{"id":486088,"date":"2026-06-06T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/486088\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:50:11","slug":"madonna-reveals-release-date-for-star-studded-confessions-ii-the-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/486088\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna reveals release date for star-studded Confessions II \u2013 The Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madonna has announced that the star-studded visual film for her upcoming record Confessions II will be released next week.<\/p>\n<p>The US popstar announced the news ahead of the world premiere of Confessions II \u2013 The Film at the annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The film, directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (Torso), is a cinematic presentation \u201cthat gives physicality\u201d to her upcoming album which will be released on July 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old star shared a poster for the film, which sees her suspended from the ceiling and hanging upside down with a red filter over the dramatic image.<\/p>\n<p>Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard E Grant and Archie Madekwe, model Kate Moss and actresses Julia Garner and Odessa A\u2019zion\u00a0are among the stars named on the poster, as well as Madonna\u2019s daughter Lourdes Leon.<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities listed include actresses Gwendoline Christie and Debi Mazar, DJs Honey Dijon and Shygirl, and two professional footballers \u2013 Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro.<\/p>\n<p>The chart-topper \u2013 known for hits including Like A Prayer and Vogue \u2013 told her 20.2 Instagram followers: \u201cConfessions II The Film has arrived. June 8th, 11am EST only on @YouTube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 10-minute film is built around the first six tracks of Madonna\u2019s upcoming album according to the Tribeca Film Festival website, including her latest releases I Feel So Free and Bring Your Love \u2013 which features pop star Sabrina Carpenter.<\/p>\n<p>It is also described as unfolding the tracks \u201cas a single, continuous piece, weaving together interconnected, music-driven sequences into an immersive cinematic experience\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The film comes ahead of the release of her highly-anticipated 15th studio album, which is a sequel to her Grammy-winning 2005 record Confessions On A Dancefloor.<\/p>\n<p>It marks her first studio album in almost seven years, since Madame X in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/madonna-shakira-and-bts-to-headline-world-cup-final-half-time-show-1899744.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/madonna-shakira-and-bts-to-headline-world-cup-final-half-time-show-1899744.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-80000557.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Madonna, Shakira And Bts To Headline World Cup Final Half-Time Show\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Sport<\/p>\n<p>Madonna, Shakira and BTS to headline World Cup final half-time show<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The original Confessions On A Dancefloor is known for its nightclub music and hits such as Sorry and Hung Up, and is considered to be one of her best albums, along with Like A Prayer and Ray Of Light.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran popstar launched her career in the 1980s and has since achieved global success, having had 13 UK number one singles and 12 number one albums.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna has also won many accolades throughout her decades-long career, including seven Grammys and two Brit Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madonna has announced that the star-studded visual film for her upcoming record Confessions II will be released next&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-486088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}