What\u2019s all this about a new album from Madonna? <\/p>\n
Madonna\u2019s new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor: Part II, is released on July 3rd, and is a sequel to her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. The album is her first collection of new music since 2019\u2019s Madame X.<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t she too old for this pop music lark?<\/p>\n
The revered music icon is 68 on August 16th, and, honestly, wash your potty mouth out with soap. Madonna has been an easy target for ageists and misogynists since she was, say, 40. At the release of Madame X, when she was 60, she told Vogue magazine that people have always tried to silence her, \u201cwhether it\u2019s that I\u2019m not pretty enough, I don\u2019t sing well enough, I\u2019m not talented enough, I\u2019m not married enough. And now it\u2019s that I\u2019m not young enough … now I\u2019m being punished for turning 60\u2033.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s a true survivor, isn\u2019t she?<\/p>\n
She is certainly one of the most resilient. Ever wily, Madonna made a surprise appearance last weekend at Coachella, one of the largest, trendsetting, and best-attended music festivals in the world. She performed as a surprise guest of US pop singer Sabrina Carpenter, duetting with her on her 1990 dance-pop song Vogue and her 1989 hit Like a Prayer. Madonna also debuted two new tracks: I Feel So Free, and Bring Your Love. Across two weekends (April 10th-12th and April 17th-19th), an estimated 750,000 people were in attendance. Between those numbers and the festival\u2019s high-definition live streams that attract multimillion views, Madonna\u2019s appearance was a promo plug par excellence. <\/p>\n