One year and eight months after releasing Renaissance, her most recent studio album, Beyoncé has once again delighted the ears of her fans with a new album with country influences, called Cowboy Carter. It is a project with 27 songs and different collaborations, including the successful song IL MOST WANTED, with Miley Cyrus, or LEVII’S JEANS, with Post Malone. There are many who already dare to say that it will be one of the most influential albums of this year, however, the launch has been accompanied by the absence of some artists who were expected to collaborate on this project, such as Rosalía or Lady Gaga.
It was after the SuperBowl last February when the ‘diva’ surprise released the two singles that predicted her eighth studio album, 16 CARRIAGES and TEXAS HOLD’EM. After the first listen, many fans began to assume that the project would be totally different from what the Texan artist had done so far, as it had country influences, a genre traditionally associated with white and high-status people from the southern United States. Joined. With this, Beyoncé once again broke the mold, showing that there is no type of barrier in music and that there is nothing that can resist one of the greatest artists of the century.
Not even 24 hours after its release, Spotify revealed that the album has become the most listened to of 2024. The country album, which is also the second installment of a possible trilogy project after the album Renaissance, includes some collaborations that They have not gone unnoticed. However, Beyoncé’s loyal followers were disappointed this Friday to learn that two artists in particular would not be included: Lady Gaga and Rosalía.
It was in 2019 when the first rumors of collaboration between the Spanish artist and ‘Queen B’ emerged. The Malamente singer was one of the artists invited to one of the festivals organized by Jay-Z, Beyoncé’s husband. The information was never confirmed, but after the Crazy in Love singer shared the album’s song list this Thursday, her song called FLAMENCO caused the alarms of both of their fans to go off again.
Far from reality, after the release of the album, the faithful followers of ‘Bey’ and Rosalía were disappointed when they saw that the two had not collaborated. The same thing happened to Lady Gaga fans. It was in 2009 when the two ‘divas’ released the hit song Telephone, an icon in pop culture of the first decade of the 2000s.
At the end of the official video clip, in which both artists appear together, you could read ‘to be continued…’, which is why fans have dreamed for years of a new collaboration between the two. After the album’s tracklist was revealed, the song IL MOST WANTED revived everyone’s hope. However, it turned out to be a collaboration with Miley Cyrus and not Lady Gaga. It seems that, for the moment, we will have to wait for these two collaborations.
After Lemonade (2016), this is one of Beyoncé’s most personal projects. Cowboy Carter is an album that was born after a disappointing experience for the Formation singer, since she previously expressed that she did not feel “welcome” in the country space during previous attempts to enter the genre. The artist released Daddy Lessons in 2016, a song that was not well received in the environment of this genre.
“This genre forced me to overcome the limitations placed on me,” Beyoncé wrote on Instagram earlier this month. “Act II is the result of challenging myself and taking my time to combine genres to create this body of work.” The result has been as expected, and ‘Bey’ has broken all the schemes. This Friday, it was also announced that Cowboy Carter broke records on Amazon Music, becoming Beyoncé’s biggest debut album to date. The album garnered more first-day streams on Amazon Music globally than any of her previous albums. Without a doubt, this is the beginning of a new era.
