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Lots of details discussed here:
 The ' She's not Me' is a baseless rumour. We had some random stirrer not long ago talking about it here too. It's something that keeps appearing every time and then.
The Caresse situation according to her family was because she was a devoted christian and that didn't aligned with Madonna kabbalah indoctrination at the time.
My take is that Madonna just felt like did'nt want anyone to boss her around and she was in a position to do so.
Someone fuck Guy but it was discussed they were in a open/separation situation for a while.
 
EDIT. I just revisited that thread and the kookoo insider with all the goss is at the last page, pretty funny read.

Which we know already - she's in charge - and thats exactly how it should be. Every project it's her final say, good or bad. Everyone keeps blaming Guy, but no one has evidence to show he's done a bad job - by that I mean - no one really knows what he's pitched to her and what she's agreed to or not agreed to, or changed.
I'm pretty sure he's very much behind the Rio concert - and that has been a huge career triumph! 
 

We've been discussing managers lately so worth reading this new interview with Angela Becker:

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-instinctiveness-with-which-an-artist-thinks-is-something-to-be-learned-from-dont-let-data-undermine-it/
HOW DID YOU COME TO MANAGE MADONNA AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
You asked me about my ‘breakthrough’ before and it was in 2004 when Madonna and her former manager, Caresse Henry, decided to part ways.
Madonna wasn’t sure if she wanted another manager, so she asked if I would run her companies. From there, one thing led to another and I managed her in all areas – and Guy and I co-managed her in music.
Guy and I were the perfect foils for one another, as we balanced each other’s strengths and interests so naturally. We had a strong working relationship, so we decided to expand the way we worked and co-managed her in all areas until 2008.
WHAT WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS DURING YOUR TIME IN TEAM MADONNA?
Live 8 [2005]. We had less than a month to prepare, so it was a steep education and it was incredibly high stakes. In addition to traditional broadcast, Kevin Wall had the ambition for it to be the largest livestream ever – I think the viewership was around 1.5-2 billion people, which was exhilarating.
Plus the entire Confessions On A Dance Floor campaign. Stuart [Price, producer] and Madonna made a career re-defining album, which meant we had phenomenal music as our starting point, and from there everything just lined up: the music, the styling, the artwork, the videos, the collaborators and the commercial and critical reception to the album.
The Live Nation 360 deal that we negotiated for Madonna. At the time, it was a new style deal that highlighted the respective approaches Guy and I supported, with an innovative artist willing to challenge the norm. The deal would not have been realised without the absolute trust we had in Arthur as a promoter and partner.
AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM BEING PART OF HER WORLD?
To be fearless. And how effective it can be to say no.

Maybe the video is coming...

her words. her melody. there is no way she is not getting money from every track. 

Please. To argue you'd need to have a proper point, first of all.
Do you even have any strong argument to defend your point? Cause I can't find any.
Her own fans defending that she does nothing when linked to the biggest movie of the Summer. OK. As I said, enjoy then when she gets nothing when she releases HER project next.
This is HER project too, by the way. As far as I see she's credited as the artist (not on track 3, another messy step of her team and label) and it's her song. It's HER EP.
We're not talking about the movie now, we're talking about the EP she's just released that goes along with the movie and should have been released three weeks ago by the way.
Marvel didn't release the EP: Warner did. Her label. Her.
She's always used big opportunities like this as a link between her albums or to try to bring back general public. This, a perfect chance for both goals, and M camp simply doesn't seem to care.
Who should care about this release then, Tove Lo? Kylie? Mad'House?

Have you seen anything from Kate Bush socials while Stranger Things was making a hit out of Running Up That Hill? No. She said yes to the music supervisor 1 or 2 years prior and then she did nothing but cash in and finally did interviews where she said it was unexpected (lol) and nice to have new listeners.
The thing with these reissues/remixes/syncs is that they are NOT aimed at the regular fanbase. Posting a story on M's IG would do nothing for streams, it would just be more views for IG. And neither M or WB care for that.
So they're letting the momentum flow with whoever has an appeal to the targeted audiences, aka Marvel fans and pop culture enthusiasts.
So yes, someone will be performing LAP at D23 and TikTok will be full of LAP dance challenges because that's how you handle such a release in 2024.
Thank you.

SHE IS ALREADY A BILLIONAIRE WHY WOULD YOU CARE IF SHE GETS LESS MONEY

Have you seen anything from Kate Bush socials while Stranger Things was making a hit out of Running Up That Hill? No. She said yes to the music supervisor 1 or 2 years prior and then she did nothing but cash in and finally did interviews where she said it was unexpected (lol) and nice to have new listeners.
The thing with these reissues/remixes/syncs is that they are NOT aimed at the regular fanbase. Posting a story on M's IG would do nothing for streams, it would just be more views for IG. And neither M or WB care for that.
So they're letting the momentum flow with whoever has an appeal to the targeted audiences, aka Marvel fans and pop culture enthusiasts.
So yes, someone will be performing LAP at D23 and TikTok will be full of LAP dance challenges because that's how you handle such a release in 2024.
Thank you.

Have you seen anything from Kate Bush socials while Stranger Things was making a hit out of Running Up That Hill? No. She said yes to the music supervisor 1 or 2 years prior and then she did nothing but cash in and finally did interviews where she said it was unexpected (lol) and nice to have new listeners.
The thing with these reissues/remixes/syncs is that they are NOT aimed at the regular fanbase. Posting a story on M's IG would do nothing for streams, it would just be more views for IG. And neither M or WB care for that.
So they're letting the momentum flow with whoever has an appeal to the targeted audiences, aka Marvel fans and pop culture enthusiasts.
So yes, someone will be performing LAP at D23 and TikTok will be full of LAP dance challenges because that's how you handle such a release in 2024.
Thank you.

were HER projects.
Not this movie.
Don't try and argue with me. It's not a question of "minimum" but (again) "momentum": the hype is with the movie so her savvy management and herself would rather reap those new listeners than hammer anything for herself yet.
She's not here to push one of her biggest songs and she doesn't have anything to prove like "yey, I'm in a Marvel movie". The question is: how many people from the audience will give a listen on Spotify? It's not about her Instagram.
She'll probably post something about it when it reaches some threshold aka "maximum".

Have you seen anything from Kate Bush socials while Stranger Things was making a hit out of Running Up That Hill? No. She said yes to the music supervisor 1 or 2 years prior and then she did nothing but cash in and finally did interviews where she said it was unexpected (lol) and nice to have new listeners.
The thing with these reissues/remixes/syncs is that they are NOT aimed at the regular fanbase. Posting a story on M's IG would do nothing for streams, it would just be more views for IG. And neither M or WB care for that.
So they're letting the momentum flow with whoever has an appeal to the targeted audiences, aka Marvel fans and pop culture enthusiasts.
So yes, someone will be performing LAP at D23 and TikTok will be full of LAP dance challenges because that's how you handle such a release in 2024.
Thank you.

i agree
let the others do their job. it is fantastic exposure, but no need to push it like crazy from her management. they save their power for her projects. i mean, this is one of the view chances for n'sync to gain such a monumentum, good for them! push it. madonna has other goals.
 

SHE IS ALREADY A BILLIONAIRE WHY WOULD YOU CARE IF SHE GETS LESS MONEY

This is a clear case of hearing something but not knowing the details.

First day results of the new EP on Spotify:

Track 1 is now merged with the "Like A Prayer" album version, hence the high figure.
54k and 52k for the new versions. Not bad. Not amazing either. Surely those two should go up once people realize they've been released, they're added to the official movie playlist on Spotify, shazamed, etc. etc.
With a regular Friday release (instead of appearing randomly on a Saturday) and taking advantage of Release Radar etc.; the Battle Royale Mix could have debuted with 400.000-500.000 streams easily.
But hey.

Typically the kind of edit that has to work within the movie, which I haven't seen yet, but a weird remix made of so many different pieces and drum kits 😆
M finally getting her Kate Bush moment. Not the outcome I expected.
The choir version is cool tho.

2 weeks is nothing in the middle of the summer. The movie is doing great.
Figure that in 25 years a 10 yo kid of 2024 will think of THIS version when they hear about Madonna.
[another Oprah gif]

2 weeks is nothing in the middle of the summer. The movie is doing great.
Figure that in 25 years a 10 yo kid of 2024 will think of THIS version when they hear about Madonna.
[another Oprah gif]

So we can all agree the EP was needed in the end for this to finally take off.

Typically the kind of edit that has to work within the movie, which I haven't seen yet, but a weird remix made of so many different pieces and drum kits 😆
M finally getting her Kate Bush moment. Not the outcome I expected.
The choir version is cool tho.

Yeah, as if Like A Prayer is a hard song to find? 

These remixes were specifically created for a few scenes in an action movie, not for listening at home while doing other things. The remix is almost identical to the original, with a few added beats and an 'epic' ending to fit the movie (oh, and a new re-recording of the chorus)

Vaya, por encima de Katy Perry... Spain is different. 

CHILLS listening to the two movie versions 
The way she's gonna end up having FIVE versions of "Like A Prayer" on her Spotify Top 10 soon.  (well four, the choir version is not credited to her as the artist I think, it should anyway).
Remastered video next, please? Since we are on a roll...