You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
Madonna took over her TikTok and Instagram profiles last night to tease about her upcoming collaboration with Charli xcx. The caption of her video reads:
Let’s take it to the East side baby…… 9.24.26 ♥️
The first hints of a Madonna & Charli collaboration appeared when Confessions II was about to be released, when an then unknown track with “Charli… Madonna…” vocals and matching visuals on the screens was played at the after party for the Madonna in Conversation & Film Screening of Confessions II – The Film event at Bus Palladium in Paris.
Madonna then started teasing two weeks ago – with a short video set to the notes of L.E.S. Girl and a Thinking about Charli…. text, to which Charli xcx promptly replied with a Wait… I got something I wanna talk about… comment.
Last night’s clip – which the two are sharing on Instagram – is using You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli? as the headline and is set to a previously unreleased track that the social network is labelling as Danceteria Afterhours.
What we know so far (and what we can expect)
- The date: the Reel hints to next Thursday, September 24. It’s safe to assume that a new Danceteria Afterhours remix will drop on the day, most likely when it’s midnight (and therefore, technically, Friday) in Central Europe.
- The remix: with Afterhours being the signature label used for his previous Confessions II remixes, we expect the new track to be produced and remixed by Stuart Price.
- The video: both Madonna and Charli in the Reel appear to be on a set, with matching outfits themed to colour red: does this mean we’ll finally have the long awaited video for Danceteria?
- The Easter eggs in the outfits: Madonna is wearing a red Supreme hoodie customised with a print of the Steven Meisel photograph used for the cover of her Like a Virgin single. Charlie is wearing her black garter.
- The VMAs: the Awards ceremony is on Sunday, September 27, you know that Madonna is performing and opening the show and you also know that a CBS press release we reported about yesterday mentions that she will be joined by special guests (plural).
So… You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
