 "Billboard" reported that the title of the album was "Licorice", as announced on the Sirius Satellite Radio programme "OutQ".In an interview with MTV Australia, Madonna explained that a prominent theme of the "Hard Candy" album was about incorporating the image of a boxer, an idea which has been repeated within the song "Give It 2 Me".According to her, "['Give It 2 Me'] is basically [opposite in meaning].