
Sources tell Variety that the album will feature both dance and country-leaning tracks, the source says, with contributions from hit songwriter Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote her 2008 hit “Halo” as well as hits for Adele, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Bros. Beyonce has a history of this: Her 2016 “Lemonade” album was available only on Tidal for three years, a move that likely cost her millions in streaming royalties.īeyonce announced early Thursday that the long-expected album will be arriving on July 29.

In an apparent slight to major streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, the song initially appeared only on Tidal - the streaming service co-owned by Beyonce’s husband, Jay-Z - three hours before its announced release time of midnight ET, and on Vevo/YouTube an hour or so later. It’s filled with dancefloor-friendly lines like: “Motivation/ I’m looking for a new foundation/ I’m on that new vibration/ I’m building my own foundation” and a repeated exhortation of “Everybody.” The queen’s in the front and the Dom’s in the backĪin’t taking no flicks but the whole clique snapped.” “I’mma let down my hair ’cause I lost my mindīey is back and I’m sleeping real good at night

For her part, Bey is on message with both her return and the disco theme of the song: The title is flipped by saying “You won’t break my soul,” and a statement of intent follows:
