Madonna's Confessions II is finally here - but is it worth the 21-year wait?

BBC Entertainment Thursday 02 July 2026, 06:55 UTC 1 min read

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The pop star's 15th album starts on the dancefloor, but ends with deep personal revelations.

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(Warner)After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back nicely into old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York‘Ask yourself this – what are you doing it for? Is it for them?” ponders Madonna during Bring Your Love, a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter from Confessions II. It’s a question you could ask of her decision to release a follow-up to 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor 21 years on.

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