{"id":33371,"date":"2026-08-08T22:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33371"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:46:25","slug":"madonna-pays-tribute-to-ray-of-light-producer-william-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=33371","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Pays Tribute to &#8216;Ray of Light&#8217; Producer William Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;You pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams,&#8221; singer writes of her longtime collaborator following his death at the age of 69<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/madonna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_madonna\" data-tag=\"madonna\">Madonna<\/a> paid tribute to her<em> Ray of Light<\/em> producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/william-orbit\/\" id=\"auto-tag_william-orbit\" data-tag=\"william-orbit\">William Orbit<\/a> following news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/william-orbit-producer-madonna-ray-of-light-dead-obituary-1235605106\/\">his deat<\/a>h at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI had an epiphany when I met you and started working with you. I realized that music did not have to fit into categories or genres. So we created our own,\u201d Madonna wrote on social media Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cYou pressed a magic button inside of me and I fell into a galaxy of unrealized dreams. Your music gave me a magic carpet to fly on and I visited many places. Sad and Joyful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOrbit, whose death on July 23 was announced Friday, first remixed Madonna songs like \u201cJustify My Love\u201d and \u201cErotica\u201d before working with the Material Girl herself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI sang in ways I\u2019d never sung before. I used words without caring if they made sense or not. In many ways you were my Ray of Light \u2013 as was my daughter Lola who was born around this time,\u201d Madonna wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI was starting a new chapter, I was choosing another road to walk down-and you were right by my side with your crooked teeth and your genius, way of hearing music. The studio was often church like and I would sit in silence, waiting for your ideas to explode out of your keyboard or your guitar and then I would run with them\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAlongside the tribute, Madonna also posted a video of her and Orbit winning Best Pop Album at the 1999 Grammys. The pair would continue to collaborate over the years, with Orbit assisting on Madonna\u2019s <em>Music<\/em> and <em>MDNA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swim\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jSc9dCEsOuo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI miss those days. 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