Yesterday we told you about the collaboration. Today, all the details are out.
First, the big one: Madonna has confirmed that L.E.S. Girl — the closing track of Confessions II — stands for Lower East Side Girl. As many of you had already suspected. 🖤
Now, the full picture. Madonna is partnering with Bilt to cover one month of rent for every musician at New York’s iconic Music Building in Midtown — the rehearsal and living space where she first found her sound in the early ’80s.
In a video Madonna made for Bilt, she also shares the story of how she ended up there: she was living illegally in a building in the Garment District with no heat in the dead of winter, sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag surrounded by space heaters — and accidentally started an electrical fire. She woke up surrounded by flames. With nowhere else to go, she escaped to the Music Building on 8th Avenue.
“Artists arrive every day to New York with a dream and more often than not with little else,” Madonna said. “I look back very fondly on this time in my life.”
The collaboration also includes:
🎉 Confessions II release parties on July 3 in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago
🎵 A limited edition vinyl with custom artwork and exclusive photos by Raphael Pavarotti, for Bilt members — we talked about it on our previous tweet
🎰 Madonna as featured contestant on Bilt’s game show Rent Free — members can win up to $2,500 in rent
A full-circle moment for an artist who arrived in this city with nothing — and changed it forever.
Confessions II. July 3. 🖤
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