Queen Bey is back and fans just cannot keep calm!
Marking her first musical release in two years, singer-actress Beyoncé sent fans into a tizzy when she dropped her new single “Morning Dew (Donk)”.
Written by the Grammy-winning artist herself in collaboration with Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, and Darius Dixon, the track starts a 60-day countdown to the 20th anniversary of Beyoncé’s 2006 studio album “B'DAY”.
Parkwood Entertainment says the drop is a special "direct nod" to BeyHive, the fiercely loyal and massive global fanbase of Beyoncé.
The statement added, "The song, which will be included on the 20th Anniversary edition of B'DAY, arrives accompanied by a lyric video that repurposes old footage, directed by frequent collaborator, Cliff Watts."
“B'DAY” originally debuted globally on September 4, 2006 and was released in the US a day later. The album sold over 5 lakh copies in its first week.
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While the new release has fuelled speculation about the singer's long-awaited third act in her musical trilogy, fans continue to await official confirmation regarding the next chapter of her “Renaissance” and “Cowboy Carter” era project.
Beyoncé’s publicist Yvette Noel-Schure recently dismissed online rumours suggesting that "Act III" would be released this summer. Responding to a fan post on X, she wrote, "This is unequivocally false!!"
For the unversed, Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” (2022) and “Cowboy Carter” (2024) are the first two parts of a planned musical trilogy. “Renaissance” honours Black queer pioneers of house and disco, while “Cowboy Carter” reclaims and reimagines Americana by centring Black artists in the country and Western genres. The highly anticipated third act of the singers 3-act pandemic project remains unreleased, with widespread industry speculation and fan theories pointing to a rock-and-roll album that spotlights the genre's Black origins.
Beyoncé, who shares daughter Blue Ivy, 14, and twins Rumi and Sir, 9, with husband Jay-Z, has previously described the trilogy as a deeply personal project created during the pandemic. "This three-act project was recorded over three years during the pandemic. A time to be still, but also a time I found to be the most creative,” she wrote in 2022.
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