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Beyoncé has discreetly revealed her latest venture on her official website, launching her Renaissance album-themed perfume. The fragrance is now available for exclusive pre-order in the United States and China, with shipping set for November 2023. The exquisite scent boasts a captivating blend of clementine, golden honey, rose absolute, and more. Beyoncé Renaissance-Themed Perfume Beyoncé […]
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During Beyoncé’s recent Renaissance Tour stop in Louisville, Kentucky, one hometown musician made sure not to miss her performance: Jack Harlow. The rapper met her backstage during the show — and made sure his mom came along for the party too.
Harlow shared a picture of the moment to Threads. In it, he appears to have given Beyoncé a gift as she holds the bag. She has her back turned to chat with him and his mom in a sweet capture where all the parties look genuinely invested in the conversation.
“Introduced my Mom to Beyoncé in Louisville, Kentucky tonight,” he captioned.
Harlow has been on a roll lately with bumping into his famous musician friends. Shortly after the release of his recent album, Jackman, he shared during an interview with the Rap Radar Podcast that he had another wild encounter.
“I ran into Kendrick [Lamar] at the Met,” he said. “It was like a few days after the album dropped, and he was like, ‘Yo. Sh*t is incredible.’ And he gave me enough props that I could have just walked home. I didn’t even want to meet anyone else.”
For now, fans can check out the picture of Jack Harlow and his mom meeting Beyoncé here.
Jack Harlow is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
It’s been almost a year since Beyoncé dropped her critically acclaimed seventh album, Renaissance. While the album has spawned radio and viral hits like “Break My Soul” and “Cuff It” — as well as fan favorites like “Plastic Off The Sofa” and “Virgo’s Groove” — there’s still one missing component that makes a Beyoncé era, a Beyoncé era: The visuals.
At the time of writing, just about a week ahead of the album’s first birthday, Bey has yet to drop a single music video for any of the songs on Renaissance. And over the course of the past year, she’s remained rather tight-lipped about the clips. But this past Monday (July 17), she seemingly broke her silence about the visuals.
the way Beyoncé managed to traumatize her fans with just one sentence https://t.co/PuNVmKR4kp pic.twitter.com/7QOz5NlgCo
— ᴀʀᴛʜ (@arthfobic) July 18, 2023
In a clip from the Louisville, Kentucky concert stop on the Renaissance World Tour, Bey, apparently in response to a fan’s sign asking about videos, is seen telling fans, “You are the visual, baby,” to which the fans respond with cheers.
This isn’t the first time Bey has opted to keep nonchalant about the visual components of her album eras. While her 2016 album Lemonade was accompanied by an hour-long short film, many fans waited with bated breath for a documentary of the Formation World Tour.
In an Elle interview from 2019, she revealed that Prince inspired her not to document the tour, and told fans that the show exists within themselves.
“Years ago, I asked Prince to record my rehearsal with him for our Grammy performance,” said Bey. “He said, ‘You don’t need to record that. You own that in your mind.’ Haaaaaaa! Prince always knew best! So, you can always watch the Formation World Tour in your mind; you own that!”
You can see a clip from the Kentucky show above.
Beyoncé took to Instagram to share some new pictures from the Brooklyn Public Library’s opening night event for their new Jay-Z-themed exhibit. In the first picture of the slideshow, she posed with a “The Book Of HOV” blue book (named after Jay’s exhibit) — as she stands in the middle of the library stacks.
After a few other selfies, including one where she shows off a sparkly earring, Beyoncé poses with Jay-Z in what appears to be the elevator of the library.
Her daughter, Blue Ivy, was also in attendance. She rocked a blue dress and some sunglasses.
Finally, Beyoncé added some inside glimpses of The Book Of HOV exhibit — between old tour lanyards from the rapper and throwback photos on a wall.
According to Billboard, the Brooklyn Public Library’s The Book Of HOV exhibition includes “archived objects, including original recording masters, never-before-seen photos, iconic stage wear, prestigious awards, and recognitions, as well as videos and artifacts from every facet of Jay-Z’s professional life.”
“We are proud to celebrate his mastery of music, poetry, the written word, and the oral tradition, and we hope the exhibit will inspire visitors to bet on themselves and pursue their own dreams, musical or otherwise,” Linda Johnson, the library’s CEO, also told the publication.
Check out Beyoncé’s Instagram post here.
Pop-punk greats Paramore have a wider musical range than many of their contemporaries and they aren’t afraid to show it. The Tennessee band is currently on tour supporting their first new album in 6 years This Is Why. During a stop in Houston earlier this week the band paid their respects to one of the city’s legends, Beyonce. According to Uproxx, right in the middle of their setlist Paramore pulled out a Beyonce cover for fans. Unsurprisingly, they didn’t just go for one of her biggest hits. The band dug up “I Miss You,” a fan-favorite song from Beyonce’s album 4. Fans in attendance who recognized the song couldn’t believe what they were seeing and rushed to social media to share their videos and reactions.
Paramore clearly has a lot of love for genres beyond their own, but they aren’t one-sided. Many hip-hop artists cite Paramore as an influence and aren’t shy about sharing their love for the group. The biggest is Lil Uzi Vert, who has been praising the band’s frontwoman Hayley Williams for years now. That all culminated in a surprise team-up last month where Lil Uzi joined the band on stage for a performance of their marquee song “Misery Business.” Other rap artists who have shifted their gaze to pop punk also cite the band as a major influence. Both Willow and Steve Lacy have listed the band as influential to their sound. Shortly after shifting hit style to pop punk, Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker did a pandemic lockdown cover of “Misery Business” that went viral.
not paramore singing i miss you by beyoncé at their show tonight, oh this is beyond ICONIC
pic.twitter.com/B762n4qiq0
— 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆
(@beyoncegarden) July 12, 2023
Beyonce herself has dropped two new songs this year, though they’re both remixes. She kicked the year off with a “wetter” version of her Renaissance fan’s favorite “Cuff It.” Just in time for summer, she teamed up with Kendrick Lamar for an explosive new version of “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM.”
What do you think of Paramore covering Beyonce in her home town? Let us know in the comment section below.
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Don’t film Jay-Z doing the Electric Slide with his mom during his wife Beyoncé‘s Renaissance Tour shows. The rap mogul caught a fan capturing the family moment (during Beyoncé’s Cameo-sampling cover of Maze’s “Before I Let Go,” naturally) and put a stop to their voyeurism with a gesture, but that didn’t stop the fan from uploading the video — which still went pretty viral on Twitter thanks to the Jay-Z Daily account. I guess it’s kinda like the Barbra Streisand Effect.
Jay-Z doing the electric slide with his mom as Beyonce performs pic.twitter.com/FGgxah1XTb
— JAY-Z Daily (@JAY_Z_Daily) July 9, 2023
Still, you can’t blame Jay for being a little protective. After all, while the rapper himself is used to becoming a meme for his awkward head-nodding and chronic lack of athletic ability, that’s his mom. She’s probably one of the few people on the planet who can make him cry, so if he can keep her from becoming fodder for some of the mean jokes people like to make online, you know he will.
But, in this case, it seems the fan captured a wholesome moment and the responses have been accordingly upbeat. Commenters are mostly praising Jay for being such a fan of his family and remarking on the cultural ubiquity of the dance/song combo, and noting how good he’s gotten at spotting surreptitious cinematographers. And hey, he may not be the best diver, but his steps are ON POINT.
Check out some of the responses below.
Jay is enjoying this tour too
https://t.co/btCCsB1auu
—
LISA
They day Frankie Beverly makes his transition all of Black twitter is gonna go into electric slide mourning & most other folk will have no idea who this cultural specific treasure is… https://t.co/H0PwudHYDq
— dream hampton (@dreamhampton) July 10, 2023
I just love how Jay Z is just on tour with Beyoncé being a trophy husband https://t.co/CmsbPoNXZD
— Que Amell (@queamell) July 10, 2023
Jay z is always gonna pree the camera skskks https://t.co/wDbfou1foF
— Mimi the music blogger 2.0 (@mimitheblogger) July 9, 2023
I love seeing black men grown old and enjoy their lives
— slim (@_DarlingNy) July 9, 2023
Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour has finally kicked off its North American leg. While the “America Has Problem” singer may be happy to be returning home to the U.S., not everyone in her family can say the same. According to TMZ, the star’s mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, had her Los Angeles home burglarized after the Independence Day holiday weekend.
The outlet revealed robbers broke into the fashion pioneer and philanthropist’s estate. They allegedly stole a safe containing over $1 million in cash and other expensive jewels. Fortunately for Lawson, she was not at home at the time of the intrusion, or so the publication shared.
Lawson has not issued a statement regarding the break-in. However, she did repost an old video of her dancing off negative energy to Instagram, writing, “My niece sent this to me this morning! She said it inspires her to fend off the haters when they try to get to her. I recorded it months ago. But I needed to see this old post myself today ! I refuse to let anything break my soul! I will live my life to the fullest!”
This isn’t the first time Lawson’s home has been targeted. In April, a man was arrested for damaging her mailbox with rocks.
Aside from their beautiful voices, many of the biggest names in music are talked about for one other major thing – their bodies. Whether slamming Lizzo for loving her plus-sized self, Latto for considering a second round of surgery, or GloRilla for being “too skinny,” social media never struggles to find something to complain about. The “FNF” hitmaker has managed to stay positive and even crack jokes through the criticism she faces, however, Glo revealed this weekend that she’s taking the feedback she got after performing at the BET Awards seriously.
While the 23-year-old attempted to bring a new level of sexy to the show, some wish she would’ve stuck to her usual, hyped-up self. At the time, she joked about viewers wanting her to dance like Chief Keef, but behind closed doors she’s really been working on her belly rolls. “I wanna show y’all something,” Glo told the camera in the beginning of her video. “I love constructive criticism, and y’all told me to work on my sex appeal… Y’all told me I need to be more feminine, so I’m channelling my inner Beyonce,” she added before queuing up her music.
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The rap diva’s sensual song of choice is Bey and Shakira’s “Beautiful Liar” from the former’s B’Day album. GloRilla’s confidence shines through as she wiggles her hips along to the beat. Unfortunately, not everyone is feeling this performance either. “Just be the hood ni**a [you] are,” one user suggested in @theshaderoom’s comments. “Girl Call Coi [Leray] for skinny girl assistance,” another told the CMG artist.
Aside from taking her constructive criticism from the BET Awards seriously, GloRilla has also been showing off her lyrical skills. After seeing the success of Latto’s “Put It On Da Floor,” the Memphis native joined a handful of other female rappers who shared their own versions or the hit single. Check out her “GloMix” at the link below, and tap back in later for more hip-hop/pop culture news updates.
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After facing grooming allegations and backlash to her widely derided apology video/song, Colleen Ballinger (also known by the name of her character, Miranda Sings) appeared to be facing another controversy. An old video from 2009 resurfaced, in which Ballinger sang Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” during a live show, wearing blackface-like dark makeup all the while. Things weren’t as they may have seemed, though.
I’m gonna need someone to explain the black on her face…
https://t.co/nkflIZfr04 pic.twitter.com/mGabbvzWRJ
— Paigey
(@PaigeChristieUK) July 5, 2023
A video from the same show shared by TMZ offers a different perspective. The clip includes some of the “Single Ladies” performance, as well as the song before it. In the video, Ballinger sang a song with Oliver Tompsett, star of the Wicked musical. So, she wore green makeup in order to emulate the Wicked Witch of the West character from the show. After the song, Ballinger quickly changed into her Beyoncé outfit and didn’t take the time to remove the dark makeup from her face. So, it was the fast pace of the between-songs transition that, when taken out of context, caused confusion.
As for the grooming allegations, they come from a HuffPost investigative report from June, which featured fans coming forward with “screenshots of their private communications with Ballinger to evidence claims that she ‘groomed’ them throughout their adolescence.” One fan alleged that “Ballinger would bring up sex during their conversations back when he was still 14 or 15 years old.”
