Madonna performing Bring Your Love in her new Confessions II film YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n With less than a month to go until Madonna<\/span> unveils her first album in seven years<\/a>, the Queen of Pop is drumming up excitement<\/a> for the release with her new Confessions II short film<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Effectively an extended music video made up of short vignettes set to the first six songs on the album, Madonna premiered her Confessions II visuals at New York\u2019s Tribeca Film Festival last week.<\/span><\/p>\n The 14-minute video has now been uploaded to YouTube, with the Like A Prayer singer being joined by a host of celebrities that include friends, collaborators and other A-list guests who took part in the shoot.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a quick guide to all the celebrity guests you might have missed in the Confessions II film\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, the first face we see in the Confessions II film is Madonna herself.<\/span><\/p>\n This marks the first music video she\u2019s appeared in since 2024, when she teamed up with The Weeknd<\/span> on Popular, taken from his TV show The Idol.<\/span><\/p>\n While The Idol may have gone down like a lead balloon with critics and viewers, Popular itself proved much more\u2026 well\u2026 popular, becoming Madonna\u2019s first top 10 single in the UK in 15 years<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n Confessions II\u2019s first surprise cameo comes at the beginning of the Bring Your Love segment, when Madonna suddenly transitions into Julia Garner<\/span>, sporting her own take on the Grammy winner\u2019s iconic Jean-Paul Gaultier conical bras.<\/span><\/p>\n Madonna and Julia already have a well-established connection, as the Weapons<\/span> actor was due to play the pop pioneer<\/a> in a now-cancelled film biopic and, later, a stalled Netflix series inspired by the star\u2019s life.<\/span><\/p>\n While this project is seemingly still in development purgatory, the two stars are due to share the screen in the second season of Seth Rogen\u2019s The Studio<\/a>, which is expected to poke fun at the troubled production.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n Bring Your Love then introduces Sabrina Carpenter<\/span>, a featured artist on the track, who sports a matching outfit to Madonna.<\/span><\/p>\n Sabrina and Madonna premiered Bring Your Love, Confessions II\u2019s lead single, during the Please Please Please singer\u2019s headlining slot at Coachella in April<\/a>, after which it was given a full release.<\/span><\/p>\n The pop tune gave Madonna her 73rd top 40 single in the UK, having so far peaked at number 29.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n From Bring Your Love, we head to the club setting of Danceteria, inspired by the 80s New York nightspot of the same name.<\/span><\/p>\n Among the first shots in the Danceteria sequence is a string of four men standing at urinals (the scene takes place in a club bathroom, we should stress), two of whom are Chelsea footballers Jo\u00e3o Pedro and Cole Palmer.<\/span><\/p>\n Last year, Madonna made headlines when she and her boyfriend Akeem Morris attended a Chelsea game<\/a>, where Cole scored no fewer than four goals for the London-based team.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n Another of the A-listers featured in the Danceteria musical number is Kate Moss<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n She\u2019s first seen applying lipstick in the bathroom mirror, before dancing shoulder-to-shoulder with Madonna and appearing in a close-up during the lyric \u201chide the cocaine\u201d in what <\/span>may have been a playful nod to her colourful past<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n Odessa A\u2019zion<\/a> has the unenviable task of going head-to-head with Madonna when they have a minor scuffle during Danceteria.<\/span><\/p>\n The Bafta nominee is a real star on the rise right now thanks to her work in the film Marty Supreme and the TV series I Love LA as well as Stranger Things: Tales From \u201985.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n Game Of Thrones<\/span> star Gwendoline Christie<\/span> is spotted peeping over a toilet cubicle wall while Madonna and a dancer are seen getting up close and personal.<\/span><\/p>\n She and Madonna have crossed paths numerous times over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n Back in 2015, the British actor joined Madonna on stage during her Rebel Heart tour<\/a>, with the two sharing a moment together during her follow-up Madame X tour in 2020<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n YouTube<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s then a three-for-one when a trio of stars are spotted laughing it up in a toilet cubicle together, with musicians Shygirl and Arca sharing the screen with Richard E Grant.<\/span><\/p>\nMadonna<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Julia Garner<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Jo\u00e3o Pedro and Cole Palmer<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Kate Moss<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Odessa A\u2019zion<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Gwendoline Christie<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Shygirl, Arca and Richard E Grant<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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