Madonna Claims She And Daughter Lourdes Leon ‘Healed Our Relationship’ On New Song

Madonna has opened up about a song that she and her eldest daughter Lourdes Leon worked on for her upcoming album.

The Queen Of Pop is currently gearing up for the release of her 15th studio album, which will serve as a spiritual successor to her chart-topping 2005 offering Confessions On A Dance Floor.

During a Q&A to promote her Confessions II short film, Madonna confirmed that one song towards the end of the new album, titled The Test, features her daughter Lourdes as a co-writer.

Speaking to Interview magazine about her creative process, the Bring Your Love singer explained: “It’s hard for me to write a song about nothing. I have to tell a story. So I wrote about a lot of family trauma, and then we started making dance music.

“I came back and forth a couple of times and then I said, ‘Okay, this is right. This feels good’.”

Madonna then agreed that Confessions II was “meant to be”, “now that I’ve gotten through it and so many very important things have happened to me along the way”.

“For instance,” she continued. “The song I wrote with my daughter, Lola. She approached me about writing a song together as a way to heal our relationship.

“It was a really important moment, and it solidified the idea that now is the time to make this record.”

She added: “All these symbolic things happened. My step-mother died, my brother was ill, my brother died, my daughter approached me…”

Madonna has included Lourdes – who has embarked on a new career as a singer-songwriter in recent years – in her work numerous times.

In 2009, she made a cameo in an online version of Madonna’s Celebration music video, recreating one of her mum’s most iconic looks.

She also contributed backing vocals to the 2012 album cut Superstar, and appeared on screen in a breathtaking video when Madonna performed Frozen live on her Madame X tour.

More recently, Lourdes was among the many famous figures who made cameos in the Grammy winner’s Confessions II film, released earlier this month.

During her own conversation in Interview magazine back in 2021, Lourdes opened up about her relationship with her famous mother.

“We don’t get any handouts in my family,” she explained. “Obviously, I grew up with extreme privilege. There’s no denying that. But I think my mum saw all these other kids of famous people, and she was like, ‘My kids are not going to be like this’.

“Also, I feel like if your parents pay for things, then it gives them leverage over you. My mum is such a control freak, and she has controlled me my whole life. I needed to be completely independent from her as soon as I graduated high school.”

Lourdes added: “My experience with my mum’s music has changed so much as I’ve gotten older, because I’m increasingly able to recognise how influential and amazing this woman is, and how empowering to other women and ahead of her time she has always been. I didn’t fully comprehend that until I realised the importance of empowerment and what it means to be a woman.

“She’s probably the hardest worker I’ve ever seen. I didn’t inherit that, unfortunately. I inherited her control issues, but not her work ethic.”

Earlier this month, Madonna described The Test as “beautiful”, explaining: “We wrote it in the studio at the same time, and it was sort of a healing moment between us.

“I’m really proud of her. She’s so immensely talented, way more talented than I am. I’m not saying that because I’m her mum.”

Confessions II is released on Friday 3 July.