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Veronica Electronica
Black and white photo of Madonna, turning left, with the title "Veronica Electronica" at the bottom
Remix album by
Madonna
ReleasedJuly 25, 2025 (2025-07-25)
GenreDance
Label
Madonna chronology
Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones
(2022) 		Veronica Electronica
(2025)

Veronica Electronica is an upcoming remix album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, set to be released on July 25, 2025, through Warner Records. Album track "Skin" (The Collaboration Remix Edit) was issued as an early release along with the announcement of the album on June 5, 2025.

Background

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Envisioned by Madonna as a remix album accompanying her seventh studio album Ray of Light (1998), the release never came to fruition due to the album and its accompany singles' ongoing commercial success at the time and remained a long-rumored project.[1] It features rare and unreleased remixes from producers Madonna worked with at the time, including Peter Rauhofer, William Orbit, Sasha, BT, and Victor Calderone. Most of the remixes feature on the singles. However, some have been merged together to create a new edit for the remix album. It will also include "Gone Gone Gone", a previously unreleased demo that was recorded during the Ray of Light sessions with producer Rick Nowels.[2] On June 5, 2025, Madonna announced the album will be released on digital and streaming services and on a limited-edition silver vinyl on July 25, 2025. In promoting the campaign, she released the Collaboration remix to the album track, "Skin".[1]

Title and artwork

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Throughout the original album's campaign, Madonna commented that Veronica Electronica is the nickname to the alter-ego she gave herself during the recording of the Ray of Light album. Additionally, the name is one of her middle names, originating from her Catholic confirmation when she was a child.[3] During the album's promotion campaign, MTV journalist Kurt Loder interviewed Madonna and she stated that the alter-ego is medieval. According to spokesperson Liz Rosenberg, Madonna considered titling the original album Mantra, which she thought was a "really cool title", and she also considered calling it Veronica Electronica;[4] however, she discarded both of those ideas and called it Ray of Light, as her studio albums up to that point were always titled after one of the songs from each album's tracklist.[5] Thematically, the first five edits were created after the idea of a trippy DJ set performed in an underground club, Veronica being a girl dancing to it with the music progressively putting her into a trance. The last three could be described as the after-hour segment you chill to before leaving the dance floor and going back to the real world.[6]

On Instagram, Madonna stated that "Making my Ray of Light album was a seminal moment in my life as an artist. I was going through a huge metamorphosis. I had given birth to my daughter Lola. I had found my spiritual path and I was ready to shed a new skin and take a road less traveled by I ventured into electronic music with William Orbit and I created an alter ego, taking one of my middle names- and Veronica Electronica was born," her statement continued. "Meet my other half".[7] Photographs originally created by Inez van Lamsweerde for the April 1998 issue of Spin are used for the album's artwork.

Track listing

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Veronica Electronica track listing[8][9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram New Edit)
5:21
2."Ray of Light" (Sasha Twilo Mix Edit)
  • Madonna
  • Orbit
  • Sasha[r]
5:42
3."Skin" (The Collaboration Remix Edit)
5:19
4."Nothing Really Matters" (Club 69 Speed Mix Meets the Dub)
  • Madonna
  • Leonard
  • Madonna
  • De Vries
  • Orbit
  • Rauhofer[r]
5:14
5."Sky Fits Heaven" (Victor Calderone Future New Edit)
  • Madonna
  • Leonard
  • Madonna
  • Leonard
  • Orbit
  • Victor Calderone[r]
5:20
6."Frozen" (Widescreen Mix and Drums)
  • Madonna
  • Leonard
  • Madonna
  • Leonard
  • Orbit[p]
5:18
7."The Power of Good-Bye" (Fabien's Good God Mix Edit)
  • Madonna
  • Leonard
  • Orbit
  • Fabien Waltmann[r]
5:23
8."Gone Gone Gone" (original demo version)
  • Madonna
  • Nowels
 4:39
Total length:42:16

Notes

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  • ^[p] signifies a primary producer and remixer
  • ^[r] signifies a remixer

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[10]

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Veronica Electronica
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[11] 15

References

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  1. ^ a b Aswad, Jem (June 5, 2025). "Madonna to Release Long-Lost 'Ray of Light' Remix Album, 'Veronica Electronica'". Variety. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  2. ^ Murray, Robin (June 5, 2025). "Madonna Is Finally Releasing 'Veronica Electronica'". Clash. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  3. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/madonna-veronica-electronica-introduction-1235990814/
  4. ^ Madonna – Canadian interview with Sook-Yin Lee (2000), July 25, 2013, archived from the original on January 23, 2015, retrieved 2019-12-18
  5. ^ "Newsbytes". Icon. Vol. 7, no. 2. 1997. p. 15.
  6. ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ray-Of-Light-Limited-VINYL/dp/B0CL7JY35T
  7. ^ https://people.com/madonna-to-release-ray-of-light-remix-album-veronica-electronica-11749507
  8. ^ "Veronica Electronica - Album by Madonna". Apple Music. Retrieved June 5, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Veronica Electronica 12". Rhino Official Store. Retrieved June 5, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Veronica Electronica / Madonna / Credits". Tidal. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  11. ^ "Lista prodaje (strano) 22. tjedan 2025. (26.05.2025. - 01.06.2025.)" (in Croatian). Top lista. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.