We'll wait and see

And so it seems Madonna will be putting out her first real ballad in over a decade very soon, an accompaniment to W.E. with production from William Orbit. As excited as we are, it's bringing on the pines for Patrick Leonard more than ever - as much as we assert that Ray of Light wouldn't be anything like it was without Orbit's production talent, some of the finest lyrics she's ever sang on that album came from Leonard's pen and a ballad produced by Orbit just seems a bit half-baked without Leonard's words. "The Power of Goodbye Part 2" this will be we presume not. With this said and done however, we haven't heard a single sample of Orbit's production for Madonna in 2011 and as such we are trying to reserve as much judgement as possible. It's just... when a song is titled "Masterpiece"*, we can't help but have our expectations raised a tad higher than usual. Bring it on.

*What a flawless song title. Let's just think about it for a moment.