Three hours earlier than the introduced launch time of her new single, Beyoncé surprise-dropped “Break My Soul,” the primary single from her forthcoming seventh solo studio album “Renaissance,” and it’s the Bey jam followers have been ready for: A driving dance monitor co-produced by the “Single Ladies” group of Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, with a plinking, insistent hook, a scorching beat and periodic exhortations from Big Freedia.
“Release your anger, release your mind/ Release your job, release the time/ Release your trade, release the stress/ Release the love, forget the rest.”
Also within the writing credit are Jay-Z, Adam Pigott (a.ok.a BlaqNmilD, who’s labored with Drake, Quavo, Megan Thee Stallion and plenty of others), Freddie Ross, a.ok.a Big Freedia, and the writers of Robin S’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love,” which is prominently sampled within the music.
For her half, Bey is on message with each her return and the disco theme of the music: The title is flipped by saying “You won’t break my soul,” and a press release of intent follows:
“I’mma let down my hair ’cause I lost my mind
Bey is back and I’m sleeping real good at night
The queen’s in the front and the Dom’s in the back
Ain’t taking no flicks but the whole clique snapped.”
It’s full of dancefloor-friendly strains like: “Motivation/ I’m looking for a new foundation/ I’m on that new vibration/ I’m building my own foundation” and a repeated exhortation of “Everybody.”
In an obvious slight to main streaming companies like Spotify and Apple Music, the music initially appeared solely on Tidal — the streaming service co-owned by Beyoncé’s husband, Jay-Z — three hours earlier than its introduced launch time of midnight ET, and on Vevo/YouTube an hour or so later. Beyonce has a historical past of this: Her 2016 “Lemonade” album was obtainable solely on Tidal for 3 years, a transfer that probably value her hundreds of thousands in streaming royalties.
Beyoncé introduced early Thursday that the long-expected album will probably be arriving on July 29.
The singer sounded the alarm that one thing was coming earlier this month, when she wiped her social media accounts, which, as proof by the shortage of profile photos, nonetheless haven’t been absolutely repopulated.
Beyoncé really has launched 4 albums since her blockbuster 2016 outing “Lemonade,” though none of them are full Beyoncé solo albums.
In 2018, she dropped “Everything Is Love,” a tag-team with husband Jay-Z below the title The Carters; in April of 2019, she launched “Homecoming,” an album of her galvanizing 2018 headlining efficiency at Coachella, for which she was accompanied by a full marching band (which was additionally launched as a Netflix particular as a part of a $60 million deal; and that summer season she adopted with “The Lion King: The Gift,” a companion album to the Disney movie that featured a number of new songs from her — that includes contributions from Kendrick Lamar, Donald Glover and others — in addition to songs that includes 070 Shake, Tierra Whack and African artists like Burna Boy, Mr. Eazi, Tiwa Savage and others; a deluxe version of that album that includes three extra tracks was launched a yr later.