Beyoncé hasn’t released a solo studio album since former President Donald Trump was campaigning to be president.
Beyoncé has announced that she is releasing a new single called „Break My Soul“—and fans only have a matter of hours before they get to hear it. The chart-topping singer, 40, last week revealed that she was set to be releasing a new project, since widely reported to be a 16-track album, called Renaissance. And as fans eagerly await the July 29 arrival of the album, the Texas native is whetting their collective appetite with the lead single off the project. Having already announced the album’s release date via her social media bios, Beyoncé leaned on the unusual news-sharing method once again on Monday morning, with an update to her profile reading „BREAK MY SOUL midnight ET.“
While the track’s release has already excited her devoted fans, the single’s arrival will be momentous from a musical standpoint, as it is her first solo studio album’s lead single in more than six years. Her last full-length studio album, Lemonade, was released in April 2016, with „Formation“ dropping as the lead single two months beforehand. When the single was released, former President Donald Trump was in full swing on his ultimately successful presidential campaign. On its release, „Formation“ was lauded for its unabashed social justice overtones, leading fans to anticipate an album filled with tracks that would become political anthems. However, listeners‘ ears were unexpectedly drawn to the usually private star’s powerhouse warbling about her relationship with husband Jay-Z on Lemonade (the relentless guessing concerning the identity of „Becky with the good hair“ on the track „Sorry“ immediately springs to mind).
