Madonna surprised fans by premiering her new single 'I Feel So Free' on Pride Radio, an LGBTQ+ station in the iHeartRadio network, on April 17. The track serves as the lead from her upcoming album 'Confessions II', set for release on July 3. It plays at the top of every hour on the station through the weekend.
Madonna launched 'I Feel So Free' without prior announcement earlier on April 17. The hedonistic deep house track interpolates Lil Louis' 1989 classic 'French Kiss'. In the lyrics, she sings, “It’s really hard for me to trust people / Can you blame me? / I never know why people like me / That’s why I like to go dancing / Safety in numbers.” Pride Radio streams the song hourly for the rest of the weekend, with listeners directed to the iHeartRadio platform to tune in. No further release details have been confirmed yet. Madonna announced 'Confessions II' on Instagram on April 15, sharing pink and lilac cover art and the July 3 date. The album is available for pre-order on her website in standard edition with 12 tracks or deluxe with four bonus songs. It reunites her with producer Stuart Price from the original 2005 'Confessions on a Dance Floor'. Madonna described the project as rooted in dance's spiritual essence. “When Stuart Price and I first started working on this record, this was our manifesto: We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” she said. She added that the dance floor is “a ritualistic space” for connection, with sound and vibration altering consciousness. Another track, 'One Step Away', opens with: “People think that dance music is superficial, but they’ve got it all wrong. The dance floor is not just a place, it’s a threshold: A ritualistic space where movement replaces language.” This marks Madonna's first album since 'Madame X' in 2019. The original 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' topped charts in over 40 countries, sold about 4 million copies in its first week, and won a Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album in 2007.
