Beyonce and The-Dream have established a long and fruitful creative partnership that has gifted the world classics such as ‘Single Ladies’ and ‘Run The World (Girls).’
Their latest offering is global smash ‘Break My Soul’ – the lead single from Queen Bey’s upcoming album ‘Renaissance.’
As excited fans await the LP, The-Dream is opening up about the process of recording the track.
Full story below…
Speaking with fellow ‘Renaissance’ producer Nile Rodgers on Apple Music’s Deep Hidden Meaning Radio, the hitmaker said:
“Some of these songs, people think they’re written on the spot, or maybe months ago. But you know as well as I do, a song can be five years old, three years old, 10, they can go back, so you just never know exactly when that song was written.
I’ll definitely say it wasn’t like [‘Break My Soul’] was written yesterday. Some of these songs, you have to just wait for a special moment. It was a song for her, definitely. I can’t wait until she tells the story about how personal it is to her when she actually tried to record it the first time, because there’s just such a deeper meaning literally behind this song for her, and I can’t wait for her to express it.”
He went on to add:
“‘Break My Soul’ was just how I felt like the world feels. I don’t think I carry myself in that way where people look at me. In my mind, I’m thinking about these things. Most of the time, I think they think I’m this absent-minded R&B singer. It’s like, no, man, I’m a writer. I really understand. I listen to Nietzsche in my time off. I actually try to educate myself to the max about people and human beings and how we feel, what’s real joy, what’s real love. ‘Break My Soul’ is one of those.
These personal things that are deep in there, like in the soul, and when you talk to these artists that are great, the greatest ones allow you to do it and we work forever, and so that’s where those relationships come from, where we’re working forever because it’s an ongoing documentary for life. It’s not me and my sister, Bey. That’s my sister. It’s not going to end.”
‘Renaissance’ arrives on July 29.
Click here to listen to the full episode of Deep Hidden Meaning Radio with The-Dream and spin ‘Break My Soul’ below…
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The-Dream needs to get his flowers, he helped shape radio from the late 00’s. He has an impeccable talent for writing, specifically for female artists, just like Ne-Yo. His solo albums “Love vs Money” and “Love King” are r&b classics at this point.
You’re joking right? 🤣 If that were the case, why is it that any single he’s released or written for anyone besides Beyoncé has flopped and not charted in the last decade? This dude can’t even speak properly.
Umbrella (2007), Touch My Body (2008), Baby (2010), Partition (2013) these are songs that multiple generations know about and still listen to this day, you can’t compare his earlier success to the streaming era lol the music industry has changed drastically, his sound is so influential many producers and singers that are out now. The Weeknd bites off of him so atleast make a fair argument.
The Weeknd doesn’t bite off him, are you serious lmaoooooooooooooooo 🤣🤳🏽 They have similar voices to some, but I know the difference lol 💯 Donell Jones was before them with that tone level and R. Kelly is the true inspiring WATER source for the both of them and just about every contemporary black male solo R&B artist after him 😂 I agree that The Dream deserves his flowers tho, he definitely changed the pop/urban sound with Tricky and others and is STILL doing his thing…but The Weeknd is on a whole nother level entirely with his solo career, and changed the sound of Pop music too, PERIODT….he’s just humble about it lol 💋
I said any single he’s written in the last DECADE!! That means since 2012!
UnAbel humble? Stamping his feet over Grammy nominations? He’s the most entitled, narcissistic, drug-using, egotistical, woman-degrading idiot going!
Beyoncé’s team said she found him an absolute nightmare to work with on Lemonade, as have many others because of his diva-like antics, thinking he’s better than everybody. He literally thinks he is Michael Jackson. When he winds down off those drugs, it will hit him hard like NEWSFLASH, hunnie you are NOT!
Shayla, chile please! 🤣 Muni Long just exposed the music industry saying certain artists’ teams treat songwriters like ISH! Abel knows his WORTH and wasn’t gonna come up there with sweatpants on looking bummy with his head down just to make the artists feel good lmao….hardly no food up in there, boot camp style and MAYBE some water and a piece of fruit lol…CHILE to the PLEASE….then they try to take your best work and make you feel like you’ll never be a star….Muni said you have to ACT like you’re a NOBODY to make the insecure artists feel secure during songwriting sessions lol…I guess ABELESHA wasn’t having NONE OF THAT and e-mailed his contribution when he felt good and ready to lmaoooo…and shout out to Muni Long making millions off those heffas with her pen game 🖊 and now she’s doing her own thang 😎🤳🏽💋
And shout out to Nile Gregory Rodgers, a true musical genius lol….and shout out to the biggest songs EVER lol….you heard what I said, Shayla lol….EVERRRR 😂 Who needs a SCAMMY? 😂🤳🏽🎶💋
If he didn’t need a Grammy, why did he stamp his feet about not being nominated for one? lmaoooooooooo! 🤣 And he was a feature on Six Inch, not only a songwriter, so he and Queen Beyoncé were of even billing and he STILL acted above her! Above Beyoncé? Fool needs to know his PLACE, heffa!
Shayla, I hope your tea is accurate the way you’re going on lol…and stop acting like 6 Inch is Endless Love or (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life lmaoooooooooooo….it ain’t THAT DEEP 😂 Break My Soul is her best song since Self-Titled era in my opinion! ☕️
Did I say that?! Six Inch ain’t ish in my opinion. The entirety of the Lemonade album isn’t. I simply said they had collaborated together. Wind your neck in, girl. Always getting too excited. You probably let out a little wee too.
Shayla, I hate to break it to you sis….but you BROUGHT IT UP lmaoooooooooooo 🤣 I’m the one who TRULY doesn’t give a ish about it lol 😂 🤳🏽 You won’t break my soul lol 🎶💋
I’d laugh… if you had a soul.
No Church In The Wild, Holy Grail
Savage (the remix)
I was surprised when i saw Jay Z as a featured writer. It takes a lot of confidence to release a Mid song like this on a Tuesday with no video. {3.5/5}
its definitely a global HIT but the 2nd single better be more climactic 💯
You’re funny. You really think that you can dictate what working artists should do next? Please hush!!!!😂
Well we know Shawn is responsible for her solo career ☕️
Allegedly 😜☕️
I’m going to be honest, I read this and I haven’t got a clue what this man is saying. There’s not one part of this that makes any sense. His sentences don’t add up to a complete though. Cryptic!
Flop!!!
Not hardly, it went #1 and top 10 in several countries. In the US it out charted every single on 4 & Lemonade. The song also got almost 20 million streams on YouTube, way more than any Video released recently. Also still in the top 10 in the states and would have debuted #1 or #2 with full week of tracking.
We needed the message 🥺
Break my soul is her worst lead single ever 💅🏾 Crazy in love > Single ladies > Deja Vu> Run The World > XO > formation > Break my soul. She definitely needs JoJo’s Save my soul type song
Xo wasn’t a lead single. Drunk in love was the lead to self titled. #birdbrain
Ashy hunnie, XO was meant to be lead single but it flopped so she moved on with Drunk in love coz it was a huge success💅🏾 U acting like XO never existed. #Nobrain
Run the world 👎
Formation 👍
Marilyn
Blow was going to be released with DIL but they went with XO instead.
« My most personal record to date. » We hear that BS everytime.
Doesn’t matter when the song was recorded. The fact it exists at all is the problem. Just not a good song and for someone who proclaims herself the queen of music, she should be able to hear that.
you do realize that your OPINION! People all around the world seem to think it’s a good song.. it topped the charts and over a dozen countries.
*in
Right, in MY opinion it is a bad song. It was trending on social media for being a bad song from what I remember. And charts with Cashoncey is a literal joke. You’re smarter than that lol.
Beyonce is too dam fierce
*too damn old
Then what is Jennifer Lopez?? at 53 she old enough to be Baby BEYONCE Mama!! ..(LOL!!) ..and MADONNA , at 64 could be Beyonce’s GRANDMOTHER!!!
He’s insufferable. He acts like he’s Beyoncé every time he speaks about her.
Yeah, i remember the time Beyonce quit her 9 to 5 at 7/11 to follow her dreams…
But do you remember that she’s been working nonstop since the age of 6? Just because her struggle/hustle wasn’t your struggle/hustle doesn’t mean she didn’t work hard and sacrificed.
A 9 to 5 and being afforded to follow your dreams are very different. Most people work hard, its just a given. She was born with a silver spoon and has always come from money. Before music, they lived very well off. So being worked “so d@mn hard” knowing your fee is 1.something million dollars vs $10 an hour is not the same. And nobody is hating but no matter how you flip it, she is not relatable.
she should have just put out a different type of nursery rhyme like check on it or freamum dress, something that represents her.
@yup – you do know the lyrics is a metaphor, she’s not speaking about herself and those who are smart enough to understand that register well with this song, and that is why it’s a global success.
This is one of the best songs of 2022🔥🔥🔥