The countdown is running.
Beyoncé posted shockwaves on social media overnight as she announced that her next album, “Renaissance,” will be released on July 29th.
The long-awaited news was shared in a tweet by the Tidal music playback platform, which Queen Bey’s husband, Jay-Z, helped put on the map in 2015.
This will be Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio album. It includes 16 songs and appears to be a double album, as the tweet describes “Renaissance” as “Act I”.
Last week, Eagle Eye fans saw that the 40-year-old singer’s social media platforms had been deleted after her profile photos were removed from her YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook pages. and TikTok, which indicated that it was preparing to announce a new era.
The 28-time Grammy winner said in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar last year that the new music was on its way, saying, “I feel like a renaissance is emerging,” which was obviously a clue to the album’s title.
“With all the isolation and injustice of the last year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love and laugh again,” he told the magazine at the time.
“I feel like a renaissance is emerging and I want to be a part of encouraging this escape in any way possible.”
This will be Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio album. Getty Images for Global Citizen
Beyoncé briefly opened up about her creative process, saying that her albums often take a long time to come to life.
“Still, there’s nothing like the amount of love, passion and healing I feel in the recording studio,” he added.
Beyoncé has been open about her creative process, saying that her albums often take a while to land. Getty Images for Parkwood Entert
“After 31 years, I feel as exciting as when I was 9. Yes, music is coming.”
In the time since she released her 2016 album, “Lemonade,” the “Sorry” singer joined 52-year-old Jay-Z on her 2018 joint album, “Everything Is Love.”
Beyoncé also released an album with her husband Jay-Z in 2018. Getty Images for Parkwood Entert
In 2019, he released “Homecoming,” a concert album that gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at his iconic Coachella ensemble.
He appeared on the soundtrack of the latest Disney version of “The Lion King”.
Beyoncé said last year that she had new music on the way. Getty Images for The Recording A
In 2020, he released another visual album, titled “The Lion King: The Gift,” which was inspired by the story of the film.
Beyoncé’s catalog also includes “Dangerously in Love” from 2003, “B’Day” from 2006 and her self-titled album from 2013, which broke the Internet.