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ITALY - 2026/02/28: Madonna Louise Ciccone, known as Madonna (singer) arrives at the Dolce & Gabbana afterparty during the Milan Fashion Week Women's Fall/Winter 2026/2027 in Milan. (Photo by Alessandro Bremec/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Alessandro Bremec/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Madonna materialized in a spectacular veil of hot pink in Times Square late Thursday afternoon. As she tossed aside her cloak, the intro of her Confessions II single “I Feel So Free” declared, “I can be whoever I want to be,” and the star promptly instructed the crowd below to “come on, meet me on the dance floor.”
Of course, the fans packed shoulder-to-shoulder on the streets had already obliged and cheered as Madonna captivated them in the way only Madonna can. The pop icon sashayed in knee-high silver boots, satin blush stockings, and a matching corset across the elevated stage for the free Pride Month performance in partnership with the Grindr app.
MADONNA PERFORMING “I FEEL SO FREE” IN TIMES SQUARE. THAT’S HISTORY. pic.twitter.com/XMlNsonAkx
— MIRIANA on the dance floor🪩 (@mysinsmysavior) June 4, 2026
Next, Madonna debuted “Love Sensation,” the eighth track from Confessions II, the hotly anticipated sequel to her 2005 LP Confessions on a Dance Floor, set to rollout July 3. Before launching into the blissful single, she reminded everyone of why they had congregated: “Are you ready? It’s Mother!”
“People think that dance music is superficial, but they’ve got it all wrong,” Madonna previously said when announcing the forthcoming album. “The dance floor is not just a place, it’s a threshold: A ritualistic space where movement replaces language.” The 67-year-old star also offered fans another round of “Bring Your Love” and straddled a speaker box on a spinning platform flanked by backup dancers for the occasion. (Earlier this year, Madonna performed the song during Sabrina Carpenter’s stunning headlining set at Coachella, where the duo made history.)
Madonna also brought out Confessions on a Dance Floor tracks “Get Together” and, naturally, “I Love New York,” air-guitaring before a feverishly flashing red screen and as yellow taxi cabs zipped by. The singer closed out with “Hung Up,” the wildly popular dance track that samples ABBA’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”
