Madonna has announced the release of her 15th studio album, Confessions II, a sequel to her 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor. The new album is set for release on 3 July and reunites her with British producer Stuart Price.
The album is described as a study of the dancefloor as 'a ritualistic space where movement replaces language'. Madonna stated: 'When Stuart Price and I first started working on this record, this was our manifesto: We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies.'
She also quoted from a new song, One Step Away: 'People think that dance music is superficial, but they've got it all wrong. The dancefloor is not just a place, it's a threshold: A ritualistic space where movement replaces language.'
A teaser of new music was released on YouTube, featuring a deep house track with Madonna speaking: 'Thanks for coming. Sometimes, I like to just hide in the shadows, create a new persona... out here on the dancefloor I feel so free.'
Confessions on a Dance Floor, which included hits like Hung Up and Sorry, restored Madonna to global popularity after her 2003 album American Life. Since her 2019 album Madame X, she has revisited her back catalogue and collaborated with artists including the Weeknd and Christine and the Queens.
