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Madonna and Charli XCX Release 'Danceteria Afterhours' Remix
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In Short: Madonna and Charli XCX have released a new remix of 'Danceteria' that recalls their club experiences.
Produced by Madonna, Andrew Watt, Cirkut, and Stuart Price, 'Danceteria Afterhours' revisits Madonna's nights at the legendary New York City club Danceteria, where she handed DJ Mark Kamin her 'Everybody' demo and performed for the first time.
Charli XCX contributes verses that recall her own club experiences, from being 'sweet 15 in a weird outfit' in London to hanging out with A.G. Cook and Sophie in Los Angeles.
Before the release, Madonna and Charli XCX threw a Club Confessions party with Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week and exchanged social media posts to promote the single.
The track is a nod to Madonna's upcoming dancefloor-centric album and Charli XCX's recent single 'Rock Music,' which initially sparked a brief but short-lived beef between the two artists.
Show Me The Body, a New York-based band, played a live-in-studio version of their song 'Do What's Right (Happy)' and a fun, provocative take on Charli XCX's 'Rock Music' at a recent Spotify Live Room event.
What this adds
The remix delves into the club culture of the 1980s and early 2000s, blending Madonna's and Charli XCX's personal anecdotes with their musical influences.
Background
Danceteria was a nightclub that operated in New York City from May 1980 until 1986 and in the Hamptons until 1995. The club operated in various locations over the years, a total of three in New York City and four in the Hamptons.
What's confirmed
- Produced by Madonna, Andrew Watt, Cirkut, and Stuart Price, 'Danceteria Afterhours' revisits Madonna's nights at the legendary New York City club Danceteria, where she handed DJ Mark Kamin her 'Everybody' demo and performed for the first time.
- Charli XCX contributes verses that recall her own club experiences, from being 'sweet 15 in a weird outfit' in London to hanging out with A.G. Cook and Sophie in Los Angeles.
- Before the release, Madonna and Charli XCX threw a Club Confessions party with Saint Laurent during Paris Fashion Week and exchanged social media posts to promote the single.
- The track is a nod to Madonna's upcoming dancefloor-centric album and Charli XCX's recent single 'Rock Music,' which initially sparked a brief but short-lived beef between the two artists.
- Show Me The Body, a New York-based band, played a live-in-studio version of their song 'Do What's Right (Happy)' and a fun, provocative take on Charli XCX's 'Rock Music' at a recent Spotify Live Room event.
What's still developing
- Upon arrival, the track felt like a giddy, provocative goof: "I think the dancefloor is dead, so now we're making rawwwwwwwk music." Madonna, on the brink of releasing her own dancefloor-centric album, briefly took exception, but the beef didn't last long, and now Charli is about to appear on Madonna's "Danceteria" remix, due Friday.
- Show Me The Body are New Yorkers, just like Madonna, and their sound, a jaggedly swaggering hardcore-adjacent banjo-driven attack, doesn't fit into any easy genre categories.