The Birth of ‘Confessions II’: Producer Stuart Price Breaks Down Madonna’s Instant Classic

Producer Stuart Price says touring with Madonna laid the groundwork for their creative partnership and for the albums they later made together. Their renewed work on the 2023–24 Celebration Tour led Madonna to ask him back into the studio for Confessions II, whose sound draws on dance music and whose songs reflect events in her personal life.

Price traces their collaboration to the 2001 Drowned World Tour, where Madonna built the show around his minimalist electronic approach, and the 2004 Re-Invention Tour, which developed into writing new songs. He says the pair’s live work involved adapting to changing venues and mixing the band like a DJ; the interview also discusses the mixtapes and house influences behind the sequel album.