It's still funny how people are labelling this era a massive flop when pre-sales of her album went to number one in over 50 countries and she's ALREADY selling out stadiums everywhere in the world.
She has a massive fanbase. Of course she's selling out arenas and topping ITunes but hit or flop will be decided by how many casual listeners will get on board.
People should stop saying this era is a fail. GMAUL is tho cuz is not as good and it gets annoying. But we all know her album will sell like crazay even if she doesn't get any big hits. GMAYL shouldn't have been the 1st single, maybe 2nd or 3rd.
It doesn't matter who the director is. They could be real video directors or photographers, just please don't give us something cheap! Especially for a song that deserves an epic video, not a cheap one which wastes the songs potential (Give It 2 Me).
Exclusive Details on Alas & Piggott “Girls Gone Wild” Music Video for Madonna
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Madonna's "Girls Gone Wild" video is going to be directed by fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
They're responsible for the MDNA album photoshoot, as well as the Give me all your Luvin' single cover and Madonna World Tour poster.
One of our sources tells us exclusively that there will be some sort of religious theme in the video.
Possibly some kind of biblical imagery or prayers.
"Girls Gone Wild" will be their first music video and also their first collaboration with Madonna as video directors.
Last year Alas & Piggott also directed a short film "What Lies Beneath" to accompany the controversial editorial for Love magazine.
Did she not see nicki minaj's grammy performance? I LOVE religious imagery and controversy used in music/videos- but the public is way to sensitive to it. They're just going to see it as a cheap attention grabber even if its creative and done right.
Mert & Marcus photographed Madonna for the MDNA album. But their collaboration dates back to the iconic "Pop" magazine cover and more recently to the "Interview" photoshoot and the upcoming "Truth or Dare" campaign:
Did she not see nicki minaj's grammy performance? I LOVE religious imagery and controversy used in music/videos- but the public is way to sensitive to it. They're just going to see it as a cheap attention grabber even if its creative and done right.
Madge knows how to use religious imagery to where it's not all over the place and badly done.
Madge knows how to use religious imagery to where it's not all over the place and badly done.
Nicki's wasn't tacky imo, but I get your point. Madonna does things in a very classy non-cheesy way, and not just the visuals, but her religious songs as well.
Seems an interesting concept for the video. I'd love the religious theme to be incorporated like this. Hoping it's not real because it looks a little cheap...
"Girls Gone Wild," the second single from Madonna's " MDNA," was born from the remote union of two Italian producers and a Canadian writer, all signed to Patrick Moxey's Ultra Music.
"Obviously it's huge for us," Moxey tells Billboard.com. "We have both the producer and the top-line writer; that's 100% share."
The mid-tempo, four-on-the-floor party track is a tougher take on the style of Madge's 2005 effort, "Confessions On A Dancefloor," produced by Stuart Price: It's undeniably dance, but with stronger electro than house markings. ("MDNA" in totality will probably be more diverse, featuring the production of disco house champion Martin Solveig on four tracks, and the darker, trance-ier William Orbit on five.)
Hear "Girls Gone Wild" as part of a "MNDA" Megamix
Moxey traces the song's beginning back to early 2011, when Ultra Records artist Benny Benassi was preparing to release "Electroman," his fourth studio album. Moxey thought his aggressive style would "work well with some of the major American superstar artists," so he requested additional tracks from Benny and his longtime production partner, Ale (Alejandro) Benassi, also his cousin.
Benassi is best known for single "Satisfaction," a robotic take on the Rolling Stones original, which snagged a high-profile Wendy's synch back in 2003. Since then, he's made his mark with a hard-hitting electro-focused singles and DJ sets that nonetheless mesh with different genres, snagging a "Best Remix" Grammy in 2008 for Public Enemy's "Bring The Noise." (Skrillex just took the same award this year for his take on "Cinema," a Benassi original.)
Moxey selected a few tracks and shared them with Jenson Vaughan, a young top-line writer based in Vancouver. Vaughn had done extensive work with U.K. producer Ian Carey, on collaborations with artists like Timbaland, Kelly Rowland and Snoop Dogg. "I was really attracted to his lyrics," says Moxey, "and I feel Benassi in my bones, because those bass-driven tracks are so inspiring. It's a bit like cooking, like, 'Ooh, what would this sound like together?'"
Vaughn returned a demo just a week later, which Moxey shared with Benassi's European co-manager Paul Sears, who in turn sent it to Guy Oseary, Madonna's manager. Soon, the Benassi boys were on their way to London (from their home of Parma, Italy) to record with Madonna. "She loved them," reports Moxey. "Benny is such a quality person; I think that made it all flow so much easier."
Two tracks from that session -- "Girls" and "I'm Addicted" -- made it onto "MDNA," with "Girls" opening the album.
"A brilliant way to have hits is to create hits," says Moxey. "When you have very talented people around you, you just make the introductions, and maybe give them some direction. It's the essence of the A&R process, but it's so natural -- it's not contrived."
Looking toward the release of the "GGW" video, Moxey says he isn't concerned with a reported lawsuit from Joe Francis, creator of the "Girls Gone Wild" series of co-ed flasher videos. "When I looked at ASCAP, I noticed there were approximately 50 records called 'Girls Gone Wild,'" he says. "This guy just thinks too much of himself."
I'm kinda disappointed that she took such a hands off approach with the album. I figured that after being gone for so long she would have a lot to say, meaning more writing. Oh well though, as long as the music is good.
I'm kinda disappointed that she took such a hands off approach with the album. I figured that after being gone for so long she would have a lot to say, meaning more writing. Oh well though, as long as the music is good.
Madonna is confirmed to have co-wrote every track, and she was the LEAD writer on GMAYL.
I don't know if you remember but that's a step-up from the HC tracks, with her name not even on some of them.