

However, as they all ship on the album release day, it seems likely that they are just different packages for “Act 1”. Beyoncé’s website also featured pre-orders for four different box sets for the album, billed “Pose” 1-4, which included a CD, t-shirt, and box. Country isn’t new territory for the singer: “Daddy Lessons” from 2016’s “Lemonade” is heavily twangy and was even covered by The Chicks (then known as Dixie Chicks).įans have already gathered information that suggests the album will be 16 tracks, and the fact that it’s a multi-part release is evident from the face billing it as “Act 1”. It was unclear whether the country songs will be released as a separate album or as part of the first edition of “Renaissance”. Blige, D’Angelo, Stevie Wonder, John Legend and Andra Day, as well as his own excellent solo albums, and executive produced “A Seat at the Table,” which much acclaimed 2016 album by Beyoncé’s sister Solange. Also said to be involved is Raphael Saadiq, who has written hits for Mary J. Sources tell Variety the album will feature both dance- and country-leaning tracks, the source says, with contributions from hit songwriter Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote her 2008 hit “Halo,” as well as hits for Adele, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Bros. Beyonce has a history: Her 2016 album Lemonade was only available on Tidal for three years, a move that likely cost her millions in streaming royalties.īeyonce announced early Thursday that the long-awaited album will be released on July 29th. In an apparent trifle to major streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, the song initially only appeared on Tidal - the streaming service owned by Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z - three hours ahead of its advertised release time at midnight ET and on Vevo/YouTube about one Hour later. It’s full of dancefloor-friendly lines like: “Motivation/ I’m looking for a new foundation/ I’m on that new vibration/ I’m build my own foundation” and a repeated admonition from “Everybody”. I don’t do stripes, but the whole gang is nuts.” The Queen is in the front and the Dom in the back “I’m going to let my hair down because I’ve lost my mindīey is back and I sleep really well at night For her part, Bey is fresh with both her return and the song’s disco theme: the title is flipped by saying, “You will not break my soul,” and a statement of intent follows:
