Madonna Wipes Instagram as ‘Confessions II’ Era Quietly Begins

Madonna is officially turning one of the most beloved albums of her career into a new era.

According to Pitchfork, on Tuesday, April 14, the pop icon wiped her Instagram feed, updated her bio with the line “Time goes by so slowly…,” and quietly launched a new page on her official website featuring the words “Confessions II” alongside what appears to be the project’s artwork.

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The rollout is the clearest sign yet that Madonna is preparing a follow-up to 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor, the Grammy-winning album that helped revive her career in the mid-2000s. While she has not announced a release date or revealed an official title beyond the “Confessions II” tease, the latest move suggests the project is much further along than fans previously realized.

Madonna first hinted at the album in late 2024, when she shared studio footage with producer Stuart Price, the architect of the original Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Last year, Madonna also confirmed that she had returned to Warner Records, the label behind every one of her studio albums from her 1983 debut through 2008’s Hard Candy.

The 2005 album remains one of the defining releases of Madonna’s catalog. Built like a continuous DJ set, the record blended disco, electronic music, and club-pop into a seamless 56-minute mix. It produced a string of global hits, including “Hung Up,” which topped the charts in 41 countries, and “Sorry,” which became Madonna’s 12th No. 1 single in the United Kingdom.

At the time, Madonna said she wanted to move away from the anger and politics that shaped 2003’s American Life. “I just want to have fun; I want to dance; I want to feel buoyant,” she said while promoting the album.

That shift paid off. Confessions on a Dance Floor debuted at No. 1 in dozens of countries, sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, and earned Madonna a Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album.

The renewed focus on the era comes after several years during which Madonna largely revisited her past work rather than releasing a new studio album. Since 2019’s Madame X, she has put out the remix collection Finally Enough Love, released the long-rumored Veronica Electronica project tied to Ray of Light, and collaborated with artists including Beyoncé, Fireboy DML, Sam Smith, and Tokischa.

Her reworked version of “Hung Up” with Tokischa in 2022 also hinted that she was not finished with the Confessions universe.

Madonna’s next chapter arrives as interest in the original album is arguably stronger than ever. A 20th-anniversary edition of Confessions on a Dance Floor arrived last year with bonus tracks and new remixes, introducing the record to a younger generation that already knew of its influence through artists like Dua Lipa and Romy.

Even Madonna’s abandoned biopic starring Julia Garner continues to linger in pop culture, with reports that the canceled project will be referenced in the second season of Apple TV+’s The Studio.