Rolling Stone got an early preview of five of the tracks from Madonna’s new R&B flavored album and they liked what they heard. The first single “4 Minutes to Save the World” is a collaboration with Timbaland and a video directed by Jonas & Francois, the creative team behind Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E” video.
Rolling Stone writer Caryn Ganz claims the most lyrical of the five songs she previewed was “Miles Away,” a song about long-distance relationships with a Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds vibe. Madonna croons, “I guess we’re at our best when we’re 6,000 miles away.
Timberlake says:
“Basically, our job was to reinvent her sound. My thing was producing her vocals – really experimenting with rhythm. Everything she does with rhythm is straightforward. What I do is more staccato and R&B. So the challenge for me was writing songs, then saying, “How can I make this sound more like Madonna?” I’m a big fan of her first album. So my mission was to write a modern-day “Holiday.” I wrote a cool house record for her called “Miles Away” that I think is a smash! She sounds great on it.
Source: PoolParty