Beyoncé has come through for the umpteenth time with her new album Renaissance, delivering 16 groovy tracks that are surely about to dominate pop charts and dance floors everywhere.
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On it, she leans heavily into house music, incorporating sounds that have been around forever, but somehow turns it into something that doesn’t really sound like anything else. Her power!
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She also appears to talk about that infamous elevator fight between Jay-Z and Solange.
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You remember. They were attending the 2014 Met Gala when Solange was caught fully attacking Jay-Z in surveillance footage that was later leaked to the press.
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At the time, there were conflicting reports about what exactly prompted the fight, but the general idea was that it had something to do with Jay-Z being disloyal to Beyoncé.
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On Lemonade, her previous studio album, Beyoncé opened up to reveal that infidelity had indeed been an issue in their relationship — something Jay-Z spoke further about on his follow-up album 4:44.
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While the two have since moved on, Beyoncé seemed to revisit the topic on Renaissance, specifically on “Cozy,” where she talks about how ride-or-die her little sister is.
She sings: “She’s a god, she’s a hero, she survived, all she been through, confident, and she lethal/ Might I suggest you don’t fuck with my sis, because she comfortable/ Comfortable in my skin, cozy with who I am.”
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If you haven’t already, you can listen to the full album on streaming services and here on Beyoncé’s YouTube channel.
