There could be more to come from Madonna‘s ‘Confessions II’ era with the Queen of Pop having recorded eight additional songs that are yet to be released.
The pop legend returned to the top of the charts with her 15th studio album, which reunited her with ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ collaborator Stuart Price, earlier this summer, and according to the producer there are several tracks still in the vault.
Hinting the lost tunes may “find a way to present themselves” at some stage, he tells Rolling Stone: “You just never know, do you? The best thing about good songs is they never die.
“They just find a way to present themselves at the right time. And yes, I’m being cryptic, but that’s because I think that we still love this continuum idea that Confessions is really an extended moment of time that has different elements to the performance of it.”
While the LP serves as a sequel to Madge’s 2005 album, Price insists the new record isn’t nostalgic, sharing: “‘Confessions One’ is 2005, and I think looking back only gets you so far. So really you have to come up with a new spin on what that is, and I think that this is a record that defiantly looks forward.
“If ‘Confessions One’ is really about dancing as freedom, ‘Confessions II’ is much more about confrontation and acceptance … It suggests the idea of vulnerability as strength …
“Confession is associated with shame. But ‘Confessions II’ for us, it reframes that idea as actually power and strength and the courage to … the, you know, daring to share as well.”
In addition to lead single ‘Bring Your Love‘ with Sabrina Carpenter, the ‘Confessions II’ era has also delivered a series of ‘Afterhours’ collaborations with Kylie Minogue (‘Love Sensation‘) and Charli XCX (‘Danceteria‘).