Mere seconds after starring alongside Emmy-winning actor Tony Hale in a hilarious Verizon industrial throughout Tremendous Bowl 2024, Beyoncé has lastly revealed the second act of the three-act mission she introduced again in 2022.
On Sunday (Feb. 11), the “Cuff It” singer posted a mysterious teaser to her official Instagram web page. Within the video, an unidentified girl — presumably Beyoncé herself — begins up a automotive with a license plate that reads “Texas Maintain ‘Em.” The lady drives the automotive down an empty street earlier than the clip then cuts to a bunch of males staring incredulously on the sky. The main focus of their stares? A billboard cutout of a purple lingerie-clad Beyoncé lounging in a seductive pose.
“This ain’t Texas,” she croons over finger-picked guitars within the background. “Ain’t no maintain ’em/ So lay our playing cards down, down, down, down.” The clip then cuts to a black display screen that reads “Act II, 3.29.”
Queen Bey’s official web site sports activities the identical teaser, in addition to the identical date of March 29. Below the location’s music tab, a bit for Act II contains empty credit part, clear and express tabs, and two monitor titles — “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” that are listed because the document’s opening two tracks, respectively. Each tracks at the moment are out there to stream on TIDAL and YouTube.
Between the references to her dwelling state of Texas and the nation sound of the brand new music snippet, it appears like followers had been onto one thing with their idea that Beyoncé’s subsequent LP will discover her delving into nation music. The still-untitled Act II is the follow-up to Renaissance. That album, Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio effort, debut atop the Billboard 200, spawned a pair of Billboard Scorching 100 high 10 hits — “Break My Soul” (No. 1) and “Cuff It” (No. 6) — and soundtracked the historic Renaissance World Tour, which grossed over $579 million.
Try Beyoncé’s new Act II teaser and songs beneath:
