Everything We Know About Madonna’s Confessions II So Far

Madonna is back at Warner Records for the first time in nearly two decades, and the label reunion has already produced the clearest sign yet that Confessions II is real: a July 3 release date, a first single, and a sequel to one of the defining dance records of her career.

Seven years on from Madame X, her 14th studio album and Billboard 200 No. 1, the Queen of Pop is lining up her 15th. She first teased the project after revealing she was working with her old collaborator Stuart Price, then formally announced the record on April 15. The title makes the intention plain. Confessions II follows 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor, the Billboard 200 No. 1 album that also gave Madonna the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit “Hung Up,” built around ABBA’s 1979 single “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight).”

This is also Madonna’s first album since returning to Warner Records, the label that signed her in 1982 and released the first 11 albums of her career before she moved on. In September, the label announced her return after almost 20 years away. Madonna marked that homecoming in a now-deleted Instagram post, writing, “Almost 2 decades later — And it feels like home with Warner Records! Back to music, Back to the Dance Floor, Back to where it all began! COADF – Pt. 2 2026.”

That phrase has since become less tease than roadmap. On April 17, Madonna made a surprise appearance during Sabrina Carpenter’s Coachella weekend 2 headlining set, performing “Vogue,” “Like a Prayer” and a new duet with Carpenter. The next night, at midnight on April 18, Madonna released the first song from Confessions II.

The release date

Confessions II arrives July 3 via Warner Records.

The album cover

Madonna shared the official artwork to her Instagram on April 18. The cover shows her seated on a speaker, wearing a sheer purple veil over her face and body, purple thigh-high stockings layered over black fishnet tights, and a lace dress. Her name and the title sit on either side of her image.

The lead producer

Stuart Price, who worked with Madonna on Confessions on a Dance Floor, is back as lead producer. She first confirmed the reunion in a December 2024 Instagram video, where the two are seen in the studio and Madonna says they are working on new music she was eager to share with fans.

The first song

The first taste of the album is “I Feel So Free,” which Madonna debuted on iHeartRadio’s Pride station the day before its release. It runs more than five minutes and leans into the pulsing dance sound that made the original Confessions such a reference point. Its lyrics make the project’s direction explicit enough: “Come on, meet me on the dance floor.”

In a press statement about the album, Madonna and Price’s guiding idea reads less like a casual quote and more like a mission statement. “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,” Madonna wrote.

“To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people. Sound, light, and vibration Reshape our perceptions Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”

The Sabrina Carpenter collaboration

Carpenter’s Coachella set did more than stage a pop generational handoff. Alongside “Vogue” and “Like a Prayer,” Madonna and Carpenter performed a previously unheard song that is now confirmed as “Bring Your Love,” the album’s first single.

The track list

On May 14, a 12-song track list appeared on street posters in cities around the world. At present, Confessions II is available for preorder in two configurations, one with 12 tracks and one with 16.

The 12-song version reads like this:

Side 1
I Feel So Free
Good for the Soul
One Step Away
Bring Your Love
Danceteria
Read My Lips

Side 2
Everything
Love Without Words
Bizarre
School
Fragile
My Sins Are My Savior