Charli xcx and Madonna prove the 'dance floor is not dead' as they party together in Paris
Charli xcx and Madonna well and truly proved that the "dance floor is not dead".
Madonna and Charli xcx put to bed feud rumours as they spent several hours partying together in Paris.
After the 33-year-old star declared in the song Rock Music that "the dance floor is dead," Madonna, who is releasing the dance album Confessions II soon, posted a series of disco‑themed images on Instagram with a caption many fans saw as a direct clapback.
She wrote: “If your Dance Floor feels dead Maybe you’re playing the wrong music (sic)."
However, the pair silenced the speculation as they sat side by side, smoked cigarettes, and hugged at the Saint Laurent menswear spring/summer 2027 fashion show on Tuesday (23.06.26).
They were later seen behind the DJ booth dancing to Madonna's hits Thief of Hearts and Hung Up at the after-party.
It comes hot off the heels of Charli clearing up that she doesn't believe the "dance floor is dead" after all.
Charli clarified that the lyric is about her album Brat, and she very much believes the dance floor is alive, especially given that her husband, George Daniel, runs a dance music label.
In a cover interview with Rolling Stone, she explained: “That lyric is very much about my relationship with Brat, and my personal experience with that album.
“My husband runs a dance-music label. There’s been such a wealth of incredible dance/electronic-adjacent records that have been coming out recently, whether it’s Slayyyter or Underscores or PinkPantheress. Dance music is in an incredible place.”
It was suggested that Charli was making a diversion into rock music with the title of the song from her forthcoming album, Music, Fashion, Film, but she insists that is not the case; in fact, she doesn't believe in genres.
Charli said: “Obviously, I know that there’s been a lot of conversation around me making a rock album, which is something that I never said.
“But to be honest, I’ve never thought about genre in a binary way. I find that to be a very old-school notion. I don’t even know what the genre is. It’s just me and A. G. Cook and Finn Keane, doing our thing.”
