Only Beyoncé might efficiently pull consideration away from Taylor Swift and the 2024 Super Bowl.
On Sunday night time, Verizon aired a Super Bowl business that featured an thrilling announcement from Beyoncé: new music is on the way in which.
The intricate, self-referencing commercial noticed Beyoncé playfully put on quite a lot of totally different hats, showing as a live-streaming gamer, an AI robotic and at the same time as a candidate for Beyoncé of the United States (BOTUS).
In the top, the advert led Beyoncé followers to a much-anticipated announcement.
“OK, they ready — drop the new music. I told y’all the Renaissance is not over,” Beyoncé revealed within the advert.
Separately on her social media pages, the singer mentioned her new album Act II, a follow-up to her 2022 album Renaissance, will probably be launched on March 29.
Beyoncé additionally launched two new songs after the Verizon advert aired, Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages, each of which function a country-esque twang.
A promotional video for Texas Hold ‘Em confirmed Beyoncé driving by the state whereas onlookers gawked at a billboard promoting the only.
The anticipated album is extensively believed to be country-inspired.
In Texas Hold ‘Em, Beyoncé references her house state and quite a lot of nation music tropes, together with whisky, hoedowns and dive bars.
“This ain’t Texas / Ain’t no hold ’em / So lay your cards down, down, down, down,” Beyoncé sings over acoustic guitars.
16 Carriages, a way more sombre and emotional nation tune, hears Beyoncé croon about her life and profession within the leisure world.
“At 15, the innocence was gone astray / Had to leave my home at an early age / I saw Mama prayin’, I saw Daddy grind / All my tender problems, had to leave behind,” Beyoncé sings.
Fans of Beyoncé have been anticipating Act II since Renaissance was first launched in 2022. At the time, Beyoncé teased the musical endeavour as a “three-act project.”
Beyoncé, who has lengthy since been a musical chameleon, has already ventured into quite a lot of totally different genres together with pop, R&B and home music.
Though Renaissance was a sweeping ballroom-inspired album, Beyoncé followers on-line at the moment are donning their cowboy hats to say “Yee-haw!”
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