Veronica Electronica

Veronica Electronica
Remix album by Madonna
Released	July 25, 2025 (2025-07-25)
Length	42:00
Label	Maverick Warner Rhino
Madonna chronology
Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones (2022) Veronica Electronica (2025)

Veronica Electronica is a remix album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on July 25, 2025, through Warner Records. The album title comes from an alter ego, which Madonna created during the Ray of Light era in 1998.

Background

Originally conceived by Madonna as a companion remix album to her seventh studio album Ray of Light (1998), Veronica Electronica was shelved at the time due to the ongoing commercial success of Ray of Light and its singles. Over the years, it became the subject of persistent fan speculation and rumors.

The album features rare and previously unreleased remixes by several of Madonna's collaborators from the Ray of Light era, including Peter Rauhofer, William Orbit, Sasha, BT, and Victor Calderone. While many of these remixes were originally released on singles, some have been newly edited or combined specifically for this album. It also includes "Gone Gone Gone", a previously unreleased demo recorded during the Ray of Light sessions with producer Rick Nowels.

On June 5, 2025, Madonna announced that the album would be released on July 25, 2025, on digital and streaming platforms, as well as in a limited-edition silver vinyl pressing.

Title and artwork

Throughout the original album's campaign, Madonna commented that Veronica Electronica is the nickname to the alter-ego she gave herself during the recording of the Ray of Light album. Additionally, the name is one of her middle names, originating from her Catholic confirmation when she was a child. During the album's promotion campaign, MTV journalist Kurt Loder interviewed Madonna and she stated that the alter-ego is medieval. According to spokesperson Liz Rosenberg, Madonna considered titling the original album Mantra, which she thought was a "really cool title", and she also considered calling it Veronica Electronica; however, she discarded both of those ideas and called it Ray of Light, as, aside from her debut LP, her studio albums up to that point were titled after one of the songs from each album's tracklist. Thematically, the first five edits were created after the idea of a trippy DJ set performed in an underground club, Veronica being a girl dancing to it with the music progressively putting her into a trance. The last three could be described as the after-hour segment you chill to before leaving the dance floor and going back to the real world.

On Instagram, Madonna stated that "Making my Ray of Light album was a seminal moment in my life as an artist. I was going through a huge metamorphosis. I had given birth to my daughter Lola. I had found my spiritual path and I was ready to shed a new skin and take a road less traveled by I ventured into electronic music with William Orbit and I created an alter ego, taking one of my middle names- and Veronica Electronica was born," her statement continued. "Meet my other half". Photographs taken from a January 14, 1998 photoshoot by photography duo Inez and Vinoodh are used for the album's artwork.

Promotion

On June 5, 2025, Madonna released the Peter & Victor's Collaboration Remix Edit for Ray of Light album track "Skin", followed by "Gone Gone Gone"—a previously-unreleased original demo from the Ray of Light sessions—about a month later; the song reached the top of the US iTunes Songs chart, and debuted at number 72 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart on July 18, 2025.

Track listing

Veronica Electronica track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Drowned World/Substitute for Love" (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram New Edit)	Madonna David Collins Anita Kerr Rod McKuen William Orbit	Madonna Orbit BT[r] Sasha[r]	5:21
2.	"Ray of Light" (Sasha Twilo Mix Edit)	Madonna Dave Curtiss Christine Leach Clive Maldoon Orbit	Madonna Orbit Sasha[r]	5:42
3.	"Skin" (Peter & Victor's Collaboration Remix Edit)	Madonna Patrick Leonard	Madonna Marius de Vries Orbit Peter Rauhofer[r]	5:19
4.	"Nothing Really Matters" (Club 69 Speed Mix Meets the Dub)	Madonna Leonard	Madonna De Vries Orbit Rauhofer[r]	5:14
5.	"Sky Fits Heaven" (Victor Calderone Future New Edit)	Madonna Leonard	Madonna Leonard Orbit Victor Calderone[r]	5:20
6.	"Frozen" (Widescreen Mix and Drums)	Madonna Leonard	Madonna Leonard Orbit[p]	5:18
7.	"The Power of Good-Bye" (Fabien's Good God Mix Edit)	Madonna Rick Nowels	Madonna Leonard Orbit Fabien Waltmann[r]	5:23
8.	"Gone Gone Gone" (Original Demo Version)	Madonna Nowels		4:39
Total length:				42:16

Notes

• ^{^[p]} signifies a primary producer and remixer
• ^{^[r]} signifies a remixer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

• Madonna – vocals
• Fergus Gerrand – drums (track 1)
• Sasha – engineering (2)
• Pat McCarthy – engineering (2, 3)
• Marc Moreau – guitar (2)
• Matt Silva – engineering (3, 6)
• David Reitzas – engineering (3)
• Jon Englesby – engineering (3)
• Mark Endert – engineering (3)
• Ted Jensen – engineering (3)
• Georg O. Luksch – keyboards, programming (4)
• Craig Armstrong – strings arrangement (6)
• Patrick Leonard – additional arrangement (6)
• Mac Quayle – keyboards (6)
• Sean Spuehler – technician (6)
• Niven Garland – engineering (7)