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(From left) Beyoncé and Jay-Z at the 2024 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Beyoncé is taking bets and raising them in hopes that her long-awaited next country album will make any race-related stigma in that music genre and beyond “irrelevant.”
The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer on Tuesday sleepless a new image from “Cowboy Carter,” who has called the album “act ii” from his hit 2022 album “Renaissance,” writing in the caption that his latest project “was born from an experience I had years ago in which I didn’t “I felt welcome… and it was very clear that I was not.”
“But through that experience, I delved into the history of country music and studied our rich musical archive,” Beyoncé continued, without elaborating on the experience she was referring to.
In addition to the two singles from “Cowboy Carter”, she released last month During the Super Bowl – “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” – the Houston native previously infused country sounds into her other works, including her 2016 track “Daddy Lessons.” Beyonce done that song with the Chicks at that year’s CMA Awards, and then received racist comments reaction.
“The criticism I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to overcome the limitations placed on me,” the Grammy winner wrote in her post on Tuesday. “Act II is the result of challenging myself and taking my time to mix and match genres to create this body of work.”
Marking the 10-day countdown to the release of “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé also teased some surprise collaborations on the album she has in store, writing that she “collaborated with some brilliant artists who I deeply respect.”
“This is not a country album,” he wrote at the end of his post. “This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album. This is the second act of COWBOY CARTER and I’m proud to share it with all of you!
“Cowboy Carter” will be released on March 29.