Castellon, Brahim's buddies) - she didn't sound overly negative about that, but considering the reaction to that one wasn't so great...

NewRihannaStan

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Originally posted by Mr. Fahrenheit

I sense the next album will be a far smaller affair collaboration-wise, she seems to have realised the difficulty in juggling so many people on the one record.

I bet the next one will be like 'American Life' - like, one dude in the studio with her.

Well let's hope this album isn't anything like American Life

qurl

isn't that kinda what she did tho?

leociccone

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Originally posted by NewRihannaStan

Well let's hope this album isn't anything like American Life

ugh. I still prefer American Life to "MDNA" and "Rebel Heart". I don't like how Madonna's voice is edited a lot on almost every "Rebel Heart" track.

RihsusChrist(ATG)

So this is her excuse for the album currently flopping...too many producers?

Jezang Looz

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EDGE: I'll accept that. Getting back to the collaborator issue, who do you feel -- over the years you've worked with so many people -- who's pushed you the furthest as an artist, a writer, and a performer? Who challenged you the most?

MADONNA: Well...[long pause]...I would say as a songwriter, working with Toby Gad -- he really pushed me a lot. He was constantly questioning my choice of words and sometimes I would get really irritated with him. "Just because I like it, okay? Just leave me alone. The song is finished. Stop." And then we'd be done and he'd send me an email, What about this one little word? He'd just drive me crazy. I'd be calling him an SS Officer, which he's clearly not -- he's the sweetest, most lovely guy ever. He really pushed me.

And Diplo really pushed me. As crazy as everybody thinks he is - "he's a fun party boy," whatever -- he really was particular about lyrics and praising me on my vocal performances. He pushed me a lot, too. Of course I don't like it, but it served me well on this record.

Diplo sounds like a really cool guy. I wanna meet him

Alongoria13

Bitch this CD gives me mole teas with all those producers