Words cannot begin to even express the emotions that I’m feeling right now. I’m so starstruck after going to my first ever concert to see Madonna for the first time
Todas as refs que encontrei no Confessions 2 The Movie. Acharam mais alguma?
0:02 - referência ao clipe de Secret Project
1:18 - referência ao refrão de Bedtime Story
2:32 - referência ao clipe de Rain
2:42 - cabelo ruivo do confessions 1
3:45 - referência ao clipe de What It Feels Like For a Girl
4:24 - referência ao clipe de Hung Up
4:54 - sample de Lucky Star
6:05 - referência ao clipe de Into the Groove/Procura-se Susan desesperadamente
6:15 - capa do Ray of Light
7:33 - referência da coreografia de Hung up
8:56 - referência ao clipe de Open Your Heart
9:22 - referência ao clipe de Justify My Love
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Lucy O’Brien today attended a Madonna playback event in London where she heard 6 tracks from Confessions II, four of which had not yet been released — the remaining two being in all likelihood I Feel So Free and Bring Your Love, the only tracks from the album already available on streaming platforms at the time of the session. Stuart Price was present and confirmed the tracks were crafted like a DJ mix — blending continuously into each other.
Overall Sound & Format
The album is a continuous mix — not separate standalone tracks. The overall sound is house with nu-disco influences, Detroit techno touches, and what O’Brien calls “good old dance pop.” It has elements of 80s house rooted in personal memory rather than pure nostalgia — O’Brien described it as “plugged into memories, not just NY but Menjo’s as a teenager in Detroit.” Despite the retro touchstones, the lyrics are so original it doesn’t feel like a throwback. It’s personal, but still reaches outward — danceable and uptempo. O’Brien’s overall framing: think of it like Confessions with further depth and insight. Not many romantic songs in the first batch; those may appear later.
Track-by-Track Details
Danceteria — A ln incredible spoken word track about Madonna’s stories from her early clubland years in New York. O’Brien compared it to the rap section of “Vogue” but grittier, and rather than referencing Hollywood icons, it namechecks her NY friends. It received a massive round of applause when heard at the session and is described as funny. When asked if there are any “Hung Up”-level moments on the album, O’Brien noted that Madonna is at a completely different and far more mature stage of her career — and that Danceteria is the closest equivalent: not a repeat of what came before, but a track that carries the same landmark weight with greater depth.
Fragile — A slightly slower track confirmed to be about her brother Christopher Ciccone, who passed away from cancer in October 2024. Madonna had already revealed the song’s existence and subject matter in her Jay Shetty podcast appearance months earlier, so this playback marks the first time the track has been heard by journalists — effectively confirming its place on the album. It has an icy production feel with synth strings reminiscent of “Frozen.” O’Brien called it beautiful.
Love Sensation — One of the two tracks previewed at the Club Confessions party at The Abbey in West Hollywood on April 25, where Madonna and Stuart Price debuted it alongside other new material. No further sonic details were shared by O’Brien at this playback.
Good For the Soul — A previously unknown track, revealed for the first time at this playback session. Described as a 4-to-the-floor track with a hint of Detroit techno.
It’s like a deconstructed idea of a rock song, it’s super raw and bare in its production, super intentional contrast in the loud and the quiet, is catchy, starts to build up to something and then just ends? It’s so jarring yet somehow I like it?
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This is a totally cultural victory, not just for Madonna, but for women to have their damn talent recognized in the music industry.
The British media counted Madonna out. They said she was too old to be relevant and stopped playing her music. So she teams up with Sabrina, someone the press has also never treated seriously as a
Musical visionary, and here they are absolutely dominating together.
It’s particularly ironic, given the lyrics of #bringyourlove. It’s commentary on this exact trap for women. Not having our ideas taken seriously, and people taking glee in tearing us down on social.
This is also a cultural victory from my generation of LGBT people. I felt like Madonna was directly speaking to me in the 80s and 90s, and I’m hardly alone. We aren’t being hyperbolic when we say her music saved us. She didn’t just accept us, she took what was best about us and put it in front of the whole world to see.
They marginalize us too, but we’re the ones that worked together to make this possible.
Gay culture has fragmented, and what used to happen in dance clubs is now pedestrian and on grinder. It’s unquestionably emptier. By passing the torch to Sabrina, I hope that moment in time sees another day.