I think you all need to be a bit positive.

Madonna and photographer/filmmaker David LaChapelle won't be teaming up on the video for her single 'Hung Up.' The pair confirmed to us yesterday that 'artistic differences' foiled the collaboration.
Just Wednesday, at an H&M/Interview party for his film 'Romeo and Juliet,' LaChapelle told us, 'It's going to be major. It's just the hottest Madonna song.'
Yesterday, his rep explained that LaChapelle 'wanted to approach the video in a documentary style, like he did in 'Rize' [his movie about ghetto dancers]. Madonna didn't see it the same way.''
Some claimed both talents turned diva. 'Madonna had to control every little thing,' said one tipster. 'She wanted to be shot so she looked very young.'
The 47-year-old goddess certainly looks youthful on the Steven Klein-shot cover of her new CD, 'Confessions From the Dance Floor.'
But her rep, Liz Rosenberg, insists Madonna bears no grudge against LaChapelle: 'She loves him and said she would work with him again in a minute.'

eh...dont really know if i would have gone for the documentary style treatment. It might have worked, but it doesnt seem very Madonnaish. It does sound like Madonna to want to control every little thing. She shouldnt have too much trouble finding a director though. She can always call Jonas Akerland or John Baptiste Mondino, tho I'd really love to see her go back to working with Mark Romanek(Rain, Bedtime Stories)

UNPOPULARITY CONTEST: Madonna and Guy Ritchie booed at the London premiere of his new movie, Revolver, after they walked through the crowd and refused to sign autographs.

Thanks Matt

Friend of Towleroad and dance music maven Matt Kalkhoff attended the Q&A session with Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont), the producer/collaborator of Madonna's new album, Confessions on a Dancefloor, and has some great details on the forthcoming album.

From Matt's mouth to your ears:

The entire album was recorded in the home studio of his London flat, including the vocals. He said his studio is as small as the stage he was sitting on -- and a lot warmer.

He apparently has a female neighbor who just cries throughout the day, and that you can actually hear her faintly in the background on some parts of the album.

Madonna knew from the beginning that she wanted to do a high-energy dance album. She said, "It’s gotta start at 120bpm and only go up."

The album’s 12 songs are continuously mixed, by Stuart, like a DJ set.

A full track listing is now available, as well as the cover art, at Madonna.com. But he mentioned the last song, "Like It Or Not," and said it was the perfect way to end the album – it’s a song that basically says, "This is who I am, this is what I do. Take it or leave it."

He chose the Jacques Lu Cont moniker for DJ and production work because it sounds like lump, and he just wanted to hear someone on BBC get all tripped up while saying it, which apparently happens frequently.

Even after winning a Grammy earlier this year for his remix of No Doubt’s “It’s My Life,” working on two tours with Madonna (as Musical Director of Reinvention and keyboardist for both it and Drowned World), he still lives in the same flat in London.

He says Confessions is “where pop meets dance” and blurs the line between the two. But it is also very soulful as opposed to techno or minimalist.

Madonna’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg, was also in the audience. Even though she helped bring Stuart to the Summit, she said she had a few questions of her own. She started out by saying, “I thought I knew everything about Madonna, but…” She and Stuart basically talked about how Madonna has a DJ’s ear and “she knew what she wanted to dance to,” so it really was the perfect record for her to make.

Thanks for the missive, Matt. You can read more of Matt's writing at MattUnleashed.

newskin69 said:

A few fansites are reporting that Madonna has already found a new director.It will be Johan Renck,who directed her "Nothing Really Matters" video.

I like the idea of the songs blending into each other without any pauses.This is a technique that was done alot in the late 70s' disco era.This album is clearly aimed at the dancefloors/nightclubs.Madonna is returning to her roots.

DavidEye said:

it was done in the 70's, but in the 70's we didn't have cassettes, CD's, CD players, mp3's, ipods, etc. the songs just sat there on the vinyl and that was it. that just doesn't cut it anymore.

Tessa said:

as long as it has some kind of trackin and doesn't end up like LoveSexy.

The 3-D cover will be on the Limited Edition version of the album.

ISAAC

truevirgin said:

Madonna.com now has this posted as the offical track list

DavidEye said:

And where "Billy", the song where madonna saves a gay boy from suicide

MikeMatronik said:

He killed himself. Hope she's happy!

BTW, am I the only one who thinks it's stupid to have a tracklist and cover out before the single is out. Hell, at least gives us an accessable sample. Winamp bullshit!

ehuffnsd said:

She got some splaining to do. "Forbidden Love"....that's so not like Madonna!

MikeMatronik said:

He killed himself. Hope she's happy!

truevirgin said:

I have to say,this official tracklist is less-than-thrilling

Remember those cool fake song titles that we heard about? "Demon's Disco"? "Fantasy Insanity"? I liked those better!

Oh well...let's hope the songs are more interesting than these titles

VinnyM27 said:

hype

why release a ringtone to a song no one really knows yet?

hype


Madonna is a marketing genius. I'm sure she knows what she is doing.

i am not liking the new song..i wonder if madge is lost her musical perspective being stuck in london..cause the first thing i thought when i heard it was "kyle".

i am not liking the new song..i wonder if madge is lost her musical perspective being stuck in london..cause the first thing i thought when i heard it was "kyle".

sosgemini said:

Maybe she should move back to New York City or Detroit?

sosgemini said:

Maybe she should move back to New York City or Detroit?

dreamfactory313 said:

i dont know..ive always liked each of madge's first singles....even though "frozen" wasnt to my taste i still respected the musical direction she took.....this song, like american life leaves me cold and uninterested in hearing anything else from the collection..

im hoping in wrong and that the snippet from the commercial isnt the direction of the rest of the song or the album but im officially "blah" at the moment.

Still won't listen to the sample.