Did you know?: Beyonce releases surprise self-titled album exclusively on iTunes
The album arrived on Thursday night without any previous warning.
The “visual album,” simply entitled Beyoncé is exclusively available on iTunes and sells for $15.99 without the ability to purchase any of the 14 tracks individually.
Just minutes before midnight on December 13th, Beyoncé released a self-titled fifth album, exclusively on iTunes. Artists featured on the exclusive visual album are Jay Z, Drake, Frank Ocean and daughter Blue Ivy, Billboard reports.
The album arrived on Thursday night without any previous warning. A press release announcing the album notes that Beyoncé “has been the target of leaks,” adding that “this is a fully designed preventative plan. The album will be offered as a cohesive body of work with every song and every video available all at once for one single purchase.”
The 14-song collection features Drunk In Love, a new collaboration with husband Jay Z; Mine featuring Drake; Superpower with her I Miss You collaborator Frank Ocean; and Blue, a song with her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. XO, which was rumoured to be a single track, also appears on the track list.
The “visual album,” simply entitled Beyoncé is exclusively available on iTunes and sells for $15.99 without the ability to purchase any of the 14 tracks individually. There is an accompanying music video for each song alongside three additional clips. Grown Woman appears as a bonus video but is not in the album’s soundtrack list. Standing on the Sun, a song written by Sia which was featured in an H&M ad, is not in this album.
Rumours of a new Beyoncé album have been circulating all year. The star has been spotted filming videos in locations around the world and snippets of new music have been previewed in commercials. But her record label had suggested as recently as this week that the next album would see release in 2014.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2013.
The album arrived on Thursday night without any previous warning. A press release announcing the album notes that Beyoncé “has been the target of leaks,” adding that “this is a fully designed preventative plan. The album will be offered as a cohesive body of work with every song and every video available all at once for one single purchase.”
The 14-song collection features Drunk In Love, a new collaboration with husband Jay Z; Mine featuring Drake; Superpower with her I Miss You collaborator Frank Ocean; and Blue, a song with her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. XO, which was rumoured to be a single track, also appears on the track list.
The “visual album,” simply entitled Beyoncé is exclusively available on iTunes and sells for $15.99 without the ability to purchase any of the 14 tracks individually. There is an accompanying music video for each song alongside three additional clips. Grown Woman appears as a bonus video but is not in the album’s soundtrack list. Standing on the Sun, a song written by Sia which was featured in an H&M ad, is not in this album.
Rumours of a new Beyoncé album have been circulating all year. The star has been spotted filming videos in locations around the world and snippets of new music have been previewed in commercials. But her record label had suggested as recently as this week that the next album would see release in 2014.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 14th, 2013.