Overview
- The album, which Warner Records released on July 3, comprises 16 tracks sequenced as a continuous mix and is available across streaming services and stores.
- Early reviews have praised Confessions II as Madonna’s strongest work in roughly two decades, highlighting its house and deep‑house production and a flow that echoes Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005).
- Promotional activity has included a Tribeca premiere of Confessions II The Film and a surprise Times Square performance announced about 30 minutes beforehand that drew an estimated 50,000 people and was streamed on Grindr.
- 'Bizarre,' a collaboration with Martin Garrix, contains lyrics referencing intense blue eyes, a Shelby Cobra and reckless driving that many outlets and fans have linked to Sean Penn, though neither artist has confirmed the song is about him.
- The record features multiple collaborators (Sabrina Carpenter, Feid, Martin Garrix, Stromae and Madonna’s daughter Lola) and centers on themes of love, loss and healing, a mix that could broaden the album’s reach when she performs at the World Cup halftime on July 19.