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After teasing the internet with days of cryptic hints Beyonce on Thursday announced the arrival next month of her long-awaited seventh studio album \u201cRenaissance,\u201d the megastar\u2019s first since 2016.<\/p>\n
Overnight the streaming service Tidal, a platform formerly owned by Beyonce\u2019s husband Jay-Z, announced on Twitter the album would land July 29, with rival companies Spotify and Apple tweeting the same news minutes later.<\/p>\n
Beyonce\u2019s social media accounts \u2014 which last week removed their profile photos, a sure sign that something was up \u2014 meanwhile had bios updated to read \u201cact I \u2026 RENAISSANCE.\u201d<\/p>\n
The blockbuster singer\u2019s website also showed what appeared to be a new solo album available for pre-order, along with \u201cRenaissance\u201d-related merchandise.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s news was accompanied by the announcement of a cover shoot with British Vogue that presents Queen B as a retro-futuristic glam club kid. The July 2022 issue is slated to hit newsstands June 21.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoaring vocals and fierce beats combine and in a split second I\u2019m transported back to the clubs of my youth,\u201d wrote Edward Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue who spent time at Beyonce\u2019s Los Angeles home for the story, of the star\u2019s new music. \u201cI want to get up and start throwing moves. It\u2019s music I love to my core.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c that makes you rise, that turns your mind to cultures and subcultures, to our people past and present, music that will unite so many on the dance floor, music that touches your soul.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ever the enigmatic curator of her brand, the 40-year-old Beyonce is well-known for her covert album launches, having long ago bucked the standard album promotion machine for the amplifying power of social media.<\/p>\n
In 2013 she upended the music industry\u2019s conventional wisdom in releasing her self-titled album out of the blue \u2014 to resounding success.<\/p>\n
And in 2016 she dropped a teaser of 2016\u2019s seminal work \u201cLemonade\u201d just one week before it came out.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been six years since that visual album broke the internet. Since then, Beyonce\u2019s endeavors have included collaborating with Jay-Z on 2018\u2019s \u201cEverything is Love.\u201d<\/p>\n
The following year she released \u201cHomecoming,\u201d a live album and film, which featured footage of her mythic performance at Coachella in 2018, considered among the festival circuit\u2019s most iconic sets.<\/p>\n
Her critically praised song \u201cBlack Parade\u201d \u2014 which dropped amid mass protests ignited by the police murder of George Floyd \u2014 won Beyonce her 28th Grammy, making her the winningest woman ever at the music industry\u2019s top awards gala, and its most decorated singer.<\/p>\n
That song was eventually added to 2019\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King: The Gift,\u201d a companion album to the Disney remake of the film that Beyonce contributed to and curated.<\/p>\n
In an interview in August 2021 with Harper\u2019s Bazaar, Beyonce suggested new music was on the way and hinted at her forthcoming album\u2019s title, saying that \u201cI feel a renaissance emerging.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been in the studio for a year and a half,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cSometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare. One chorus can have up to 200 stacked harmonies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStill, there\u2019s nothing like the amount of love, passion, and healing that I feel in the recording studio. After 31 years, it feels just as exciting as it did when I was nine years old,\u201d the star continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, the music is coming!\u201d<\/p>\n
AFP<\/p>\n
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