Madonna has dropped a new single featuring reggaeton artist Maluma. “Medellín” is the first song Madonna’s forthcoming new album Madame X, which now has a tracklist. In addition to Maluma, the 13-song record features guest appearances from Migos’ Quavo and Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee. Listen to “Medellín” and find the tracklist below. Madame X is out June 14 (via Live Nation/Interscope/Maverick). It follows 2015’s Rebel Heart. Last year, Madonna gave a surprise performance at the Met Gala. She also appeared in Ariana Grande’s “God Is a Woman” video and was a guest feature on Quavo’s debut solo album Quavo Huncho. Read Pitchfork’s feature “These Are the Best Madonna Books.” Madame X: 01 Medellín [ft. Maluma] 02 Dark Ballet 03 God Control 04 Future [ft. Quavo] 05 Batuka 06 Killers Who Are Partying 07 Crave [ft. Swae Lee] 08 Crazy 09 Come Alive 10 Faz Gostoso [ft. Anitta] 11 Bitch I’m Loca [ft. Maluma] 12 I Don’t Search I Find 13 I Rise<doc-sep>Madonna premiered the video for “Medellín,” her latest single with Colombian pop darling Maluma, on Wednesday via live telecast on MTV. This is her first new single since 2015’s “Iconic,” featuring Chance the Rapper and Mike Tyson. It’s only fitting that she chose to premiere the clip on the network — her lifeline over the course of her nearly four-decade pop career — which was followed by an interview with Trevor Nelson at MTV Studios in London. The video begins with a chilling monologue from Madonna, who genuflects inside a chapel, clutching a rosary. “How could I trust anyone after years of disappointment and betrayal?” she whispers. “I will never be what society expects me to be,” she whispers. “I have seen too much… I cannot turn back. I have been kidnapped, tortured, humiliated and abused. But I still have hope. I still believe in the goodness of humans. Thank god for nature. For the angels that surround me. For the spirit of my mother, who is always protecting. From now on, I am Madame X. And Madame X loves to dance… Because you cannot hit a moving target.” Cut to Madonna’s Madame X — a raven-haired dance teacher-turned-domme — who is promptly swept off her feet by her student, played by a smirking Maluma. The two begin a steamy, champagne-addled, toe-licking romance, culminating in a rowdy outdoor wedding that could rival Carnaval. (Madge goes back to blonde in time for the festivities.) “We built a cartel just for love,” she sings, “Venus was hovering above us,” while Maluma purrs, “My queen” in Spanish. “I wanted this video to look like a painting,” Madonna explained on the MTV broadcast. She recruited two directors from Barcelona, Diana Kunst and Mau Morgó, who have most recently produced videos for Spanish pop star Rosalía. “[Kunst] is influenced by a lot of the same painters and filmmakers that I’m interested in,” said Madonna, who cited inspiration from Frida Kahlo and Leonora Carrington. Maluma will appear on another song on Madame X, titled “Bitch I’m Loca.” The record was produced and co-written by French collaborator Mirwais Ahmadzaï, who had previously produced 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor and 2000’s Music. “I wasn’t sure if he was gonna like the direction I wanted to go in,” said Madonna. “I sent him some Portuguese guitar that I had sampled from a living room session… and I said, “What do you think you can do with this?” He wrote me back a couple days later … he already added an 808, gave it a beat, cut it up and turned it into something amazing.” Madonna and Maluma will take the stage May 1st at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards to perform “Medellín” live for the first time together. Airing on live on national television, this will be Madonna’s first performance of new music in over four years. She last appeared at the Billboard Music Awards in 2016, where she paid tribute to the late Prince.<doc-sep>While a song that begins with a cha-cha count-in and the lyric “I took a pill” sounds like it should be a dancefloor rager, it’s actually the unexpectedly low-key return of Madonna, who today dropped “Medellin,” the first single from her forthcoming album “Madame X.” A collaboration with Colombian singer Maluma — himself a native of the country’s mountain city — and her longtime collaborator Mirwais, the song combines a sing-song melody with a reggaeton-inflected, shuffing beat; she and Maluma pair trade off flirty verses in Spanish throughout the song. While she pronounces the city’s name correctly (“meh-deh-zheen”), to her discredit she needlessly references the city’s violent past — it was the home base of drug cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar — in the lyrics: “We built a cartel just for love/ Venus was hovering above us.” Visitors to the city will know that it’s one of the last things residents want to talk about (unless they’re leading one of the tourist-baiting “Narcoterrorism tours”). The song stretches on for nearly five minutes, stretching out toward the end with an extended instrumental bit designed for some low-key dancing. While produced by Mirwais, the song recalls Madonna’s previous Latin-inflected work with producer/songwriter Diplo. The rest of the lyrics are more impressionist and romantic, and the city is only mentioned incidentally. “I took a pill and had a dream/ I went back to my seventeenth year, allowed myself to be naive, to be someone I’ve never been,” she sings on the song’s opening verses. “I took a sip and had a dream/ And I woke up in Medellín.” And while the song may not be the dancefloor-filling that fans might be hoping for, it’s a sultry and promising introduction to Madonna’s latest era.<doc-sep>Products in this story are independently selected and featured editorially. If you make a purchase using these links we may earn commission. During the sexy performance, Madonna and Maluma recreated scenes from the single's dreamy music video Caliente! Madonna and Maluma made the live TV debut of their new single “Medellín” Wednesday night at the Billboard Music Awards, and it was steamy. Get push notifications with news, features and more. The pop icon and the Latin superstar hit the stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where they were joined by four holograms of Madonna. During the sexy performance, the pair recreated scenes from the single’s dreamy music video — and Maluma even removed a garter from Madonna’s thigh! — before they received a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd, including Taylor Swift. Madonna Maluma & Madonna | Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock Madonna Maluma & Madonna | Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock Be sure to check out PEOPLE’s Billboard Music Awards coverage to get the latest news on music’s big night. The performance comes as the queen of pop, 60, continues to usher in her latest era. “Medellín” is the first single off Madge’s upcoming fourteenth studio album, Madame X. Madonna and the Colombian reggaeton star, 25, dropped the stunning music video for the Spanglish single last week. In the clip, the pop veteran plays a riding crop-wielding cha-cha instructor who gets down with one of her students (Maluma) before they marry. “I’m feeling amazing — so blessed man,” Maluma told Sway during the BBMA Red Carpet pre-show. “She called me and she was like, ‘I have a song for you. '” Madonna teased the LP, which will be released on June 14, in a series of Instagram posts last month. “I decided to call my record Madame X,” she said in one clip. “Madame X is a secret agent traveling around the world, changing identities, fighting for freedom, bringing light to dark places. Madame X is a dancer. A professor. A head of state. A housekeeper. An equestrian. A prisoner. A student. A mother. A child. A teacher. A nun. A singer. A saint. A whore. And a spy in the house of love. I’m Madame X.”<doc-sep>
Madonna unveiled a sultry and slinky new song “Medellín,” featuring Colombian singer Maluma. The track is set to appear on the pop icon’s forthcoming album, Madame X, due out June 14th. “Medellín” also finds Madonna reuniting with her longtime collaborator, the French producer Mirwais. The track is centered around a classic cha-cha-chá groove over which Madonna and Maluma trade bilingual verses while the song moves effortlessly between a sparse, understated verse and a brilliant chorus bursting with deep house euphoria. Madonna also unveiled more information about Madame X, is available to pre-order and marks her first new album since 2015’s Rebel Heart. The record features collaborations with Migos’ Quavo, Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee and Brazilian singer Anitta. Maluma will also appear on another cut, “Bitch I’m Loca.” In a statement, Madonna said of Madame X, “Lisbon is where my record was born. I found my tribe there and a magical world of incredible musicians that reinforced my belief that music across the world is truly all connected and is the soul of the universe.” A video for “Medellín” is set to premiere next Wednesday, April 24th, during an MTV special airing at 4 p.m. ET. Along with the video premiere, Madonna will discuss Madame X with British DJ Trevor Nelson. Madonna began teasing Madame X on social media earlier this week, releasing a 90-second video that featured snippets of new music while the singer donned various costumes and explained the concept behind the LP. “Madame X is a secret agent,” she said in the video. “Traveling around the world. Changing identities. Fighting for freedom. Bringing light to dark places. She is a dancer. A professor. A head of state. A housekeeper. An equestrian. A prisoner. A student. A mother. A child. A teacher. A nun. A singer. A saint. A whore. The spy in the house of love. I’m Madame X.” Madonna is set to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel this May. Madame X Track List 1 “Medellín (feat. Maluma) 2 “Dark Ballet” 3 “God Control” 4 “Future” (feat. Quavo) 5 “Batuka” 6 “Killers Who Are Partying” 7 “Crave” (feat. Swae Lee) 8 “Crazy” 9 “Come Alive” 10 “Faz Gostoso” (feat. Anitta) 11 “Bitch I’m Loca” (feat. Maluma) 12 “I Don’t Search I Find” 13 “I Rise”