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<\/a>An explicit celebration of Blackness, \u201cCOZY\u201d is the mantra of a woman who has nothing to prove to anyone\u2014\u201cComfortable in my skin\/Cozy with who I am,\u201d \u201d Beyonc\u00e9 muses on the chorus. And on \u201cPURE\/HONEY,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 immerses herself in ballroom culture, incorporating drag performance chants and a Kevin Aviance sample on the first half that give way to the disco-drenched second half, cementing the song as an immediate dance-floor favorite. It\u2019s the perfect lead-in to the album closer \u201cSUMMER RENAISSANCE,\u201d which propels the dreamy escapist disco of Donna Summer\u2019s \u201cI Feel Love\u201d even further into the future.
\nRENAISSANCE<\/p>\n
Unique, strong, and sexy\u2014that\u2019s how Beyonc\u00e9 wants you to feel while listening to RENAISSANCE. Crafted during the grips of the pandemic, her seventh solo album is a celebration of freedom and a complete immersion into house and dance that serves as the perfect sound bed for themes of liberation, release, self-assuredness, and unfiltered confidence across its 16 tracks. RENAISSANCE is playful and energetic in a way that captures that Friday-night, just-got-paid, anything-can-happen feeling, underscored by reiterated appeals to unyoke yourself from the weight of others\u2019 expectations and revel in the totality of who you are.<\/p>\n
From the classic four-on-the-floor house moods of the Robin S.- and Big Freedia-sampling lead single \u201cBREAK MY SOUL\u201d to the Afro-tech of the Grace Jones- and Tems-assisted \u201cMOVE\u201d and the funky, rollerskating disco feeling of \u201cCUFF IT,\u201d this is a massive yet elegantly composed buffet of sound, richly packed with anthemic morsels that pull you in.<\/p>\n
There are soft moments here, too: \u201cI know you can\u2019t help but to be yourself around me,\u201d she coos on \u201cPLASTIC OFF THE SOFA,\u201d the kind of warm, whispers-in-the-ear love song you\u2019d expect to hear at a summer cookout\u2014complete with an intricate interplay between vocals and guitar that gives Beyonc\u00e9 a chance to showcase some incredible vocal dexterity. \u201cCHURCH GIRL\u201d fuses R&B, gospel, and hip-hop to tell a survivor\u2019s story: \u201cI’m finally on the other side\/I finally found the extra smiles\/Swimming through the oceans of tears we cried.\u201d<\/p>\n
An explicit celebration of Blackness, \u201cCOZY\u201d is the mantra of a woman who has nothing to prove to anyone\u2014\u201cComfortable in my skin\/Cozy with who I am,\u201d \u201d Beyonc\u00e9 muses on the chorus. And on \u201cPURE\/HONEY,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 immerses herself in ballroom culture, incorporating drag performance chants and a Kevin Aviance sample on the first half that give way to the disco-drenched second half, cementing the song as an immediate dance-floor favorite. It\u2019s the perfect lead-in to the album closer \u201cSUMMER RENAISSANCE,\u201d which propels the dreamy escapist disco of Donna Summer\u2019s \u201cI Feel Love\u201d even further into the future.<\/p>\n
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