Queen B, queen of pop music and R&B of the second millennium, is back. Beyoncé promised an album cut for the dance floors, with its first title Break My Soul, published June 21, 2022. The promise is kept. His seventh studio album is an uninterrupted series of titles paying tribute to all the currents of electronic music of the 1980s and 1990s.
The expectation was such that Renaissance had leaked on Wednesday July 27, two days before its official release due to the error of a French supermarket which had placed its CD too quickly in the bins. Error quickly rectified but hiccup in the marketing strategy of this world star, who had not let go of journalists except the magazine Vogue whose she had granted a photo session focused on fashion or her own record company. Its millions of fans quickly took to social media, demanding that we respect the official release on July 29 at midnight.
Recorded during the Covid-19 pandemic, Renaissance wants to be a remedy for depressive states, negative thoughts, a call to ” let go “, she said in the Instagram post where she revealed the cover of her record on June 30, sitting half-naked on a translucent horse. “My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgement, she wrote… A place to scream, to break free, to feel freedom. It was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope this will inspire you to let go. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong and sexy as you are. »
40-year-old “Party girl, girl”
On the introductory track, I’m That Girl, produced by Mike Dean, she explains in a tone of confidence the approach of her disc, recalling that she does not need drugs to have fun. The fifteen pieces that follow, in fact, embody the state of mind that “party girl, girl” 40 years old, mother of three children, wife of rapper and businessman Jay-Z, and artist who with each album redefines the contours of pop culture, injecting into it her own feminist convictions. Cozy, is the perfect example: it is a hymn to the London garage scene, which at the end of the 1990s mixed R & B, American house and dub step from the eastern districts of the English capital. To this mesmerizing music she recalls how she feels ” Good Feel “. As in the raves, the voice of a DJ, who claims to direct everything from his cabin, calls not to leave the dancefloor and taking a sensual voice à la Donna Summer, Beyonce sings a very egotrip chorus between song and rap: “Unique is what you are. I’m too classy for this world”
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