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Bài hát "Danceteria Afterhours" (phát hành ngày 24/09/2026) đánh dấu màn hợp tác bùng nổ đầu tiên giữa Madonna và Charli xcx. Sở hữu giai điệu Dance Pop sôi động pha trộn French House và Electroclash lôi cuốn, tác phẩm là bản tôn vinh rực rỡ dành cho văn hóa hộp đêm underground cùng hành trình nghệ thuật của hai thế hệ "Club Kids".
Về mặt ý nghĩa, nội dung ca khúc đan xen khéo léo những hồi ức tự truyện mang tính biểu tượng của cả hai nghệ sĩ. Nếu như Madonna đưa người nghe trở lại những đêm cuồng nhiệt tại câu lạc bộ huyền thoại Danceteria ở New York thập niên 1980 bên cạnh các nghệ sĩ và danh họa như Jean-Michel Basquiat hay Keith Haring, thì Charli xcx lại hồi tưởng giai đoạn bắt đầu sự nghiệp từ London năm 2007 cho đến khi bùng nổ cùng dòng nhạc PC Music tại Los Angeles vào năm 2015.
Thông qua sự kết nối giữa hai dòng chảy thời gian, bài hát không chỉ khẳng định sức mạnh diệu kỳ của âm nhạc – nơi các nghệ sĩ tìm lại chính mình và hoàn toàn thả mình vào giai điệu – mà còn tôn vinh tinh thần tự do cá nhân, coi mỗi người có mặt tại vũ trường đều là một tác phẩm nghệ thuật vô giá.
You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
Talk about, talk about, talk about
Talk about (Yeah), talk about, talk about
You got something you wanna talk about?
I get off the train, Hackney Wick
I'm sweet fifteen in a weird outfit
Got invited to perform at this party through Myspace
First time ever at a party in London
I'm kinda nervous, kinda scared
On a makeshift stage playing songs from my iPod
Met a band called Le Couteau Jaune
Yeah, I been doing this shit since 2007
Wait backstage, get into my car
Drive to the disco, have a drink at the bar
People, they might talk about us, yeah
I don't care
It's not what I say, it's not what I do
It's how my body language talks to you
I just want to lose myself in the groove
Get over here
Everybody get up and dance (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah; Yeah, come on)
Everyone here is a work of art
Everybody get up and dance (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah; Yeah, come on)
You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
Everybody get up and dance
(Madonna and Charli, Madonna and Charli)
(Madonna and Charli, Madonna and Charli)
You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
I get off the train, four, five, six
Walk through the club, don't wait for shit
Meet this boy named Martin Burgoyne
He's my best friend, he's my boytoy
We see the line, it's way too long
Cut to the front, there's Haoui Montaug
Waves us in, No Entiendes
I'm not sure you'll understand this
Switch up to 2015
Linked up with A. G. And SOPHIE
Took a flight to L. A.
Where PC Music did Pop City
This new place has a lot of new things
Different DJs, flavoured cocaine
Found myself through the songs I wrote
And the songs I wrote are how we start the party
I just want to lose myself in the groove
I just want to lose myself in the groove
I just want to lose myself in the groove
Get over here
Everybody get up and dance
Everyone here is a work of art
Everybody get up and dance
You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
Everybody get up and dance
This is how we start the party
There's Fab Five Freddy and Basquiat
Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf
Everyone came from Shafrazi
Sha-fra-zi to the beat
There's Maripol and a guy named Fred
See these guys spinnin' on their head
There's Rock Steady Crew and Crazy Legs
Puerto Rican boys, they make me crazy (Yeah)
They make me crazy
Lower East Side, take a walk on the wild side
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo (You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli)
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo, doo-doo, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo (Let's take it to the East Side, baby; Uh)
Everybody get up and dance
Madonna and Charli
Madonna and Charli
Madonna and Charli
Everyone here is a work of art
Everyone here is a work of art
Everyone here is a work of art
Work of art, work of art
Work of art, work of art
Everyone here is a work of art
Everybody get up and dance
