Madonna is (finally) facing her mortality

For years, she boasted of her own indestructibility, but on her new album ‘Confessions II’, Madonna seems to be haunted by death and in mourning for the freedom of her youth. It’s a kind of vulnerability that has made her more human, and the most creatively interesting that she’s been in decades, writes Adam White

Published: July 5, 2026 5:00 am

Source: The Independent — Read original