In addition to revealing that Justin Timberlake would present her to the public at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Madonna let slip the title of her forthcoming album, which comes out on April 29: It’s going to be called Hard Candy, just like that nail polish line and that old Ellen Page movie, and it’ll also have a track called “Candy Store.” Why? Well, according to Madonna’s long-suffering publicist Liz Rosenberg, Madge “loves candy … [The title is] about the juxtaposition of tough and sweetness, or as Madonna so eloquently expressed ‘I’m gonna kick your ass, but it’s going to make you feel good.’” That’s the type of personal-trainer-derived talk that almost makes you pine for the days of Licorice! Maybe Madonna figures that she’s being transgressive in this lollipop-girl era by admitting that she actually eats junk food in her new album’s title? Sigh. Let’s just go back to the Material Girl’s better days with the video for one of my top-five songs of hers ever, “Deeper And Deeper.” (Hey, it features women eating actual food!)
Madonna’s album title, release date confirmed [Hollywood Insider]
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It’s going to be called Hard Candy, just like that nail polish line and that old Ellen Page movie
“Cough, cough.”
/Adam Duritz
@Camp Tiger Claw: I think the less Counting Crows are referenced, the better.
In other news, any of my fellow gays trying to tell my why this tired harridan is still relevant will get a glove-slap upside the head.
“SIGH” is so right on. Madonna’s peak: Erotica or Bedtime Stories? And are those balloons her life force? Virginity? Innocence? Sanity? For the longest time I thought Udo Kier and Christopher Walken were related thanks to this video and “Bad Girl” coming out around the same time.
I dunno, all of Madonna’s albums sound kind of dumb in the concept. Srsly. I’ll wait for more deets before passing judgment.
Ah… Deeper And Deeper.. My all time favorite Madonna song… too bad she butchered it on the Reinvention Tour.
Deeper And Deeper, the best Madonna song.. ever.
Madonna needs a concept album that goes completely against the grain.
Quick, someone give her LSD.
Liquid, not paper FTW
Maura, thank you! That video is thoroughly enjoyable, even though (or because?) it kinda looks like a Seventeen fashion shoot from 1993.