I muri i te whanautanga o Lourdes, ka uru a Madonna ki te kaupapa o te rawhiti me te Kabbalah, i whakauruhia ki a ia e te kaiwhakaari Sandra Bernhard. Ko tana pukaemi studio tuawhitu, Ray of Light, (1998) i whakaatu i tenei huringa i roto i tana tirohanga me tana ahua. I mahi tahi ia me te kaiwhakanao hiko a William Orbit me te hiahia ki te hanga oro e taea ai te whakakotahi i te puoro kanikani me te pop me te toka o Ingarangi. I whakamarama te kaitohutohu puoro a Amerika a Ann Powers ko te mea i rapuhia e Madonna me Orbit "he ahua o te kakara i hiahia ia mo tenei rekoata. I tupu te techno me te rave i nga tau 90 me te maha o nga momo rereke. He tino whakamatautau, he mea uaua ake penei i te Aphex Twin. He mea tino uaua penei i te Fatboy Slim. Kaore a Madonna i hiahia mo tenei. He mea rite ki te kaiwaiata-kaiwaiata, a William Orbit. A i whakaratohia e ia a Madonna ki a Ray.
Ko William Orbit