The two new songs revealed by Queen B. are strongly tinged with country. Does this augur an eighth studio album of the same content for the Houston (Texas) native?
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During the Super Bowl halftime show led by Usher on Sunday, February 11, Beyoncé partly stole the show by broadcasting a commercial announcing the release of a new album. Baptized Renaissance: Act II, it is scheduled for March 29.
In the process, while the Super Bowl halftime was in full swing, Queen B unveiled two new songs, Texas Hold ’em And 16 Carriages. The first is very country and the second is more subtly, but both are very far from his last dance album Renaissancewith house accents, released in July 2022. This “second act” nevertheless constitutes a sequel: Beyoncé had in fact warned that RenaissanceIt was only the first of a three-act project.
Note that the beautiful 42-year-old Texan had already made a foray into country territory on her album Lemonade with the title Daddy Lessons. On the cover of Texas Hold’emBeyoncé wears a cowboy hat and appears naked below the belt, only covered with a heart-shaped mirror, which has caused a lot of ink to flow…
Are these two new tracks produced by Raphael Saadiq a reliable indication of the content of his eighth studio album? Mystery. But as a comment on his Instagram post below points out, if Act II is a country exploration, it would be to better demonstrate what country owes to African-Americans, starting with the contribution of the banjo. Only a month and a half left to wait.
