As Madonna sang in her 2005 hit, “Hung Up,” time goes by so slowly. But it continues to maneuver.
On Wednesday, the pop celebrity introduced she’ll launch a brand new album, “Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II,” on July 3 through Warner Records — 21 years after the unique.
It’s thrilling for various causes: The album is a sequel to her 2005 launch, “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” and her first full-length in seven years, since 2019’s “Madame X.” The Associated Press characterised the latter album as a misstep, nonetheless, the unique “Confessions” has been extensively considered a return to the highest of her pop powers. The critically acclaimed launch, which produced such hits as “Hung Up,” “Sorry,” “Get Together” and “Jump,” was dance-pop disco for a brand new period of clubgoers. It was licensed platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and received a Grammy for finest digital/dance album in 2006.
Madonna has beforehand teased a second “Confessions” work. In December 2024, she shared an Instagram video of herself within the studio with the unique album’s producer, Stuart Price.
In the official press announcement, Madonna shared a manifesto that she and Price had for the album.
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies. These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” she wrote. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions, pulling us into a trancelike state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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