When faced with family feuds, some families sweep it under the rug. Others go to therapy. Madonna\u2019s family, however, work it out on the remix\u2014and now, daughter Lourdes Leon has opened up on the recording process of her collaboration with the pop icon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old singer recently featured on Madonna\u2019s album last July, Confessions II, where they collaborated on the track \u201cThe Test\u201d. The song explores the pair\u2019s relationship, where Madonna sings about putting eldest daughter Leon \u201con a pedestal\u201d, and Leon responding: \u201cI know they tried to put us to the test \/ I\u2019m not the same when I\u2019m hanging on your coattail.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with iHeartRadio\u00a0<\/a>broadcast yesterday (September 24), Leon told host Bob The Drag Queen that the song was \u201cmy idea\u201d, explaining: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of love that is unspoken, but also a lot of tension and emotions that are difficult to put into words. A way that I thought would be easier for us to speak about these things would be maybe through art, which is always something that my mom and I have connected over.\u201d<\/p>\n Madonna, who shares Leon with her ex Carlos, professed that it was a \u201cvery emotional\u201d writing process. \u201cThere were moments in the writing process when we were in the studio I felt like crying, where I felt like hugging her,\u201d she went on to say, with Lourdes admitting:\u00a0\u201cI cried!\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cVogue\u201d hitmaker continued to say that the pair \u201cdon\u2019t always agree on things\u201d, but share a love for creativity. \u201cArt has always connected us,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a very magical moment, and we both had to be vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n She added that the collaboration was a \u201cno-brainer\u201d for the pair to record.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n We reviewed Madonna\u2019s latest effort when it dropped, giving it a B- rating<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Writer Sam Rosenberg said of the record: \u201cConfessions II doesn\u2019t necessarily break any new ground, but it doesn\u2019t need to, especially when its creator already did a good chunk of the digging over twenty years ago. In sticking to a simple formula, Madonna brings her longtime passion for dance music front and center, confronting the anxieties around intimacy that dictate our cultural moment with a galvanizing reminder that partying, movement, and community can provide a temporary yet crucial antidote to those problems.\u201d<\/p>\n Since the release of\u00a0Confessions II, Madonna teamed up with Charli XCX for a remix<\/a> of \u201cDanceteria\u201d. Following on from Madonna\u2019s reminiscing on her early days dancing at the legendary New York nightclub, Charli recounts her own experiences performing at raves aged \u201csweet 15 in a weird outfit\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the song, Charli also looks back on performing with A.G. Cook and the late pop legend SOPHIE in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n