Madonna Returns To The Dance Floor
Photo Credit: Rafael Pavarotti
Madonna announced today her eagerly anticipated new album Confessions II is set for release on July 3rd via Warner Records.
The new album is the continuation of the iconic counterpart Confessions on a Dance Floor.
Ahead of the lead single, Madonna unveiled the first taste of music with a trancelike visual teaser.
Madonna sums up her new record best by quoting the first few lines of her song, One Step
Away.
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.
Madonna adds: “When Stuart Price and I first started working on this record, this was our
manifesto”:
We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies. These are things that we’ve been doing for
thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic
space. It’s a place where you connect
—with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and
connecting to a community of like-minded people.
Sound, light, and vibration
Reshape our perceptions
Pulling us into a trance-like state.
The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it.
Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.
CONFESSIONS II
Executive produced by Madonna and Stuart Price
Creative Direction: Raw Materials by IB Kamara
Art Director: Gareth Wrighton
Photography: Rafael Pavarotti
Styling: IB Kamara with Rita Melssen
Assistants: Sasha Harris Joe Lokko Andra-Amelia Buhai
Set Design: Mary Howard
Hair: Eugene Souleiman
Make Up: Marcelo Gutierrez
Creative Consultant: Rita Melssen
Talent Creative Consultant: Ricardo Gomes
Album Artwork Graphics: Special Offer.inc
Creative Direction Representation: New School Represents
Production: Ragi Dholakia Productions
From a press release by Warner Records.
