
( Renaissance is set to drop on July 29.) Beyoncé famously dropped her self-titled fifth album in December 2013 with no warning, then debuted Lemonade via an HBO special that was shrouded in secrecy before its release. The Renaissance reveal also came with a major surprise: a release date. I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half.”


“I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. “With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love and laugh again,” Beyoncé told Harper’s Bazaar in August 2021, answering a question about when listeners could expect new music. She later released 2018’s Everything Is Love with her husband, Jay-Z, following it up with two projects in 2019: her Homecoming live album and The Lion King: The Gift, which also featured Kendrick Lamar, Burna Boy, Childish Gambino and more.Īfter the “Formation” songstress announced Renaissance, fans realized that she may have dropped a hint about the album’s title more than one year prior. The Texas native’s last solo studio album was Lemonade, which debuted in April 2016. Her mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, also “liked” an Instagram post about an art change on Beyoncé’s website.

The “Drunk in Love” singer had previously wiped her Instagram account, leading observers to guess that she would soon start promoting a new album. The Grammy winner, 40, announced Renaissance on Thursday, June 16, days after fans began speculating that a new project was in the works. Beyoncé is finally gearing up to release her seventh solo album - and it’s coming much sooner than you think.
