Beyoncé sent fans into a frenzy after announcing her new country-inspired album during the 2024 Super Bowl LVIII.
The 42-year-old record-breaking icon - who attended the big event alongside other notable celebrities - surprised the Beyhive with a self-referencing ad for Verizon that aired amid the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers matchup.
The commercial reveals the 'Crazy In Love' hitmaker scrolling through tunes on an iPhone, then at a lemonade stand (referencing her 2016 album), following with a string of plays on her name: "Barbey," (Barbie), "BOTUS," saying she’ll be the first female president, then the first woman to launch the first rocket for the first woman in space.
After continuously asking actor Tony Hale if she's "broken the internet," he replied "Not yet," which then prompts her to tease: "OK, they ready - drop the new music. I told y’all the 'Renaissance' is not over," and then the advert ends.
And, just like she did 10 years ago with her surprise drop self-title album, the Grammy-winning musician blew fans away as she dropped a teaser video related to her album on her Instagram.
The clip showed the 'Break My Soul' songstress driving through the desert, giving fans a glimpse into her new sound, before teasing the project's release date.
Shortly after, she unveiled her first track: 'Texas Hold 'Em' from her untitled forthcoming project - an Act II country-genre follow-up to 2022's Renaissance set to drop on March 29th - which evokes her 2016 song 'Daddy Lessons' from her ground-breaking Lemonade album.
The single's cover art shows Beyoncé donning a metallic breastplate, along with a black cowboy hat, gigantic earrings, and a black belt accessorized with a hanging silver heart-shaped piece to cover her lower half.
Check out the album teaser below:The second track '16 Carriages,' is another country song, in which the artist sings over a strong rustic beat. In the cover art, she is photographed in black and white, sporting a black cowboy hat with her hair styled in a wavy bob.
"Sixteen carriages drivin' away while I watch them ride with my dreams away / To the summer sunset on a holy night / On a long back road, all the tears I find," the mother of three sings on the track's chorus.
"Fifteen innocents was gone astray / Had to leave my home at an early age," she continues in another verse. "I saw mama prayin', I saw daddy grind / All my tender problems, had to leave behind."
Fans have eagerly been anticipating a new project from Beyoncé as she revealed in 2022 that Renaissance - a Grammy-winning album that paid homage to the Black queer community and club culture - would be the first of a three-act project.
Despite not releasing music videos with Renaissance, Beyoncé went on to showcase the album's magnificence on her record-breaking world tour, which grossed a staggering $579 million, as well as her concert film, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, which was released last November.
Shortly after the movie had its final premiere in London, England, the 'Love on Top' vocalist released the single 'My House,' on streaming services to conclude the dance/house album era.
The first two tracks from Beyoncé's upcoming project: 'Texas Hold 'Em' and '16 Carriages' are available to stream and purchase now.
The upcoming album will drop on March 29.
