{"id":2024568,"date":"2026-07-03T04:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2024568"},"modified":"2026-07-03T04:00:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:00:40","slug":"madonna-is-back-with-confessions-ii-stream-it-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2024568","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Is Back With \u2018Confessions II\u2019: Stream It Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02-madonna-2026-Credit-Rafael-Pavarotti-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-a-glue-parent a-font-body-m u-font-size-19\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140241\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMadonna has always been a master of reinvention, but this time around, she\u2019s working in extension via the release of her new album <em>Confessions II<\/em>. Out Friday (July 3), the project is a follow-up to her 2005 masterpiece <em>Confessions on a Dance Floor<\/em>, which found the Queen of Pop \u2014 in partnership with the album\u2019s producer Stuart Price \u2014 focused on disco, electronica, synth and dance pop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso produced by Price, the 16 tracks on <em>Confessions II<\/em> focus on much of the same, presenting lush, cerebral productions focused on the club as church and dancing as spiritual work. The project, Madonna\u2019s 15th studio album since 1983, features the previously released singles \u201cI Feel So Free,\u201d \u201cLove Sensation\u201d and \u201cBring Your Love,\u201d with the latter track being a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter, who Madonna appeared with on stage during Carpenter\u2019s headlining set at Coachella in April.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class>\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/02-madonna-confessions-era-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Madonna performs to celebrate today&apos;s release of her new album &quot;Confessions On A Dancefloor&quot; at Koko Camden on November 15, 2005 in London, England.\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMadonna\u2019s \u2018Confessions on a Dance Floor\u2019: All 12 Songs\u00a0Ranked\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01-madonna-confessions-era-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Madonna poses for photographers during a press conference on December 7, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan.\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMadonna\u2019s \u2018Confessions On a Dance Floor\u2019 Era: Revisit the Best\u00a0Photos\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P102GT20-e1773793527937.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Madonna\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMadonna Says \u2018Confessions II\u2019 Was Born From Frustration Over Delayed Biopic: \u2018I Was in\u00a0Limbo\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBeyond Carpenter, <em>Confessions II<\/em> includes collabs with Belgian star Stromae (\u201cMy Sins Are My Savior\u201d), Dutch dance titan Martin Garrix (\u201cBizarre\u201d), Colombian reggaeton star Feid (who sings on \u201cRead My Lips\u201d and who, with other collaborations on 2026 albums by Skrillex and John Summit, is having a big year in the dance world) and Madonna\u2019s own daughter Lola Leon. The song featuring Madonna and Leon, \u201cThe Test,\u201d explores their mother-daughter relationship via lyrics such as \u201cSometimes I think you\u2019d wish I\u2019d go away\/but my shadow stays\/and it\u2019s OK to be yourself,\u201d with the vulnerability of the subject matter matching the confessional nature of the 2005 original, which was released when Leon was nine years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAltogether, <em>Confessions II <\/em>is a stunner, playing as a modern take on club music that simultaneously evokes the genre\u2019s previous eras without ever falling into pastiche. Stream it below. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/madonna-confessions-ii-stream-1236286775\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/02-madonna-2026-Credit-Rafael-Pavarotti-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard Madonna has always been a master of reinvention, but this time around, she\u2019s working in extension via the release of her new album Confessions II. 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