\n\tIf you\u2019re out there waiting for the long-rumored sequel to Madonna<\/a>\u2018s Grammy-winning 1998 album Ray of Light<\/em>, you can stop, because it is definitely not happening. At least not with the LP\u2019s original producer, William Orbit.<\/p>\n \n\tOrbit took to his Facebook page on Wednesday (March 18) to spill the tea on the purported sequel to the album that won the best pop album Grammy and another for best dance recording for the title track nearly 30 years ago. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cRight. Let\u2019s put this Madonna ROL<\/em> 2.0 thing to rest here and now folks. Can get exhausting \n\tOrbit said he reached out to Madonna\u2019s camp with the music, but, alas, he said he\u2019s gotten \u201cNil response. A week later. I speak with many close to her, including fam, but have not had a single syllable back in over two decades. There I said it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAt press time a spokesperson for Madonna had not returned Billboard<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n \n\tOrbit continued, suggesting that he \u201conly sort of hint we\u2019re pals so\u2019s not to ignite a firestorm of speculation,\u201d noting that he doesn\u2019t want to come off as bitter because in his life and art he is \u201cfinally where I want to be and the very opposite of bitter. Sweet as a nut.\u201d The producer wished Madonna well, saying he believes she is \u201cvery happy, she looks fabulous and full of life in recent pics i\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe said the last time they spoke was in New York at MSR Studios, during sessions for the singer\u2019s 12th studio album, 2012\u2019s MDNA<\/em>. And while the post appeared to be spiced with a soup\u00e7on of underlying peevishness, Orbit assured his FB followers that he has \u201cZero zero absolute zero hard feelings. Are you kidding, I will always love that woman. For real. She made my career But am I crying? Look at me. Crying with mirth and glee these days. You can\u2019t shut me up squeaking and squawking about the table of lovely musical goodies laid before me.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tOrbit finished by saying he is writing a book, where he plans to tell the full story of the scotched sequel, alongside \u201ccandid reflections,\u201d \u201cSome deep chapters. Some pop goss. Some cartoon art\u201d and pithy \u201cone-liners.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn addition to debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart at the time of release, Ray of Light<\/em>, Madonna\u2019s seventh studio album found the singer embracing an electronica vibe on an LP many consider to be one of her finest. The single \u201cFrozen\u201d peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the title track topped out at No. 5 and \u201cThe Power of Good-Bye\u201d hit No. 11 and \u201cNothing Really Matters\u201d hit No. 93.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile the Ray of Light<\/em> follow seems like toast, Madonna confirmed in September that she had re-signed with Warner Records<\/a> and is working on Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2<\/em>, whose release date has not been announced. In November, she dropped the digital album Confessions on a Dance Floor Twenty Years Edition<\/a><\/em>, revisiting the 2005 electropop classic that featured such beloved hits as \u201cHung Up,\u201d \u201cSorry\u201d and \u201cGet Together.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThough it seems she will not be back in William\u2019s Orbit any time soon, Madonna has definitely been in a reflective mood over the past year. Last July she released her long-rumored\u00a0Veronica Electronica<\/em>\u00a0album<\/a>, a collection of eight rare and unreleased remixes of songs from\u00a0Ray of Light<\/em>, followed in November by the revamp of her 1994\u00a0Bedtime Stories<\/em>\u00a0album on the eight-track\u00a0Bedtime Stories \u2014\u00a0The Untold Chapter<\/a><\/em>\u00a0EP.<\/p>\n \n\tThis week it was revealed that Madonna was spotted on the Venice set of the Emmy-winning Apple TV comedy The Studio<\/em>, marking the singer\u2019s first live-action acting gig<\/a> in more than two decades.<\/p>\n
Is NOT going to happen<\/a>,\u201d wrote Orbit. \u201cLook, why don\u2019t I just lay it out, cos I get asked constantly
I have an album ready that imho is indeed the successor to ROL<\/em>. Everything about how it was made and how it sounds yells that from the first few bars.\u201d<\/p>\n
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