{"id":608434,"date":"2019-04-18T07:05:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T07:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/bey.jpg\" alt=\"Beyonce releases \u2018Homecoming\u2019 documentary, su"},"modified":"2019-04-18T07:05:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T07:05:20","slug":"beyonce-releases-homecoming-documentary-surprise-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/18\/beyonce-releases-homecoming-documentary-surprise-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonce releases &#8216;Homecoming&#8217; documentary, surprise album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/bey.jpg\" alt=\"Beyonce releases \u2018Homecoming\u2019 documentary, surprise album\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-976\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px;\">\n<div class=\"mom-ads-inner\">\n<div class=\"mom-ad\" data-id=\"1236\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px; \">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"appear\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Say-yes-to-ads-Banner-728-X-90.jpg\" alt=\"Right Below Featured Image\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When it comes to Beyonc\u00e9 releases, there is usually an element of surprise.<\/p>\n<p>The singer \u2014 who perfected the secret album drop in 2013, and has since toyed with the tactic for releases like \u201cLemonade\u201d and \u201cEverything Is Love,\u201d with her husband Jay-Z \u2014 did it again in the early morning hours Wednesday, one-upping the arrival of her own Netflix documentary, \u201cHomecoming,\u201d with a previously unannounced live-album version of the same concert.<\/p>\n<p>Both the film and the album, also titled \u201cHomecoming,\u201d capture Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s performance at last year\u2019s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in which the singer \u2014 the first black woman to headline the event \u2014 was backed by dozens of dancers and an elaborate marching band for a set that nodded to the musical legacy of historically black colleges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not likely to be a more meaningful, absorbing, forceful and radical performance by an American musician this year, or any year soon,\u201d the critic Jon Caramanica wrote of the show in The New York Times.<br \/>\u201cIt was rich with history, potently political and visually grand. By turns uproarious, rowdy, and lush. A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the concert \u2014 which was live-streamed at the time and recreated for Coachella\u2019s second weekend, but has existed only in bootleg form since \u2014 has been preserved for history in multiple mediums.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary, a Netflix exclusive billed as \u201ca film by Beyonc\u00e9,\u201d features footage from rehearsals and quieter backstage moments \u2014 \u201cthe emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement,\u201d Netflix said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Beyonc\u00e9 releases, there is usually an element of surprise. The singer \u2014 who perfected the secret album drop in 2013, and has since toyed with the tactic for releases like \u201cLemonade\u201d and \u201cEverything Is Love,\u201d with her husband Jay-Z \u2014 did it again in the early morning hours Wednesday, one-upping the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beyonce releases &#039;Homecoming&#039; documentary, surprise album - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/18\/beyonce-releases-homecoming-documentary-surprise-album\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Beyonce releases &#039;Homecoming&#039; documentary, surprise album - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"When it comes to Beyonc\u00e9 releases, there is usually an element of surprise. 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