On March 29th, pop megastar Beyoncé released her eighth solo album, Cowboy Carter. It is also her first country album. known for sleek, hip-hop-inflected R&B tracks like “Crazy in Love” and “Formation,” Beyoncé has reinvented herself via banjos and Dolly Parton covers. But this is, in fact, her second reinvention in almost as many years. 2022 saw the release of Renaissance, in which Beyoncé transmuted her already club-ready sound into disco and post-disco gold. These two shifts are not isolated incidents. Rather, they form Acts I and II of what Beyoncé has promised will be a three-album project. Act III remains a mystery, for now.
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