Madonna Returns to Dance Floor with 'Confessions II'
Madonna leans into disco, house and personal grief on the album, with producer Stuart Price and more than 400 million records sold worldwide.
- On Friday July 3, Madonna will release Confessions II, her new dance-heavy album co-produced with British producer Stuart Price, who reunites with her after their 2005 collaboration.
- Drawing from 1980s Chicago and Detroit house music, Confessions II incorporates samples of Inner City's Good Life and Lil Louis' French Kiss, celebrating LGBTQ expression and underground club culture.
- Personal themes anchor the record, including Fragile, where Madonna grieves for her late brother Christopher, and The Test, featuring daughter Lourdes Leon exploring their differences.
- The star has sold more than 400 million records globally, while her 2005 predecessor Confessions registered 1.9 billion official on-demand streams and 315.1 million in the U.S.
- She contrasts her artistic vision with a generation who she feels has "traded skin-on-skin intimacy" for the mind-numbing scroll of TikTok, stating she is "living under neon.
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