As anticipation continues to build for Madonna’s Confessions II album, fans will be able to check it out sooner than expected.

The project is getting an early spotlight through a new partnership with iHeartRadio and TikTok, who are teaming up for an exclusive preview event ahead of the album’s Friday drop.

The “iHeartRadio and TikTok LIVE Premiere With Madonna” will air Thursday, giving audiences a global first listen one day before the album’s official release date. Fans will be able to follow along via @tiktok, @madonna and @iheartradio, while more than 200 iHeartRadio stations across the U.S. broadcast the experience.

According to a press release, the hour long stream will have Madonna, Bob the Drag Queen, longtime collaborator Stuart Price — who served as musical director and co-producer for the album, as well as the original Confessions project — and her daughter Lola Leon, who appears on the new track “The Test.” Instead of a standard interview setup, the format will use TikTok’s live tools, where viewers can engage with polls, custom reactions, Q&As and real-time audience prompts, turning the event into an interactive listening session.

Confessions II is Madonna’s 15th studio album and includes 16 songs, including collaborations with Sabrina Carpenter, Feid, Martin Garrix, Lola and Stromae. 

In April, Madonna released “I Feel So Free” as the first taste of the project. The song cemented the singer’s return to multiple Billboard charts, including Digital Song Sales, Hot Dance/Pop Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay, where it also reached No. 1 on Dance Digital Song Sales. Lead single “Bring Your Love” with Carpenter hit the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the top 10 of Hot Dance/Pop Songs, so far peaking at No. 7.

Earlier this month, Madonna offered an early glimpse at the project’s track list during the Tribeca Festival, where Confessions II —The Film debuted with six songs tied to the album: “I Feel So Free,” “Good for the Soul,” “One Step Away,” “Bring Your Love,” “Danceteria” and “Read My Lips.” The film is also now available on YouTube.

The “iHeartRadio and TikTok LIVE Premiere With Madonna” will air Thursday at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT.

Political satire, but make it jazzy. Randy Rainbow is once again using the power of song to tear into Donald Trump, this time reimagining Cole Porter‘s classic “It’s De-Lovely” to say that he thinks the president is anything but.

The parody posted Tuesday (June 30) opens with the musical comedian portraying a news correspondent, editing clips of Trump from real interviews to make it look like the pair are having a conversation. After questioning the twice-impeached POTUS about his widely opposed handling of the Iran war, the setting shifts into a jazz club as Rainbow, wearing a retro tux, breaks into a song titled “He’s De-Mented.”

“This dumbf–k tyrant seems to be the tyrant-ithesis of sanity,” he croons to the tune of Porter’s famous melody. “His screws are loose, his tangents roam/ The lights are on but no one’s home/He’s defective, he’s destructive, he’s demented.”

Rainbow — who’s made countless viral song parodies making fun of the president — goes on to change the original song’s lyrics to take aim at Trump’s old age and “decrepit” appearance. “It’s clear that Grandpa’s off his pills,” the Internet personality sings. “He can hear that bipartisan fear/ They’re united left and right: He’s in decline/ Time to resign.”

The video comes after the politician’s approval rating for the second-to-last week of June was calculated at just 34%, according to Reuters. Many of Trump’s past supporters in the conservative commentary landscape have turned against him, taking issue specifically with his approach to the conflict in Iran. Two months ago, Trump threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran failed to agree to a ceasefire deal; at press time, the U.S. is still in slowly progressing peace talks with Iran.

Watch Rainbow’s new parody above.

Tems achieves her fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “What You Need” crowns the list dated July 4.

The single climbs from the runner-up spot, reflecting its status as the most-played song on panel-contributing mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations in the United States for the June 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.

“What You Need,” released and promoted through Since 93/RCA Records, takes the summit from Rick Ross, French Montana and Max B’s “Minks in Miami,” which slips to No. 5 after its week in charge.

With the new champ, Tems claims a fourth Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay No. 1. She first topped the list in a featured role on Wizkid’s “Essence,” a 10-week leader in 2021, and followed with a pair of chart-toppers in 2022: First, when she and Drake guested on Future’s “Wait for U,” which coasted to a then-record 16 frames in charge, and via her own “Free Mind” and its two-week reign.

Elsewhere, “What You Need” improves 23-16 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart, winning the Greatest Gainer honor as the song with the biggest increase in plays for the week. Thanks to its might at the mainstream R&B/hip-hop and adult R&B formats, the track holds at No. 3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from both formats. There, despite no rank change, “What You Need” gained 12% in weekly audience, to 13.1 million for the latest tracking week.

The joint improvements, in turn, fuel the song’s ascent on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, where it rises 39-32 with 16 million in audience (up 12%).

In addition to “What You Need,” Tems enjoys a second rising title in the radio world, “Raindance,” a collaboration with Dave. The teamup lifts 7-6 on Rap Airplay, 9-8 on Rhythmic Airplay, 17-14 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, 17-16 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and 43-37 on Radio Songs.

“What You Need” is from Tems’ latest EP, Love is a Kingdom, which was released in November 2025.