Thoughts on Beyoncé's "Renaissance" (5 months later)?

[No Seas Cortes]

38 minutes ago, MIKE_INT said:

Rennai ... WHAT?

 

You don't know what Renaissance is?  

Tell me you're American without telling me you're American 

[officialmaurice]

11 hours ago, K-man said:

Where are the visuals!? If this rollout was another artist like Katy Perry or Ed Sherren we would be making fun of it or saying it’s a mess! but somehow we can’t have that energy towards B or to a certain point Adele! 

Idk where you’ve been but the webs are definitely giving her grief and calling the era a mess and a flop, over these visuals (or the lack thereof)

[Blackout2006]

12 hours ago, HisNameisChase said:

 

I feel like it's a Pintrest of ideas and has no cohesion. A lot of repetitive lyricism, too.

I can get having your own opinion but...Renaissance is inarguably one of the most cohesive records of the year. The album flows so well into each of the tracks.

[Blackout2006]

Amazing album. In fact, I've started liking it more in these past 5 months rather than the time of it's release. Aged like fine wine from the finest of gardens in France  Tracks that grew on me were Heated, MOVE, All Up In Your Mind and Pure/Honey

[Blackout2006]

@Henricus is it time that we talk about the outro of Heated?

[Blackout2006]

9 hours ago, Mr. Cavill said:

Album of the year for me. I’m currently loving me some Virgo’s Groove. 
 

Trust me, no one justifies the lack of visuals. The hive is pissed af and some lunatics have started justifying it by saying she controls the medium and that she wants us to enjoy the music bla bla. 
 

i must say that her last sentence of the message she left when she dropped the album is that we will enjoy the music for a while… It was recently revealed that there was some mess going on behind the scenes and they’re most likely planning to release the visuals and tour dates before/at Grammy’s since she’s the most nominated as that will help her attract people’s attention and especially if she wins Album of the year. Basically a marketing ploy. It’s good to see that it succeeded so much without any promo and visuals but it’s still a bummer that we didn’t get anything. Oh well… onto 2023

 

3 minutes ago, officialmaurice said:

Idk where you’ve been but the webs are definitely giving her grief and calling the era a mess and a flop, over these visuals (or the lack thereof)

Rumour has it that the second or third act of Renaissance will be a visual album so don't lose hope immediately!

She's also very smart for it because she is retaining the longevity and success of the record into the next year. She knows what she is doing!

[Blackout2006]

I hope Renaissance Act II is full of songs produced in the vein of Virgo's Groove, Cuff It, Heated, Pure/Honey, Summer Renaissance, Plastic off the Sofa and AHAP

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12 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

@Henricus is it time that we talk about the outro of Heated?

No, it's time we talk about Thique's bridge

That's that summer, that's them hummers, that I just got out of college, that's that I don't do this usually, I don't know what u do to me

[Blackout2006]

11 minutes ago, Henricus said:

No, it's time we talk about Thique's bridge

That's that summer, that's them hummers, that I just got out of college, that's that I don't do this usually, I don't know what u do to me

 

Yada, yada, yah, yada, yada, yah-yah
Yada, yada, yada, bom-bom, kah-kah

 

Outsold

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5 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

Yada, yada, yah, yada, yada, yah-yah
Yada, yada, yada, bom-bom, kah-kah

The deepest, most moving song lyric I have heard 

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@Blackout2006

I'm too classy for Exhale, forever I'm that user

I'm too classy to be banned, I pay them all in posts

[MIKE_INT]

2 hours ago, Henricus said:

You don't know what Renaissance is?  

Tell me you're American without telling me you're American 

Tell me you dont know what shade is without telling me you dont know what shade is.

 

BTW. Im european LOL

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2 minutes ago, MIKE_INT said:

Tell me you dont know what shade is without telling me you dont know what shade is.

 

C'mon, what kind of shade is that, you can do better than that 

[Ehju0901]

It’s alright, I casually listen to it every few weeks.

I just irritates me because it doesn’t feel authentically Beyoncé.  I feel like she is trying to come off as this LGBTQ+ ally when she has rarely, if ever, come out and discussed it.  Something about it just feels weird coming from Beyoncé.

[PickleSpears]

I don't like Beyonce but Renaissance is an amazing album - my fave of 2022 actually. I loooove Break My Soul, Virgo's Groove, All Up In My Mind, America Has A Problem, Pure/Honey, Summer Renaissance. Honestly, every track is great except maybe Plastic Off The Sofa.