Beyoncé will remove the word “spaz” from one of her new songs, “Heated,” after she received criticism from disability advocates. A rep for Beyoncé tells Rolling Stone, “The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.” It’s unclear how the “Heated” lyric will be changed; as of …
Read More »Rodney Jerkins: How We Made Beyoncé's Greatest Song
Beyoncé‘s 2006 single “Deja Vu,” from her second solo album, B-Day, topped Rolling Stone‘s recent list of the 70 greatest Beyoncé songs — released to celebrate her seventh solo album, Renaissance. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, legendary R&B producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins — who’s collaborated with …
Read More »Summer Renaissance: Beyoncé's Latest Ivy Park x Adidas Capsule Takes Us to 'Ivytopia'
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s the summer of Yoncé, and adidas and Beyoncé’sIVY PARK recently released their latest collaborative collection titled “IVYTOPIA“. The new line wants to take us on “a journey …
Read More »Beyoncé Hits a Seductive Sweet Spot on 'Renaissance'
Beyoncé is the dark-mode version of the pop megastar — an upgrade that has now become the norm. The Houston luminary is sleeker, cooler, and Blacker, making everything about the way we viewed things a hot-minute ago seem bland, primitive, and flat-out draining. Indeed, the 28-time Grammy winner may be …
Read More »Beyoncé's Studio Secrets: Inside the Making of Her Best Songs
When producer Scott Storch spent a week in a South Beach studio with Beyoncé in 2002, he had never met her before, despite working on Destiny’s Child tracks. But as soon as she started singing some of the songs they wrote together, with the help of rapper EST, for what …
Read More »The Future of Performance Wear Is In the Hands of The Blonds
When Beyoncé stepped on stage in a bodysuit back in 2014, her entire was encrusted in jewels, complete with 3D nipples. Here, before tens of thousands of fans and internet of onlookers was an artist who had never been so bold as to bare her body in such a way. …
Read More »Beyoncé Shares 16-Song Tracklist From Seventh Album 'Renaissance'
Beyoncé is mere days from releasing Renaissance and is giving the Beyhive more nuggets of info on what to expect from the album. On Wednesday, Queen Bey shared the names via her Instagram story of the 16 songs featured on her LP, out next Friday. “Break My Soul,” her LP’s …
Read More »Beyoncé Joins TikTok and Shares First Video Thanking Fans for Releasing the 'Wiggle'
Beyoncé isn’t two years late to TikTok, everyone else was just early. On Thursday, Queen Bey made her debut on the video-sharing platform to celebrate her single “Break My Soul” and thank fans for posting videos using her new track. “Seeing y’all release the wiggle made me so happy!” the …
Read More »Watch Machine Gun Kelly and His Daughter Casie Rap to Iconic Jay-Z and Beyoncé Song
In between stops of his massiveMainstream Sellout tour, Machine Gun Kelly is spending some quality time with his daughter Casie. On Thursday, the musician shared a video of him and Casie rapping to Jay-Z‘s verse on Beyoncé‘s “Crazy in Love” as he held the mic up to his daughter while …
Read More »Beyoncé Is Probably Not Your Anti-Capitalist Savior
“I just quit my job,” Beyoncé sings — in character, of course — on her new, house-influenced single “Break My Soul.” “They work me so damn hard/Work by nine, then off by past five/And they work my nerves/That’s why I cannot sleep at night.” Numerous fans on Twitter and elsewhere …
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