Beyoncé’s New Single ‘Break My Soul’ Drops Early, Breaking The Internet

Ever since Beyoncé announced her new album and seventh solo studio album, "Renaissance", fans have been going a bit crazy, and now Queen Bey dropped another bomb.

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Her new single "Break My Soul", track #6 from the album, was released three hours before the announced time.

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In a snub to popular streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify, "Break My Soul" broke on Tidal, which is co-owned by Jay-Z.

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A few hours later, it did start streaming on YouTube/Vevo and also came onto Apple Play, Spotify and Amazon Music.

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Writing credits for the song are shared by Jay-Z, Adam Pigott (a.k.a BlaqNmilD), Freddie Ross, a.k.a Big Freedia, and the writers of Robin S’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love.”

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The song comes co-produced by the same dream team that also made "Single Ladies", Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream so expect a cool bop.

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Fans are down for it, calling it the "summer anthem" and "song we all needed now."

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Many felt it was targeted at pride month, and commented, “Mom came back with a disco pride anthem."

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Others felt it was the perfect song to show off Beyoncé’s continuing musical evolution, and felt this was her declaring, Covid is over!

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