Going into Tremendous Bowl LVIII, music followers knew to maintain their eyes on Usher and Taylor Swift. However nobody anticipated Beyonce to enter the dialog, a lot much less grow to be the middle of it.
The pop star was the centerpiece of a Verizon industrial through the second half of the sport that appeared pretty typical—an enormous star teaming with an organization to advertise its companies in a humorous method. On this case, the service flexed on its community’s reliability as Beyonce tried to “break the web” in an more and more ludicrous variety of makes an attempt, from operating for president to touring to area.
The efforts, in fact, failed, however on the very finish of the spot, Beyonce says “Okay, they prepared. Drop the brand new music.”
That baffling line wasn’t a joke. It was a declaration. As soon as the industrial ended, the primary two singles for Beyonce’s new album had been launched and the discharge date for the album—Renaissance Act 2—was revealed to be March 29.
The songs, “Texas Maintain ‘Em” and “16 Carriages” trace that the album may have a rustic taste.
And followers appear to be all in on the information.
Me supporting Beyoncé doing nation music regardless of not liking nation music: pic.twitter.com/HOXPycx5wt
— Paigey🥢 (@PaigeChristieUK) February 12, 2024
“Usher was so good”
“OMG Usher killed that”
“Tremendous Bowl Halftime present ate”Beyoncé: pic.twitter.com/3hQvEWVnox
— Chant God (@chantgod) February 12, 2024
Solely Queen Beyoncé can launch an album to interrupt the web and fake that nothing is occurring🤭 pic.twitter.com/wgKgjgBRbn
— 👑Supreme Queen Bey👑 (@QueenBeyoncesp) February 12, 2024
Whereas Usher may need headlined the Apple-sponsored halftime present, it was Beyonce who topped the Apple Songs gross sales charts on Monday, with “16 Carriages” taking the highest spot and “Texas Maintain ‘Em” at quantity two. Usher got here in at quantity three with “Yeah!” (Usher’s new album was the highest vendor on that listing, although.)
