With a new western-inspired Ivy Park collection on the way, it’s to be expected that Beyoncé fans are growing increasingly convinced that new music is also on the way.
Tuesday, the Black Is King multi-hyphenate gave fans an update on the progress resulting from her ongoing studio work, telling Harper’s Bazaar that she’s looking forward to playing a part in the world’s collective healing following one of the most difficult periods in the history of humankind.
“With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again,” Beyoncé said. “I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible.”
The Houston icon’s creative process, however, means that an idea can often take quite some time before coming fully into focus. Still, Beyoncé assured fans in the new cover story feature that music is indeed on the way.
“I’ve been in the studio for a year and a half,” she said. “Sometimes it takes a year for me to personally search through thousands of sounds to find just the right kick or snare. One chorus can have up to 200 stacked harmonies. Still, there’s nothing like the amount of love, passion, and healing that I feel in the recording studio. After 31 years, it feels just as exciting as it did when I was nine years old. Yes, the music is coming!”
Lemonade, a classic, currently stands as Beyoncé’s most recent solo studio album. Since that album’s release in 2016, Beyoncé has given fans a Homecoming live album and the Jay-Z collab Everything Is Love. In 2019, she curated the soundtrack companion for the remake of Disney’s The Lion King.
The new Harper’s Bazaar cover feature, boasting photos by Campbell Addy and an intro by Kaitlyn Greenidge, also sees Beyoncé looking ahead to turning 40 in September. The next decade, the singer predicted, will be “full of freedom” and exploration.
“I want to give all the love I have to the people who love me back,” she said.
Elsewhere, Beyoncé briefly spoke on her decision to build a hemp and honey farm, noting that she currently has hives on her roof. She also shouted out the women in her life who have inspired her the most, her present-day approach to maintaining self-care, and much more. Check the full thing here.
Last week, Beyoncé invited fans into the Ivy Park Rodeo collection’s universe with the release of a new teaser video, starring herself. Revisit that below.
