Beyonce is back and blazing with her seventh studio album ‘Renaissance.’
Drenched in the delicious sounds of Dance, the diva’s latest effort serves as yet another exciting reinvention from an artist who has been consistent in pushing the envelope and daring to go where others won’t.
Like the world at large, we’ve had the album on repeat since it was unleashed last Friday (July 29) and are all sorts of excited about what the campaign at large has in store.
With that, we’ve tallied That Grape Juice Top 5 Wants from the ‘Renaissance’ Era.
Join us after the jump…
Give ‘Cuff It’ The Single Treatment
The album in its entirety may well be our favorite from Queen Bey to date and this bouncy bop has easily become one of our top songs from the superstar.
Funky, fiery, and fresh, ‘Cuff It’ towers over the competition by way of how instant and infectious it is.
Much like the artist belting it, the track has a commanding presence – one we see dominating the radio and the streaming scene.
As a follow-up to ‘Break My Soul,’ it keeps the BPM party going with its own distinct flavor. A smash in waiting!
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‘Alien Superstar’ Deserves A Moment
In many ways, ‘Renaissance’ is a buffet of bops. Which, in one regard, is bliss. Yet, in another, makes it arguably hard to cherry-pick “a” single.
‘Alien Superstar’ – with its quirky, hard-hitting production – has quickly emerged as a firm favorite and a viral smash.
While yours truly isn’t sure of its palatability to radio, there’s no denying its popularity on the streaming front.
Perhaps with its video, this could prove a strong streaming vehicle for the album at large and morph into the intergalactic smash hit it deserves to be on its own accord.
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Visual Album…with a Twist
Beyonce has long been hailed as the leader of the visual age, especially after changing the game with that digital drop in 2013 and follow-up ‘Lemonade.’ Even before those with ‘B’Day’ and ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’ (as the real OGs know).
As such, while ‘Renaissance’ purposefully arrived sans any visual component, it’s safe to expect that it’s coming. Reps for the singer confirmed as much upon the album’s release.
Hence, we’d love to see Bey – who is ever the game-changer – switch it up once again. A musical series, perhaps? Or maybe something interactive? There’s that three-project Netflix deal that’s been well-documented too. And given that the streamer has proven equally bold with its programming and evolving formats, we’re sure the combination of both forces will yield mind-blowing results.
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Acts II & Act III
Much ado has been made about the mysterious naming convention for ‘Renaissance’ – which has been christened with the prefix “act 1.”
In the time since Beyonce herself has confirmed that the project has a “three-act” arc, which she created over a three-year period.
Still, there’s ample debate amongst The BeyHive about whether “acts” means albums.
From our vantage point, we’d love for it to. Both selfishly and logistically.
On the one hand, we’ll always be receiving of fresh material from Bey – who unquestionably stands as one of the most dependable vendors for quality music.
Competitively, there’s also a business case for the Queen pouring out more music too.
For, in the current climate – as we’ve seen from the likes of Drake and Chris Brown (stay with me) – there are definitive streaming benefits to releasing sizeable sums of music semi-frequently.
Quality control is of course important, but it’s already clear that Bey is a visionary and will always deliver on a level beyond her peers.
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Live
A huge part of “experiencing” the magic of Beyonce is seeing her in a live setting.
And listening to ‘Renaissance’ has us salivating about the endless potential that a tour would bring with it.
So, while we patiently await dates, we’re also open to other live activations she may have up her sleeve.
Through the chaos of the global health crisis, one of the silver linings of the last two years has been the creative ways artists found to express themselves live. From virtual showings to more immersive spectacles.
‘Renaissance’ lends itself to all, as such we’d love to see it all!
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What do you think of our picks? What do YOU want from the ‘Renaissance’ era? Let us know…
THAT BEYONCÉ REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!!! 🗣🗣🗣🐝🐝🐝
🤬 {The BMS teaser is actually a teaser from the new Hour long Renaissance Movie dropping on 8/20 not the BMS video. Parkwood is does Film and Music.}
{Peep America Has a Problem lyrics video, it shows a ‘(Pause) LP 8/20’ Hint}
*What i want is for the entire Carter and Knowles Family to be absent from the film including kelly and michelle, only celeb cameos like Tyra Banks, Saweetie, Grace Jones, TS Madison.
*Also ZERO Twerking not even for Church Girl Visual.
*For the Tour i want RENAISSANCE era songs exclusively (which may include The Gift songs and Be Alive but nothing Prior.)
* Lastly, for Renaissance Tour i want ALL MALE DANCERS, yes MALE DANCERS Only. (Sorry Ashley) 😋
LOL YALL SHOULD BE WANTING IT TO SELL MORE THAN BASIC NUMBERS LMAOOOOOO
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VIRGOS GROOVE alone is better than the entire Anti Album (literally).
And wheres R9? I got a feeling the music being trash is the sole reason why rih has no album in 6 yrs. That or Scared.
Meanwhile, the Queen has a WHOLE MOVIE and 2 other albums about to drop. Act 2 will be bigger than Act 1 like Self Titled was bigger than 4. This is only the Begining.
And what about your other fav ALICIA KEYS?
The United States, the KEYS album debuted at number 41 on the Billboard 200 chart with 20,800 album-equivalent units sold; it spent only a week on the chart and is her lowest charting studio album to date.
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You called EVERYTHING & THE GIFT a flop and Both sold more than DOUBLE Akeys… A WHOLE STUDIO ALBUM.
Bey is still a bigger Opening sales artist than ALL your Favs even at 40 🤣😂
QUEEN Set the bar SO HIGH that you get to call 350k SPS (with no promo/visual etc) a Flop. 😁
LOL SHE CAN’T EVEN SELL MORE THAN GAGA AND ADELE FATSO, BUT YOU KEEP BRINGING UP RIHANNA, WHO CAN BUY AND SELL THIS FLOPPED TWICE LMAOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭
I didn’t like every song, but I know for a fact if you played this album straight through at a party, everyone would dance to at LEAST 1 song.
I can’t wait for Acts II and III! I miss Irreplacable/Check On It era Beyonce.
Agree!! I love her but can not get into act 1. As long as she selling the album I’m happy.
Along with BMS, I like Cuff It, Move, Plastic Of the Sofa, Virgo’s Groove, Heated, and Energy, but I wish Energy was longer.
Next singles :
• THIQUE
• SUMMER RENAISSANCE
And ENERGY
Bey is the only living artist that can make a 17 track album and i only dislike 3…
• THIQUE
• SUMMER RENAISSANCE
° PURE (i do like Honey)
The album is 16 tracks, not 17. What an original comment “•” y’all have no personnality.
Beyonce has done it all. I think she’s gonna sit back & let the music speak for itself this time. With C**** and monkeypox outta control I don’t see her doing a world tour, maybe a residency…
LMAO 197K PURE SALES, LESS THAN GAGA AND TAYLOR.
FLOP!!!! LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Chromatica sold 842,000 units in the US, including 331,000 pure sales to date. Meanwhile Renaissance is well on its way to DIAMOND status.
LOL CHROMATICA SOLD MORE THAN THIS FLOPPED HORSE FIRST WEEK, AND FLOPAISSANCE WON’T EVEN SEE A DIAMOND EMOJI SO KEEP DREAMING PORKY LMAOOO 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
WE KNOW THIS LAZY B**** AINT GOING TO PROMOTE
VISUALS & TOUR. That’s all I need and I’m happy
Vouge is what she needed to make in this new album but there is nothing in it that could hold up to that song, and that’s the problem. She had all the resources all the producers all the money to make that but gave us this? That’s a problem.
And now she is pimping this song with lot’s of lazzzy remixes because she had to get a number 1.
She didn’t make a dance classic that close to milkshake vouge or even one of Kellys dance songs with David Guetta…
Her clothing style is nothing close to kelis Aaliyah Rihanna Grace Jones Gaga…
That’s a problem
If you are Beyonce the queen you say you are , you sould have make an album bigger than that.
Thats a lazy alby from someone in her status
That’s all I’m saying.
Stopped listening during song nr. 3. Annoying & boring at the same time. That’s a rare feat.