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Beyoncé is ringing the alarm on new music.
The Grammy winner had the BeyHive swarming as she released her new single “Morning Dew (Donk)” July 4, marking her first music drop in two years.
The soulful track—written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon—commences a 60-day countdown to the “Love on Top” hitmaker’s 45th birthday September 4 as well as the reissue of her 2006 album B’DAY, according to a statement by Parkwood Entertainment.
The single is “a direct nod to her loyal BeyHive to commemorate the upcoming epic celebration of B’DAY,” the statement said. “The song, which will be included on the 20th Anniversary edition of B’DAY, arrives accompanied by a lyric video that repurposes old footage, directed by frequent collaborator, Cliff Watts.”
B’DAY made its worldwide debut on September 4, 2006, and was dropped in the U.S. one day later. Within one week, the album sold 541,196 copies.
Though “Morning Dew (Donk)” is confirmed to mark the celebration of one of Beyoncé’s most iconic eras, her fans have been keeping a close eye out for when her long-awaited act III album is set to drop.
Recently, the “Halo” singer’s publicist Yvette Noel-Schure put the truth on top by slamming a fan theory that the third and final act of her music trilogy—which already includes Renaissance and Cowboy Carter—was set to release this summer.
As she commented on X under a post claiming to have the inside scoop on the new tracks, “This is unequivocally false!!”
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But fans were crazy in love with the idea that the album—rumored to be influenced by old school rock ‘n roll—was ready for release.
“The album is 100% complete, only vinyl pressings remain, expected to be finished before June 2026, showing a summer release,” the fan account wrote on X April 27, adding that the album will have “two big features.”
Though Beyoncé—mom to 14-year-old daughter Blue Ivy as well as 9-year-old twins Rumi and Sir with husband Jay-Z—has yet to reveal any details regarding act III, she previously shared insight into the significance of her storied three-part project.
“This three-act project was recorded over three years during the pandemic,” she wrote in a message shared on her website in 2022. “A time to be still, but also a time I found to be the most creative.”
As Beyoncé celebrates 20 years of B’DAY, keep reading for more of her most iconic eras.
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