Beyonc Figures Out How To Break The Internet With Shock Super Bowl Announcement

LOS ANGELES (AP) Beyonc is back with two new country tracks Texas Hold Em and 16 Carriages.

After a Verizon commercial starring Beyonc aired during the Super Bowl  ended with the superstar saying They ready, drop the new music, the question became was she serious? Later, a cryptic Instagram video  with country iconography appeared on her page, teasing act ii on March 29. (Beyoncs 2022 album Renaissance is frequently referred to as Act I: Renaissance.)

At the end of the clip, a plucky acoustic guitar riff plays, and Beys unmistakable voice kicks in. She sings, This aint Texas / Aint no hold em / So lay your cards down down down, in a Southern twang.

It appears on her official website  as well. Under the music tab, two titles were listed Texas Hold Em and 16 Carriages, which later appeared as full songs on Tidal, YouTube and Spotify. The first is an uptempo country and western stomp. She sings in the earworm bridge: And Ill be damned if I cannot dance with you / Come pour some liquor on me honey, too / Its a real-life boogie, and a real life hoedown / Dont be a bitch, come take it to the floor now.

The second, 16 Carriages is a soulful slow-burn with ascendent organs and steel guitar, Beyonc singing an ode to hard work and legacy. I miss my kids / Overworked and overwhelmed, she sings in the pre-chorus. Still workin on my life, you know / Only God knows, only God knows. A quick examination of the credits shows she may be working closely with Tony! Toni! Ton!  s Raphael Saadiq .

In a mostly fictional Verizon commercial that aired moments before the Instagram announcement, Beyonc tried several tactics to try to break the internet.

With former Veep star Tony Hale playing an adviser, she opens a Lemonade stand, releases a saxophone album called Lets Get Saxy, does her own version of the Barbie movie called BarBey, sells a cyborg version of herself, runs for Beyonc of the United States, and blasts off in a rocket to become the first woman in space.

After Hale tells her none of that worked, she says on the space ship intercom, OK, Bey ready: drop the new music.

Beyonc was also shown soon on the telecast soon after at Allegiant Stadium watching the Super Bowl with husband Jay-Z.