After removing all images from social media, Beyoncé released cryptic pieces leading up to announcing her forthcoming LP Renaissance to be released in July 29. With the announcement, new items appeared on her website with 4 different merch boxes to include the album and the rollout continued — with Beyoncé announcing the first single “BREAK MY SOUL,” which serves as the lead single from her forthcoming seventh studio LP. The dance-ready track sees production from Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, and Beyoncé herself, and begins with a sampling of Big Freedia’s “Explode.”
Beyoncé revealed to Harper’s Bazaar that RENAISSANCE took a year and a half to create. “Sometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare. One chorus can have up to 200 stacked harmonies. Still, there’s nothing like the amount of love, passion, and healing that I feel in the recording studio.” RENAISSANCE will follow 2016’s Lemonade, 2018’s Everything Is Love (joint album with JAY Z) and The Lion King: The Gift (Soundtrack).
