What really caused Madonna and daughter Lourdes’ ‘tense’ relationship — and why she is still singing about Sean Penn

At nearly 68, Madonna looks like she will elbow past Gen-Z hitmakers Olivia Rodrigo and Ella Langley to have the #1 Billboard album this coming week.

And she did it by getting more personal than ever in the lyrics for “Confessions on a Dance Floor Part II,” with songs believed to be about her late brother, stepmother, a...