Pop Shop Podcast

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast takes you inside Madonna's invite-only star-studded Club Confessions event at The Abbey in West Hollywood, Calif. The Queen of Pop previewed unheard tracks from Confessions II, the July 3 sequel to her 2005 classic dance album Confessions on a Dance Floor. Stuart Price — the producer behind both Confessions projects — was the night's final DJ, and Madonna joined him for a surprise appearance behind the booth at the famed gay bar. Also on the pod, Keith and Katie have chart news on Olivia Rodrigo, Ella Langley and Olivia Dean, and the team also discuss the big box office earnings of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael.
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It's been less than a week since Madonna announced Confessions II, the sequel to her 2005 electro-pop dance classic Confessions On a Dance Floor. But so much has happened in the days since.

After she announced the album's July 3 release date, Madonna released "I Feel So Free" -- the first song from the project -- on Friday and then joined Sabrina Carpenter at Coachella weekend 2 to tease their potential Confessions II collab and duet on 1989's "Like a Prayer" and 1990's "Like a Prayer."

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about all the buzz around Madonna and her new album and what we could expect next ahead of the album sequel.
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Justin Bieber‘s Saturday night headlining set at Coachella might be getting mixed reviews across social media at the moment, but one thing is for sure: People are definitely talking about it.

On the new Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith talk about the active discourse around JB's Saturday night performance, especially in comparison to other headliners.

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Some of the biggest women in pop music are making some big moves this week.

On Monday alone, we got a new music video for Sabrina Carpenter's "House Tour," the latest single from Man's Best Friend, co-starring Margaret Qualley (who also co-directed) and Madelyn Cline. Then, the final trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrived alongside a nearly two-minute preview of the original track "Runway" from Lady Gaga and Doechii.

And last week, we got news that Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, will arrive on June 12. The 13-track project will reunite Rodrigo with her longtime producer Dan Nigro and is full of "sad love songs," according to the pop singer/songwriter's interview with British Vogue.
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Taylor Swift was at two of the biggest events in Los Angeles last week: the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday and the second of two Paul McCartney underplay concerts at the Fonda Theater on Saturday. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking about how Swift dominated Thursday's iHearts -- taking home seven prizes and extending her record as the winningest artist in the show's history, while also making her awards show debut with fiancé Travis Kelce -- and then popped up at the Fonda for a girls' night with the HAIM sisters on Saturday.
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