Beyoncé does onstage throughout the “RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR” at MetLife Stadium on July 29, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Kevin Mazur/WireImage
From the minute Beyoncé introduced her 2022 cd Renaissance, she made it clear that the job was just the start of a multi-act body of job. And currently, after maintaining followers waiting practically 2 years for a follow-up, the 42-year-old super star has actually lastly introduced that Act II gets on its means.
True to Bey style, the “Halo” vocalist unloaded the information with essentially no previous caution. While she was delicately taking pleasure in the 2024 Super Bowl with Jay-Z in Las Vegas Feb. 11, followers throughout the globe were going crazy over the Act II statement that all at once went survive her socials (yet extra on that particular later).
Once it gets here, Act II will certainly note Bey’s 8th workshop document. It’ll likewise contend to become her 8th straight No. 1 cd on the Billboard 200, as all 7 of her previous LPs have actually debuted atop the graph — from 2003’s Dangerously in Love to Renaissance.
And as thrilled as the Hive is to go into the Act II period, Renaissance is definitely a hard one to leave. The cd discovered the previous Destiny’s Child participant accepting a totally brand-new audio motivated by electro-house songs, taking a trip the globe on her record-breaking Renaissance Tour and making a tremendous 4 Grammys at the 2023 honors — ideal dancing cd, ideal dance/electronic recording for “Break My Soul,” ideal typical R&B efficiency for “Plastic Off the Sofa” and ideal R&B track for “Cuff It” — after which she ended up being the winningest musician in Recording Academy background.
More info regarding Act II will certainly be available in due time. But in the meantime, see every little thing we understand regarding the cd up until now listed below.
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The Verizon Partnership
The Act II period was substantiated of an action-packed Verizon industrial that broadcast throughout the 2024 Super Bowl program. At the actual end, Bey teased, “OK, they ready … drop the new music.”
Shortly after the advertisement went live, the super star verified the Act II launch day on Instagram.
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The Release Date
Act II will certainly show up March 29, Beyoncé verified in a Texas-themed Instagram video clip plain mins after her Verizon industrial broadcast.
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The Lead Singles
On the very same day as the Super Bowl, Bey went down not one, yet 2 country-tinged lead songs for Act II — “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.” Both tracks premiered on Tidal prior to making their means to YouTube and various other streaming solutions.
“This ain’t Texas/ Ain’t no hold ’em/ So lay your cards down, down, down, down,” she sings on the initial track. “Come pour some sugar on me, honey too/ It’s a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown.”
On “16 Carriages,” she regrets, “Sixteen carriages drivin’ away/ While I watch them ride with my dreams away/ To the summer sunset on a holy night/ On a long black road, all the tears I fight.”
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She’s Going Country
Though she’s dipped her toes right into the style prior to (see: “Daddy Lessons”), Bey appears to be completely accepting nation on Act II. At the very least, that’s what the audio of the job’s lead songs recommends.
In reality, “Texas Hold ‘Em” marks the Ivy Park mogul’s initial track to be formally advertised on nation radio. It’s likewise her initial access on the Billboard Country Airplay graph (dated Feb. 24), debuting at No. 54.
