 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kune mavhidhiyo emimhanzi maviri akasiyana e American Life, yekutanga yacho isina kubudiswa naMadonna. Yakatorwa muvhiki yekutanga yaFebruary 2003 kuLos Angeles Center Studios muLos Angeles, California nemutungamiriri weSweden Jonas Åkerlund, uyo akashanda naMadonna mumavhidhiyo e Ray of Light 1998 uye Music 2000. Madonna aiva nepfungwa yemavhidhiyo emimhanzi munaNovember 2002, ipapo iye na Åkerlund vakagadzira pfungwa yekugadzira anti-hondo uye anti-fashion mini-firimu. NeHupenyu hweAmerica, akatora mavhidhiyo ake emimhanzi kuenda padanho rakasiyana nekutarisa kuhondo, zvematongerwo enyika uye, maererano neshanduro yenhau, kupindirwa kweIraq kwaive kuuya. Gare gare akajekesa kuti yakanga iri chirevo chinorwisana nehondo, asi kwete chaizvoizvo chinorwisana neHondo yeIraq, nokuti panguva ipi neipi pane hondo dzinenge 30 dziri kuitika munyika ino uye ini ndinopesana nadzo dzose. Nguva pfupi yapera, Warner Bros. Records yakabudisa chirevo pamusoro pemimhanzi yemavhidhiyo: Vhidhiyo inoratidza maonero akazara etsika yedu uye hondo iri kuuya kuburikidza nemaonero emukadzi ane simba anotorwa naMadonna. Kutanga somuratidziro wemicheka yechiuto, kuratidzwa kwemicheka kunowedzera kuva kupenga kunoratidzira migumisiro yakaipa nezvinotyisa zvehondo. Mufananidzo wevhidhiyo wakanga uripo papurogiramu yeVH1 inonzi Backstage at the Grammys. 