{"id":2089506,"date":"2026-08-11T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089506"},"modified":"2026-08-11T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:36:59","slug":"graham-coxon-recalls-madonna-walking-into-the-studio-while-blur-were-making-13-with-genius-william-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089506","title":{"rendered":"Graham Coxon recalls Madonna walking into the studio while Blur were making \u201913\u2019 with \u201cgenius\u201d William Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mairo_Cinquetti_NickyJ_Sims.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Graham Coxon recalls Madonna walking into the studio while Blur were making \u201913\u2019 with \u201cgenius\u201d William Orbit<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>&#8220;I was like, &#8216;Oh shit. Do I stay here or do I get the courage to go and say hi?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-11T21:36:59+01:00\">11th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mairo_Cinquetti_NickyJ_Sims-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Mairo_Cinquetti_NickyJ_Sims\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Graham Coxon and William Orbit. CREDIT: Mairo Cinquetti\/Nicky J Sims\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Graham Coxon\u00a0has recalled\u00a0Madonna unexpectedly walking into the studio while Blur were recording \u201913\u2019 with the late producer William Orbit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1305\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>William Orbit, 1956-2026: musical maverick who produced era-defining hits for Madonna, Blur and All Saints<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orbit died at his home on July 23 at the age of 69, with news of his passing announced on August 7. No cause of death has been shared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview with\u00a0<i>Rolling Stone<\/i>, Coxon reflected on the producer\u2019s work on Blur\u2019s experimental and critically-acclaimed sixth album, released in 1999, describing him as a \u201cgenius\u201d with an anarchic\u00a0love of sound.<\/p>\n<p>Blur chose Orbit to oversee the \u201913\u2019 sessions after hearing his eight-minute remix of their 1997 track \u2018Movin\u2019 On\u2019, and the sessions came in the aftermath of Orbit\u2019s work on Madonna\u2019s huge 1998 album \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019, which had made\u00a0him one of the most sought-after producers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI instantly liked William,\u201d Coxon said. \u201cI\u00a0picked up on\u00a0some sort of perversion in him musically, and I thought, \u2018This will be interesting\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blur - Coffee And TV (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oqXVx3sBOk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cWe got the measure of him that it was going to be anarchy,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe thought he was this genius who was a bit tinged by madness \u2013 but, well, that\u2019s what genius does.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coxon said that during the sessions, Madonna made a surprise appearance in the studio in London. \u201cI was in the live room doing some silly guitars, knocking around, and then I looked\u00a0through into\u00a0the control room and Madonna was standing in there,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh shit. Do I stay here or do I get the courage to go and say hi? We all said hi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remembered Blur improvising over a beat\u00a0that they liked that\u00a0Orbit had put together during the \u201913\u2019 sessions, but which\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0end up going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, Madonna released \u2018Beautiful Stranger\u2019, the Orbit-produced single from the soundtrack to\u00a0<i>Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me<\/i>, and Coxon said when\u00a0he heard the song, he thought, \u201cOh, that\u2019s that track!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8221; width=&#8221;696&#8243; height=&#8221;392&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dsh0TfIKhoE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Beautiful Stranger\u2019 went on to win Madonna and Orbit their third\u00a0Grammy\u00a0together, with his work having\u00a0helped to\u00a0rejuvenate her career.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death,\u00a0Madonna paid an emotional tribute to him, writing that \u201cin many ways you were my\u00a0Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u201d, adding: \u201cGoodbye Billy Bubbles. I was so lucky to have known you and fallen down the rabbit hole with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0Orbit said he had created a prospective \u201csuccessor\u201d to \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019 but had received\u00a0\u201cnil\u00a0response\u201d after contacting Madonna. He stressed there were \u201czero hard feelings\u201d, adding: \u201cI will always love that woman. For real. She made my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201913\u2019 was the last Blur album to feature Coxon as a full-time member until 2015\u2019s \u2018The Magic Whip\u2019, and he is currently working on a third album by\u00a0The\u00a0Waeve, his project with\u00a0Rose Elinor Dougall.<\/p>\n<p>He will also play a run of solo UK dates later this year, and Coxon also said in the new interview that he is considering remembering Orbit at the shows. \u201cWho knows? 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It\u2019s made Nate Amos an indie darling<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Graham Coxon\u00a0has recalled\u00a0Madonna unexpectedly walking into the studio while Blur were recording \u201913\u2019 with the late producer William Orbit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1305\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>William Orbit, 1956-2026: musical maverick who produced era-defining hits for Madonna, Blur and All Saints<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orbit died at his home on July 23 at the age of 69, with news of his passing announced on August 7. No cause of death has been shared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a new interview with\u00a0<i>Rolling Stone<\/i>, Coxon reflected on the producer\u2019s work on Blur\u2019s experimental and critically-acclaimed sixth album, released in 1999, describing him as a \u201cgenius\u201d with an anarchic\u00a0love of sound.<\/p>\n<p>Blur chose Orbit to oversee the \u201913\u2019 sessions after hearing his eight-minute remix of their 1997 track \u2018Movin\u2019 On\u2019, and the sessions came in the aftermath of Orbit\u2019s work on Madonna\u2019s huge 1998 album \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019, which had made\u00a0him one of the most sought-after producers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI instantly liked William,\u201d Coxon said. \u201cI\u00a0picked up on\u00a0some sort of perversion in him musically, and I thought, \u2018This will be interesting\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blur - Coffee And TV (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oqXVx3sBOk?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cWe got the measure of him that it was going to be anarchy,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe thought he was this genius who was a bit tinged by madness \u2013 but, well, that\u2019s what genius does.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coxon said that during the sessions, Madonna made a surprise appearance in the studio in London. \u201cI was in the live room doing some silly guitars, knocking around, and then I looked\u00a0through into\u00a0the control room and Madonna was standing in there,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh shit. Do I stay here or do I get the courage to go and say hi? We all said hi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remembered Blur improvising over a beat\u00a0that they liked that\u00a0Orbit had put together during the \u201913\u2019 sessions, but which\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0end up going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, Madonna released \u2018Beautiful Stranger\u2019, the Orbit-produced single from the soundtrack to\u00a0<i>Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me<\/i>, and Coxon said when\u00a0he heard the song, he thought, \u201cOh, that\u2019s that track!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8221; width=&#8221;696&#8243; height=&#8221;392&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dsh0TfIKhoE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#8221; referrerpolicy=&#8221;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#8221; allowfullscreen=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Beautiful Stranger\u2019 went on to win Madonna and Orbit their third\u00a0Grammy\u00a0together, with his work having\u00a0helped to\u00a0rejuvenate her career.<\/p>\n<p>Following his death,\u00a0Madonna paid an emotional tribute to him, writing that \u201cin many ways you were my\u00a0Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u201d, adding: \u201cGoodbye Billy Bubbles. I was so lucky to have known you and fallen down the rabbit hole with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0Orbit said he had created a prospective \u201csuccessor\u201d to \u2018Ray\u00a0Of\u00a0Light\u2019 but had received\u00a0\u201cnil\u00a0response\u201d after contacting Madonna. He stressed there were \u201czero hard feelings\u201d, adding: \u201cI will always love that woman. For real. She made my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201913\u2019 was the last Blur album to feature Coxon as a full-time member until 2015\u2019s \u2018The Magic Whip\u2019, and he is currently working on a third album by\u00a0The\u00a0Waeve, his project with\u00a0Rose Elinor Dougall.<\/p>\n<p>He will also play a run of solo UK dates later this year, and Coxon also said in the new interview that he is considering remembering Orbit at the shows. \u201cWho knows? We may even do a William\u00a0Orbit-related Blur song,\u201d he\u00a0teased.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/graham-coxon-recalls-madonna-walking-into-the-studio-while-blur-were-making-13-with-genius-william-orbit-3961999&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mairo_Cinquetti_NickyJ_Sims.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Graham Coxon recalls Madonna walking into the studio while Blur were making \u201913\u2019 with \u201cgenius\u201d William Orbit &#8220;I was like, &#8216;Oh shit. Do I stay here or do I get the courage to go and say hi?&#8217;&#8221; By Max Pilley 11th August 2026 Graham Coxon and William Orbit. 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