Beyoncé has formally launched Act II: Cowboy Carter, the follow-up to her Grammy-winning album Renaissance.
The album, which incorporates a 27-song tracklist, shouldn’t be solely Beyoncé’s first nation album however it’s additionally the second installment in a possible trilogy or sequence of albums starting with Renaissance.
Earlier this week, she launched the entire tracklist on her Instagram, which features a cowl of Dolly Parton’s traditional hit “Jolene,” in addition to a collaboration with style legend Willie Nelson on a music titled “Smoke Hour.” Publish Malone can also be reportedly featured on the observe “Levii’s Denims,” whereas Miley Cyrus is a visitor vocalist on “II Most Needed.”
Aside from her beforehand launched singles “16 Carriages” and “Texas Maintain ’Em,” different observe titles are “Bodyguard,” “Alligator Tears,” “Amen,” “Candy Honey Buckin” and a canopy of The Beatles’ “Blackbird.”
Final month, Parton additionally celebrated Beyoncé on social media after she grew to become the primary Black lady to have a chart-topping observe on the Billboard Sizzling Nation chart because of “Texas Maintain ’Em.” The nation icon wrote, “I’m a giant fan of Beyoncé and really excited that she’s executed a rustic album.”
Beyoncé beforehand shared what led to the creation of Cowboy Carter, which has been within the making for greater than 5 years. She wrote on Instagram earlier in March that the album spawned from her not feeling “welcomed” within the style after beforehand dealing with criticisms when she initially tried to enter the nation house.
“It was very clear that I wasn’t,” she wrote on the time. “However, due to that have, I did a deeper dive into the historical past of Nation music and studied our wealthy musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many individuals world wide, whereas additionally amplifying the voices of among the individuals who have devoted a lot of their lives educating on our musical historical past.”
The “CUFF IT” singer added, “This style compelled me to propel previous the constraints that have been placed on me. act ii is a results of difficult myself, and taking my time to bend and mix genres collectively to create this physique of labor.”
