Mere seconds after starring alongside Emmy-winning actor Tony Hale in a hilarious Verizon business throughout Tremendous Bowl 2024, Beyoncé has lastly revealed the second act of the three-act mission she introduced again in 2022.
On Sunday (Feb. 11), the “Cuff It” singer posted a mysterious teaser to her official Instagram web page. Within the video, an unidentified lady — presumably Beyoncé herself — begins up a automotive with a license plate that reads “Texas Maintain ‘Em.” The girl drives the automotive down an empty highway earlier than the clip then cuts to a bunch of males staring incredulously on the sky. The main focus of their stares? A billboard cutout of a crimson lingerie-clad Beyoncé lounging in a seductive pose.
“This ain’t Texas,” she croons over finger-picked guitars within the background. “Ain’t no maintain ’em/ So lay our playing cards down, down, down, down.” The clip then cuts to a black display that reads “Act II, 3.29.”
Queen Bey’s official web site sports activities the identical teaser, in addition to the identical date of March 29. Below the positioning’s music tab, a piece for Act II consists of empty credit part, clear and specific tabs, and two monitor titles — “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” that are listed because the document’s opening two tracks, respectively. Each tracks at the moment are out there to stream on TIDAL and YouTube.
Between the references to her house state of Texas and the nation sound of the brand new music snippet, it appears to be like like followers have been onto one thing with their idea that Beyoncé’s subsequent LP will discover her delving into nation music. The still-untitled Act II is the follow-up to Renaissance. That album, Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio effort, debut atop the Billboard 200, spawned a pair of Billboard Sizzling 100 prime 10 hits — “Break My Soul” (No. 1) and “Cuff It” (No. 6) — and soundtracked the historic Renaissance World Tour, which grossed over $579 million.
Take a look at Beyoncé’s new Act II teaser and songs under: