‘Confessions II’ Review: Madonna Returns to the Dance Floor
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Madonna’s new album “Confessions II” revisits her early days in New York’s club scene, reflecting on personal struggles and growth through dance music, serving as a spiritual successor to her 2005 album “Confessions on a Dance Floor.”
- The album features a continuous mix produced with Stuart Price, emphasizing themes of trust, liberation, and recovery within various dance subgenres, creating a cohesive DJ-set experience.
- Madonna and Price co-wrote nine of the sixteen tracks, marking a return to a more focused collaboration after years of albums with multiple producers and less cohesive direction.
- The project follows the shelving of a planned studio movie about Madonna’s early life, which was reportedly halted due to budgetary concerns, highlighting her ongoing effort to tell her origin story.
