Madonna Reflects on the Birth of Her Alter Ego Veronica Electronica While Teasing “Ray of Light” Remix Album

Madonna is bringing a blast from nan past pinch her upcoming caller euphony release.

On Thursday, June 5, nan legendary performer, 66, announced connected her website nan upcoming merchandise of her long-rumored project, Veronica Electronica. The grounds will characteristic uncommon and unreleased remixes from her critically acclaimed 1998 medium Ray of Light.

As a teaser for what fans tin expect, Madonna released nan heavy trim for "Skin (The Collaboration Remix Edit)."

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Arriving July 25 connected metallic vinyl and digitally, Veronica Electronica serves arsenic an eight-track companion to Ray of Light, which Madonna initially envisioned arsenic a remix medium successful 1998.

"The task was yet sidelined by nan original album’s runaway occurrence and nan parade of deed singles that dominated nan spotlight for much than a year," nan announcement explains.

Veronica Electronica, which is disposable to preorder now, will characteristic recently edited versions of nine remixes by Peter Rauhofer, William Orbit, Sasha, BT and Victor Calderone. The original demo of “Gone, Gone, Gone," which is simply a antecedently unreleased signaling produced by Madonna and Rick Nowels, will besides beryllium included.

Madonna's past remix medium was released successful 2022 pinch nan presence of Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones. Her past workplace album, Madame X, arrived successful 2019.

The performer opened up astir what her caller era of euphony intends to her successful a candid Instagram Stories post.

"Making my Ray of Light medium was a seminal infinitesimal successful my life arsenic an artist," she wrote. "I was going done a immense metamorphosis. I had fixed commencement to my girl Lola. I had recovered my belief way and I was fresh to shed a caller tegument and return a roadworthy little traveled by."

"I ventured into physics euphony pinch William Orbit and I created an change ego, taking 1 of my mediate names- and Veronical Electronica was born," her connection continued. "Meet my different half.😜."

Madonna's latest announcement comes 2 days aft she marked her begetter Silvio Ciccone's 94th birthday connected X and Instagram.

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Her tribute read: "He has survived galore wars and galore losses successful his life.and he still has a consciousness of joke and a beardown desire to get retired of furniture each greeting and make nan astir of his day. Whenever group inquire my begetter erstwhile he’s going to retire, his reply is ever nan same. 'I’m going to spell until nan wheels autumn off'!! S.A.M.E. 🩷🩵🤍🩶."

Ray of Light quickly became 1 of nan biggest albums successful Madonna's profession upon merchandise successful 1998. The medium features nan deed singles "Frozen," "Ray of Light," "Drowned World/Substitute for Love," "The Power of Good-Bye" and "Little Star." Madonna won Best Pop Album astatine nan Grammys successful 1999.