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Just like TikTok didn’t truly launch until Beyoncé joined the platform, our summer hadn’t officially started until RENAISSANCE arrived. The 16-track album — Beyoncé’s seventh as a solo artist (and the first since 2016’s Lemonade) — is the beginning of a three-act project recorded over three years during the pandemic, according to the artist herself.
“Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world,” she wrote on her website. “It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom.”
Beyoncé added, “To all of my fans: I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and sexy as you are.”
And did she accomplish exactly that? These fans sure think so:
The transition between CUFF IT into ENERGY into BREAK MY SOUL. Bitch had me standing in my room the whole time like #RENAISSANCE pic.twitter.com/7F5JegYHhH
— OKAPI???????? (@traxxsh) July 29, 2022
beyoncé going to bed tonight knowing that #RENAISSANCE is one of the strongest bodies of work released this century pic.twitter.com/0BWwqNpNGk
— Azula’s Therapist (@ohgodjohnwhy) July 29, 2022
CHURCH GIRL IS FOR THE GIRLIES THAT WERE DROPPIN IT AT THE CLUB ON A SATURDAY NIGHT THEN DROPPIN AT THE ALTER ON A SUNDAY MORNING #Beyonce #Renaissance pic.twitter.com/W6xOuReJGO
— Bekkah. (@TheBekkah) July 29, 2022
Beyoncé has given us excellence, 80s disco meets retro, basking in the sun while sipping endlessly on cocktails, shimmering disco lights reflecting on our bodies as we shake dat ass. she’s giving us the total package.???? #Beyonce #RENAISSANCE pic.twitter.com/3MdJOs7HKg
— ???? x ???? (FAN ACCOUNT) (@hourlybeytan) July 29, 2022
waiting for RENAISSANCE vs. seconds after RENAISSANCE has arrived. #CLUBRENAISSANCE @Beyonce pic.twitter.com/ZgXaSNox3d
— SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) July 29, 2022
Catch songs from RENAISSANCE playing on SiriusXM Hits 1 (Ch. 2) and The Heat (Ch. 46).
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