Madonna has officially announced that her next album will be a sequel to 2005’s Confessions On A Dancefloor, the club-focused record that produced hits like Sorry and the Abba-sampling Hung Up.
The star has been teasing the plan since 2023. On Tuesday she cleared her Instagram and changed her biography to one of Hung Up’s lyrics: “Time goes by so slowly.”
On Wednesday, she officially confirmed the release of Confessions II, with a release date of 3 July.
Madonna also unveiled the first taste via a 60-second video for the opening track, I Feel So Free. Set to a throbbing synth bassline, it interpolates a line from her 1980s classic Into The Groove: “Out here on the dance floor, I feel so free.”
‘To rave is an art’
The Confessions follow-up will be Madonna’s first album since 2019’s Madame X, and her 15th overall.
The original Confessions On A Dancefloor – an unapologetically euphoric excursion into dance culture – is considered among her best records, alongside Like A Prayer and Ray Of Light.
For the sequel, she has reunited with British producer Stuart Price. They famously recorded the first instalment in the loft of his London home, where Madonna carved her name into the rafters during idle moments.
