Music Beyoncé 2023 What will Beyoncé give us in 2023? I don’t want to ask for too much. We got a whole album in 2022, and it was another masterpiece, naturally. Renaissance made practically every “best” list of the year, with excellent sales and streaming numbers, and all kinds of nominations… although By Lainey • Jan 03, 2023 12:24 pm
Music An Invitation from Beyoncé As mentioned yesterday in What Else?, the Hive was buzzing yesterday just after 3pm, when we all checked our inboxes and saw that we had an invitation from Beyoncé: And by “all”, I mean those of us who subscribe to Beyonce.com, obvs. So our phones were blowing up, and By Lainey • Dec 16, 2022 11:38 am
TV Updates Intro for December 15, 2022 Dear Gossips, Netflix released volume two of Harry & Meghan today and… well… that’s the big story. I’m almost finished the final episode and I’ll have more to say later but right now, let’s just talk about my favourite part. Which is… The Beyoncé part, OBVIOUSLY. By Lainey • Dec 15, 2022 09:35 am
Music Intro for November 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, Tomorrow marks five months since the sovereign Beyoncé released her latest masterpiece, Renaissance. “Break My Soul” was a major summer anthem. “Cuff It” became a social media anthem as people continue to do the dance challenge on TikTok. And yet. We are days away from the last month By Lainey • Nov 28, 2022 09:40 am
Music Intro for October 24, 2022 Dear Gossips, First of all, she was seen this weekend. And by she, obviously I mean Beyoncé. That alone is newsworthy. She attended the WACO Theatre Wearable Art Gala this weekend, in support of the organisation co-founded by Miss Tina and Richard Lawson that amplifies Black art and promotes the By Lainey • Oct 24, 2022 09:26 am
Beyoncé Beyoncé says Goodbye to Serena Williams, with Love In you were watching the VMAs Sunday night on the American MTV feed you were among the first to see a new Gatorade commercial paying tribute to Serena Williams legacy in tennis, narrated by none other than Beyoncé. Now, there was a time when Beyoncé was doing endorsement deal after By Cody • Aug 29, 2022 08:33 am
Music Intro for August 25, 2022 Dear Gossips, The MTV VMAs are happening this Sunday, August 28 with LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow as “emcees”. The reason that’s in quotations is because MTV is making a point of not calling them “hosts”: “This year’s ceremony will take a new and unique By Lainey • Aug 25, 2022 09:31 am
Music Beyoncé: The Queens Weekend I got home early enough on Friday afternoon to take a nap before working out and heading to dinner with friends. Sleeping is my superpower – I can nap anywhere, anytime, and for a long ass period of time. I often wake up from a nap to find out that it’ By Lainey • Aug 08, 2022 12:02 pm
Music Beyoncé is a tease It’s been a week since RENAISSANCE – how are we all doing? Has she been f-cking up your nights? For me it’s been night and day. RENAISSANCE is my soundtrack to everything right now. It’s in the car to and from work. It’s in the car on By Lainey • Aug 05, 2022 11:52 am
Music Kelis: Pharrell is not immune Earlier this week Beyoncé announced that she has pulled the sample of Kelis’ legendary anthem “Milkshake” from the end of her “Energy” track off her most recent studio album RENAISSANCE. According to Rolling Stone, Tidal and Apple have appeared to have “removed an interpolation of “Milkshake” that appeared at the By Melayna • Aug 04, 2022 12:22 pm
Music Intro for August 2, 2022 Dear Gossips, “Beyoncé moves with intention” – I keep quoting this statement by music and culture expert Taylor Crumpton in my coverage of Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE because there are so many layers and layers to just how f-cking intentional she is. Renaissance means revival, a renewal, and this no doubt applies By Lainey • Aug 02, 2022 09:47 am
Music Kelis speaks up Beyoncé’s latest album, Renaissance, has officially dropped. And for the most part, it’s getting rave reviews. But there’s a sideshow happening casting a grey cloud over the highly-anticipated album release. And it’s causing quite the storm. Kelis, a singer-turned-chef, took to social media Thursday night, before By Stephanie • Jul 29, 2022 11:52 am
Music Beyoncé: CLUB RENAISSANCE is open A few hours before the release of Beyoncé’s RENAISSANCE last night, her label, Parkwood, released a statement confirming that there will be NO VISUALS, for now, to accompany the album. “The originator of the visual album format, and the preeminent visual artist, decided to lead without visuals giving fans By Lainey • Jul 29, 2022 10:22 am
Music Intro for July 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, As I said yesterday in What Else?, I did not listen to the Beyoncé leaks, didn’t even try to find them. I’m not entirely innocent, though, because I did check online to find out more about the 28-page booklet that comes with the CD. I am By Lainey • Jul 28, 2022 09:35 am
Music Intro for July 26, 2022 Dear Gossips, We are now three days from the beginning of a new era. The RENAISSANCE will arrive in three days … are you ready? Beyoncé, the new album, July 29 – at which point she will take over ALL the timelines. I’m actually considering opening the site that morning with By Lainey • Jul 26, 2022 09:38 am
Music Beyoncé is “That Girl” I posted about Beyoncé in the site open yesterday, looking ahead to the release of her new album, RENAISSANCE, and everything we don’t actually know about anything. Later on, Beyoncé gave us the tracklist on Instagram stories… https://twitter.com/BeyLegion/status/1549851335159422978?s=20&t=p8DficqbXeuSPA0oxsxuYg …so By Lainey • Jul 21, 2022 10:33 am
