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Beyoncé Fans Think A Rock-Inspired ‘Act III’ Album Announcement Is Coming

Beyoncé Fans Think A Rock-Inspired ‘Act III’ Album Announcement Is Coming

Beyoncé fans reckon the time for the final “act” of her three-part album project is nigh. If you cast your mind back to 2022, the Grammy winner announced a “three-act” trilogy of albums was in the works, the first instalment of which, Renaissance, came shortly afterwards. While Renaissance was rooted in dance and house music, follow-up Cowboy Carter was an exploration of country music, with a particular emphasis on the genre’s pioneering Black musicians. Following the recent two-year anniversary of Cowboy Carter, the Beyhive are now convinced that the Crazy In Love singer is gearing up to unveil Act III, which is heavily rumoured to have taken inspiration from rock music. Earlier this week, it was spotted that Beyoncé had pulled all of the Cowboy Carter merchandise from her official online store, indicating the end of this era. It was also noticed that she had uploaded an old interview featuring Destiny’s Child and Stevie Nicks – whose song Edge Of Seventeen the three-piece sampled on their hit Bootylicious – fuelling the speculation that a rock-inspired …

Charli XCX To Follow Brat With Rock-Inspired Album

Charli XCX To Follow Brat With Rock-Inspired Album

During a new interview with British Vogue, the Grammy winner opened up about exactly what this will entail, revealing she’s been hard at work on a rock album. “If I’d made another album that felt more dance-leaning, it would have felt really hard, really sad,” she explained. “But what is interesting to me is to bend the possibilities of what my perspective on that could be.” “We knew we wanted to go to Paris to do it,” the Von Dutch singer said. “We knew it would be this very hectic, rich time and we like creating in that kind of atmosphere.” “For me, it’s fun to flip the form,” she continued, referring to her new, more instrument-based sound, compared to the electronic dance-pop she’s known for. “We know there’s gonna be people who are bothered by it, but that’s fine.” Charli unveiled her first studio album True Romance in 2013, and continued to release music with varying levels of commercial success in the years that followed. More recently, she also topped the UK charts with …