Madonna is back on the dance floor.
The pop star, 67, released the film for her upcoming album “Confessions II” on YouTube today, and Dolce & Gabbana dressed her — and the entire cast — for the occasion.
The 13-minute project follows Madonna from a solitary apartment through a forest where dancers writhe in tattered underwear, onto a packed dance floor and a celebrity-filled club bathroom.
The Italian brand reached back into its archives for the job, dressing Madonna in a bejeweled top from its fall 1991 collection for her dance-floor face-off with Sabrina Carpenter set to their duet “Bring Your Love.”
Carpenter crawls through the crowd in black lace, while Julia Garner — who was cast to play Madonna in a biopic that has been in limbo for many years — joins the fray in a cone bra, an homage to one of the most recognizable looks in pop history.
The partnership between the pop icon and Dolce & Gabbana dates back more than 30 years to when the label designed the wardrobe for her 1993 “The Girlie Show” world tour.
Later, for the bathroom scene set to “Danceteria,” Madonna changes into a slick dress in clear PVC and pale blue satin with a peek of black bra underneath, a nod to the dress she wore on her 1998 “Ray of Light” album cover.
“Danceteria” is inspired by the now-shuttered New York club where a young Madonna once hustled DJs to play her demos, and the visual is a blur of starry cameos.
Kate Moss shows up in a leather jacket and dress, Odessa A’zion sips a martini in sequined pasties and a garter belt before bumping into Madonna, and Benedict Cumberbatch, Debi Mazar, Gwendoline Christie, Richard E. Grant and DJ Honey Dijon crowd the stalls.
Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon — revealed as one of the camera-toting, lingerie-clad women who’ve been pursuing her mother throughout the film — gets the last word.
The project, directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (the duo known as TORSO), premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Friday, days after Madonna stopped traffic with a surprise concert in Times Square to kick off Pride Month.
“Confessions II” — the album, a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor” — arrives July 3, and Madonna has teased tour plans for the new music, though she said a Vegas residency is off the table.
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