Madonna's new music collaboration with daughter Lourdes "healed" their relationship

Madonna has revealed how collaborating on new music helped repair her relationship with her daughter, Lourdes Leon.

The American pop star opened up about the long-awaited sequel to her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor, and the personal inspiration behind Confessions II.

Talking with Interview Magazine, she shared that she was surprised when her daughter suggested they collaborate on the new record.

"So many very important things have happened along the way," she said.

"For instance, the song I wrote with my daughter, Lola (Lourdes). She approached me about writing a song together as a way to heal our relationship. It was a really important moment, and it solidified the idea that now is the time to make this record."

As the project progressed, the 67-year-old realised she was ready to share a more intimate account of her journey.

The loss of several loved ones prompted Madonna to reflect on pivotal moments in her life.

"Well, all these symbolic things happened," she explained.

"My step-mother died, my brother was ill, my brother died, my daughter approached me...you know what I mean? It's hard for me to write a song about nothing. I have to tell a story. So I wrote about a lot of family trauma, and then we started making dance music."

Recently, Leon released the alt-pop, house-infused track 'T-Shirt', a song about losing herself in a relationship and grappling with lingering emotional scars.

"A song about a relationship where I completely lost myself and felt haunted at every turn by lingering, unwelcome spirits," she wrote on Instagram.

"They seemed to make homes wherever I went, dwelling in every corner of my mind. What a gift it is to channel those emotions through art, to process them and finally set them free."

 

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Confessions II will be released on July 3.