Jayce wrote the episode, but I’m writing this… We know that we live in a world where emotions are fleeting- they roll through us like 2 second electric shock waves from distraction to distraction, but I STILL have not forgotten the night of June 5th where I sold my tickets to see Lorde at Gov Ball in exchange for a night in the presence of Madonna.
It caused 2 days of silent treatment in my home when I sold the Gov Ball tickets and a mental health check since I LOVE Lorde. But… I also LOVE Madonna and am too old to “festival” anymore. In preparing for this Bite Sized episode on Madonna we played Confessions On A Dancefloor around the clock and I danced on air reliving my MySpace days. Even in getting ready to go to the event I felt like life was better and though giving up our phones was scary for exactly 2 seconds, I instantly felt like a new human being.
I had an amazing discussion with my dear friend, David Russell, who is quite the music historian and a Madonna expert (that is the label I have given him, to be clear, he would never claim that title for himself), and I will share that talk later when Confessions II is finally released July 3. We talked about how BORING it is that there is so much that people are annoyed with about Madonna. Complaints about her age, her surgeries and her “need for relevance”… this actually bores me. The Beacon was teaming with people full of joy, acceptance, and unabashed expression. The talk was a display of Madonna’s vulnerability actually. She wasn’t a persona this night, she was a woman who had her best friend Debi Mazar in the audience with her celebrating her latest creation. This is the same woman who shut down Times Square the night before and performed in a skyscraper, for goodness sake. The woman on stage was both of these people. A full circle.
So while Lorde was inspiring one generation (maybe a couple generations) at Gov Ball, I did not regret choosing to be at the Beacon June 5th to physically feel the decades of inspiration Madonna has provided us.
The video is amazing and if you haven’t seen it yet, that’s crazy. Watch it below. You know by know that Kate Moss who looks better than ever is in the video, but it was a complete surprise to us as an audience and I screamed so loud that I scared myself when she came on the screen. Feeling that excited and young again… that was fun.
For more on Madonna’s look for Hung Up, check out my interview from waaaaaaay back with the amazing makeup artist, Gina Brooke.
00:00 Intro | Madonna Takes Over Tribeca 2026
00:28 Confessions 2 Arrives
01:29 Why Confessions Is Madonna's Masterpiece
03:20 The Making of Confessions on a Dance Floor
03:50 Why "Hung Up" Changed Pop Music
04:59 Inside the Making of the "Hung Up" Video
06:17 Madonna Filmed with Eight Broken Ribs
07:16 Why the "Hung Up" Video Is Still Iconic
07:49 Tribeca Premiere & Madonna Q&A
08:28 Inside the Beacon Theatre Experience
09:16 Madonna's Emotional Conversation
10:46 The Confessions 2 Visual Album Reaction
11:35 Final Thoughts | Will Confessions 2 Make History?
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