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Ah, thank you!

… deep and dire need of attention right now … she’s … throwing her compact at me … (Kurt: “Let’s bring her up here! Should we bring her up? Courtney!” Madonna: “No. Don’t. Please.”)

Very much agreed. She has received nominations for very worthy videos, but didn’t win anything after the Beautiful Stranger video in 1999 — which, as you pointed out, feels incredible (and also kind of unfair in comparison to how many awards have been heaped upon the generations that have followed her).

No, there was no award in 1999 — M had won an award for Beautiful Stranger earlier in the evening. I think because she had won the video of the year award for ROL the previous year, she was asked to present that award in 1999. But Paul McCartney was asked to co-present, so … they introduced M with all the impersonators, and then Madonna introduced Paul McCartney. And together they presented the award to Lauryn Hill. But I don’t think they gave Madonna any sort of special lifetime achievement award or anything. It was just a suitable tribute to her for an intro. If she hadn’t won for Beautiful Stranger, it would have been her first time on the stage that night, but … it was nice she was recognized for the video, too.

Uh oh. Is Courtney going to be a guest of honor? Will Kurt Loder and Madonna bring her up on stage? The reunion everyone is waiting for…

I didn’t open mine, but I saw a post somewhere demonstrating how two variants were “sisters,” because you could put their two posters together to form a more complete visual. The lyrics, as I understand it, are on the reverse of the poster, so … perhaps that is why it appears “only half” appear…? I’ve seen many fans, when asked why you can only see parts of words on the poster, say “it’s a design choice.” It does feel like poster art that gets covered up by other things or ripped down only partially. Given the promo tactic of actually posting paper on display spaces, that feels kind of cohesive. But I don’t know that the poster inside the premium deluxe 2LP is more full than any other edition, to be fair. Oh wait … maybe I’m wrong — it wasn’t the poster, it was the record sleeves that you could match up. It was the pride edition and another one — perhaps the Bilt one. Can’t recall. But you could put the sleeves together and it spelled out the full album title instead of “half” the title, I think. Maybe the posters are all the same… Who knows? Maybe we’ll get more lyrics if there is an expanded edition!

The product description on the web store (for the sold out CDs and the 7” vinyl) says that they are shipping for street date of September 11. So all those CDs that were shipped early in the UK were actually because they were trying to help the chart position where it mattered most, I guess. I haven’t received any notice of shipping (US) so I don’t have any delusions that I’d have it in my hands on Friday. But maybe they’ll ship that day or shortly thereafter.

The Charli rumor is spreading (with renewed intensity) because Madonna posted the Tik Tok video that said she was thinking of Charli … and L.E.S. Girl was playing. So … there’s no real definitive indication which song might see a collab or remix. Dua Lipa’s Levitating had Madonna and Missy on the Blessed Madonna remix, and they still commissioned and released that Da Baby (?) version and pushed that instead… So it’s totally possible Charli could show up on a track that already has a collab (effectively replacing someone else). Maybe even RML! Who knows?! The rumors with Charli started spreading after that (YSL?) fashion show where M sat next to her and they were photographed together… and then the after party, with the name checking and the background visuals displaying their names… it all seemed rather coordinated. Plus, there is the brat/CII shared marketing resource, so there has been some link all along (not that it would have automatically meant a collab was definite just because M was using the same marketing team, but it all adds up with the other indicators). We do know there is a Danceteria remix out there that we haven’t received yet. Hopefully it’s a great one. (And hopefully we actually get it, unlike other official remixes from the past that didn’t make the deadline or whatever other reason they weren’t released.)

Yes… I think maybe it was after the appearance with Kylie.

I understand that, but I’m just saying that, as of the time of the VMA nominations, BYL was the only song that had its own video to be able to be nominated for Song of the Year… Like, Danceteria didn’t have a standalone video, so it wasn’t going to be nominated for Song of the Year. Anyway, chances are looking slim for anything else to have a standalone video at this point. Would be nice if Danceteria and Bizarre get the single treatment at some point, but not sure if it’ll happen before Grammy noms are closed. As far as BYL and the Grammy Awards are concerned, I can see it being considered for a collab Grammy or dance/electronic, but I don’t see it making it for Song of the Year or Record of the Year.

Thanks for finding this and re-posting, by the way. I was trying to remember the name of the Danceteria remixer, and I was hoping it wasn’t Romero (because that would mean there’s at least one more mix out there in the pipeline). Also still hoping for more Stuart remixes. And if we’re reaching, maybe a Mirwais mix of Betrayal … and maybe the Parisi bros could have a remix or three up their sleeves, as well…?

Is this it? Has been on YouTube for almost a month … doesn’t look like it’s been commissioned; maybe it’s like the Oakenfold remix of “I Feel So Free”…?

Yep, that’s a good time to vote every day if you can swing it… The time is 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET — you’ll have 20 votes if you vote in that window every day. Otherwise, you’ll only have ten votes per category.

No, you must have voted during the daily power hour (which is good that you did). The only other 20 vote day remaining is Friday, September 25. Other than that day, if you don’t vote during the power hour, you only get ten votes.

However, BYL had its own standalone video, which none of the other songs on the album have (the others are visualizers and lyric videos, even though they have imagery). So BYL is really the only eligible *song* for a video award. The other noms are for the full film. The “best artist” category is kind a weird now — I understand the history is that they eliminated Best Female Video and Best Male Video, but now that it is “Best Artist,” it isn’t for a video, as it was in the past for the separate awards. (For example, Madonna won for Take a Bow specifically.) I don’t know — it just seems a little odd. I am hoping she wins it, of course, since she hasn’t won it before (as “Best Artist”) … I just think it is a weird category now. I suppose in the old days if someone like Madonna had a cycle of great, strong videos, she could have won as an artist without any of the individual videos winning, so there’s that advantage. But I don’t know — it makes it seem like they aren’t focusing on videos, which is the point of the awards in the first place. (“Best New Artist” seems the same way, though, I suppose.)