Swedes produce new song for Madonna

They were given a Grammy for their Britney Spears song. Now the Swedish top producers are working on a new hit - for Madonna.
"This is really something big," says Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson.

Swedish producers Bloodshy & Avant wrote and produced Britney Spears' hit "Toxic". This Sunday they won an American Grammy for their work. "It's absolutely amazing. An American Grammy is probably the biggest award you can win in my business. Now I'm beginning to understand how it would feel like to win gold in the Olympics," Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson tells Aftonbladet.

The Swedes beat big acts like Chemical Brothers and Basement Jaxx in the category "Best dance recording".
"This is really unbelievable. Those are really heavy names and we beat them just like that," says Christian Karlsson.

Bloodshy & Avant were not in the US to accept the award in person. The reason: they're working on a new hit - for Madonna.

"Madonna herself called me. I was at the beach in Thailand when my cell phone rang, and it was her. I can't even explain how unreal it felt to stand there with Madonna on the line," says Christian Karlsson.

The Queen of Pop discovered the Swedish duo after their work with Britney Spears and asked them to write her a song. "We've hardly begun working on it yet, so we've got no idea when the song will be released or what will become of it. Our goal is to give her a real dancefloor filler," says Pontus Winnberg.

Madonna wants the Swedes

The Swedes helped Britney Spears - wich earned them a Grammy last Sunday. Then Madonna called.

Whilst Niklas Flyckt were accepting a Grammy in the category "Best dance recording" for Britney Spears' hit "Toxic", the duo behind the production, Christian Karlsson, 29, and Pontus Winnberg, 29, were in Thailand. Then Madonna called.

"We were there for business and Madonna just calls like that. It's unbelievable. Nothing is decided yet, but she called to discuss a possible collaboration," says Christian.

"There's no other artist I'd rather work with."
The duo, who calls themselves Bloodshy & Avant, have been producing for quite a while: "We've been working together since we were fifteen, but it wasn't until year 2000 when we started to take things seriously."

And now their work has given them a Grammy.
"It's incredible to have won this award. It's like a dream."