Dear Gossips,
Travis Scott released his highly anticipated new album yesterday, Utopia. The album features collaborations and contributions from over a dozen big name artists… including the greatest entertainer of our time, the Queen herself, Beyoncé.
The track is called “Delresto (Echoes)” and while, as usual, because Beyoncé locks her sh-t down so tight, this was a well-guarded secret… but she did leave clues. And the Beyoncé scholars had been paying attention. Here’s the cover art for “Echoes”:
@Beyonce pic.twitter.com/xCQKR9lXTq
— TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisXX) July 28, 2023
Some of the imagery on the new song has been featured on Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour. The Beyhive picked up on it earlier this summer:
i’m thinking ‘america has a problem’
— BEY-Z (@beyzhive) June 28, 2023
- the helmet beyoncé is wearing in the teaser is called the ‘endless echo hat’
- during ‘mind control’ interlude, beyoncé reads a newspaper called the ‘echo’ moments before she performs ‘america has a problem’
- the visuals has a news strip… https://t.co/9Bkr7EZ4ku pic.twitter.com/g8CupPP4nA
Beyoncé wears “endless ECHO†hat in the teaser
— BEY-Z (@beyzhive) July 28, 2023
Beyoncé at a place called the ATLANTIS, “there’s a UTOPIA of people from all over the world on this stageâ€
“ECHOVILLE placeâ€
“the ECHO is being discussed in today’s summitâ€
“the ECHO†newspaper
Beyoncé on “ECHOES†from “UTOPIA†pic.twitter.com/T9R7BkxAfj
the COWBOY from the KNTY 4 NEWS segment appears on page “29†in “the ECHO†newspaper on the cover art of “ECHOES†pic.twitter.com/G1thWV1Nh6
— BEY-Z (@beyzhive) July 28, 2023
There are layers and layers of this.
‘the betty black tour’ on the echo has a lot to unpack
— BEY-Z (@beyzhive) July 28, 2023
we see a hockey game on the screen when beyoncé performs america has a problem
in 2006 @uofnh banned playing ram jam’s ‘black betty’ at unh hockey games after complaints from naccp deeming the song offensive to black women https://t.co/75JbxjTVy2 pic.twitter.com/MpCfgyLhcx
As someone said on one of those threads, “welcome to Mother’s mind”.
For a year now we’ve been begging her for the visuals. She’s giving us a whole tour of visuals – and homework!
Speaking of visuals though – as we have seen, Beyoncé’s tour outfits have been changing at almost every stop: custom pieces designed by so many major fashion houses and the most exciting designers in the world. From McQueen to Marine Serre, from Lanvin to Loewe, and Iris van Herpen and David Koma and Fendi and so many more. Just this week in Detroit, it was Pharrell for Louis Vuitton designing exclusively for B and Blue.
Beyoncé and Blue Ivy's @LouisVuitton costumes for last night's show in Detroit were custom designed by @Pharrell for The #RENAISSANCEWorldTour. pic.twitter.com/dFUBZmbZru
— BEYONCÉ LEGION ðš (@BeyLegion) July 27, 2023
Yes, Detroit got Blue. And they loved Blue. This is my favourite moment from her performance – Blue’s mother joining in the chants.
Beyoncé joins the BeyHive in stanning for Blue Ivy after Blue's performance tonight in #Detroit. 💜 #RWT2023 🪩
— BEYONCÉ LEGION ðš (@BeyLegion) July 27, 2023
🎫 https://t.co/gQt79tz5wy pic.twitter.com/KmH2hp8DNK
Get ready New Jersey, you’re next.
Yours in gossip,
Lainey