Current:Home > ScamsListen to Beyoncé's two new songs, '16 Carriages' and 'Texas Hold 'Em' -CapitalEdge
Listen to Beyoncé's two new songs, '16 Carriages' and 'Texas Hold 'Em'
View
Date:2025-04-16 01:18:54
Beyoncé has broken the internet once again, announcing "Act II" of her "Renaissance" project along with two new songs.
Queen Bey surprised fans during a Super Bowl commercial that ended with the superstar saying, "They ready, drop the new music." Shortly after, she took to Instagram to announce March 29 as the release date for her upcoming new album. Beyoncé also dropped two new singles, titled "16 Carriages" and "Texas Hold 'Em," which are available now on Spotify, YouTube and other streaming services.
Fans were quick to predict the "Cuff It" singer would release a new country album after she wore a cowboy hat to the Grammy Awards earlier this month.
And the new project seems to fall along those lines, as both tunes appear to be inspired by country music.
Listen to Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em'
"Texas Hold 'Em" has an upbeat tempo while "16 Carriages" is a power ballad, and she wears a cowboy hat in the artwork for both singles.
Beyoncé is famously from Houston, Texas.
The first song has a western feel. In the bridge she sings: "And I’ll be damned if I cannot dance with you. Come pour some liquor on me honey, too. It’s a real-life boogie, and a real life hoedown. Don’t be a b***h, come take it to the floor now."
More:Jay-Z's Grammys speech about Beyoncé reiterates an ongoing issue with the awards
Listen to Beyoncé's '16 Carriages'
The second new track, "16 Carriages," has a slower beat and soulful feel. In the song, Beyoncé earnestly pays homage to hard work and her own legacy.
She sings: "Sixteen dollars, working all day. Ain't got time to waste, I got art to make. I got love to create on this holy night. They won't dim my light, all these years I fight."
Beyoncé is set to release "Act II" March 29.
'We want y'all to get it right':Jay-Z calls out Grammys over Beyoncé snubs
Follow Caché McClay, the USA TODAY Network's Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter, on Instagram, TikTok and X as @cachemcclay.
veryGood! (774)
Related
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Selling the OC Stars Reveal the Secrets Behind Their Head-Turning Fashion
- Trapped baby orca nicknamed Brave Little Hunter dodges rescue attempts, swims to freedom on her own in Canada
- Potential serial killer arrested after 2 women found dead in Florida
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Walmart launches new grocery brand called bettergoods: Here's what to know
- Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
- Emily Blunt Reveals Where Her Devil Wears Prada Character Is Today
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Why Jon Bon Jovi Admits He “Got Away With Murder” While Married to Wife Dorothea Bongiovi
Ranking
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- South Carolina Senate takes up ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
- Union Pacific undermined regulators’ efforts to assess safety, US agency says
- 9-year-old's heroic act saves parents after Oklahoma tornado: Please don't die, I will be back
- What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
- Richard Simmons Defends Melissa McCarthy After Barbra Streisand's Ozempic Comments
- Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation
- The Best Spring Jackets That Are Comfy, Cute, and Literally Go With Everything
Recommendation
The city of Chicago is ordered to pay nearly $80M for a police chase that killed a 10
Tesla stock rises after CEO Musk scores key deals with China on weekend trip to Beijing
St. Louis school district will pay families to drive kids to school amid bus driver shortage
Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban
Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
Kentucky Derby's legendary races never get old: seven to watch again and again
1 person dead, buildings damaged after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas
Police storm into building held by pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia | The Excerpt