
Madonna’s new album, the last in her long tenure at Warner Bros., will be named Licorice (which helps explain why the conference room where she premiered tracks for her label earlier this week was decked out in a candy motif). The news broke today on Sirius Satellite radio show “OutQ,” which also aired two songs from the album, one called “Candy Shop” (we imagine 50 Cent has already called his lawyers from Croatia) which features Pharrell, and “The Beat Goes On” which features Kanye West. As we reported yesterday, the album, which is due out in late April, will also unearth the long-unreleased “The Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You.” Since this is the Material Girl’s last album of original material with WB before her massive ten-year contract with Artist Nation kicks in, Madonna could’ve just released the dreaded “contractual obligation” record, but by employing the Neptunes’ Pharrell, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Akon, Danja and many more, it looks like she’ll be leaving her former employer with a tasty chart-topping gift.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the Billboard story Rock Daily linked to for this post was later proved incorrect. “Wrong title. Release date wrong, etc.,” Madonna’s publicist, Liz Rosenberg said in a statement.
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