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Madonna talks about new album, helping Malawi and adoption
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More from MusicTimbaland and the Neptunes are so dominant as producers, they can sometimes upstage the artist they're working with ... unless that artist is Madonna.
On her new album, "Hard Candy," Madonna made sure that she wasn't a guest star on her own album.
"I thought of it as a true and equal collaboration."
Finding something new and different is the approach that's kept Madonna on top for most of her 25-year recording career.
The 49-year-old pop queen is once again dominating music airwaves, but she's also making her mark in Malawi. The impoverished African nation, from which she found David — the child she is in the process of adopting, is the subject of her new documentary, "I Am Because We Are" and her charitable efforts.
Madonna talked about the album and her experiences in Malawi.
Q: You recently signed a deal with Live Nation and "Hard Candy" is your last on Warner Brothers Records. What do you hope to accomplish with the deal?
A: No. 1, coming up with new, interesting ways of releasing music. Finding new ways to get music to people, that is one thing. Two is being an equal partner on my record And three is all the great shows I plan on doing.
Q: Your film, "I Am Because We Are," is about Malawi, a country that has been ravished by AIDS and poverty. Is it difficult to find hope in such depressing circumstances?
A: I did find hope there because in spite of all of the hardships that people have to endure there, as I say in the film, I saw so much happiness there. I saw that people with so little had so much appreciation for life and so much joy. It gave me a real sense of appreciation for what I have and it made me, it put things in perspective for me."
Q: What is the hardest thing you had to endure while making this documentary?
A: I think the hardest thing is watching parents lose their children. I think that is a pain that is unendurable, to bury your children. It is supposed to be the other way around.
Q: Would you adopt again from Malawi?
A: I would like to.
They are still trying to finesse the laws and make it so it is not such a long waiting period.
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