BEYONCÉ - act i RENAISSANCE + "MY HOUSE"

VincentVega

VincentVega

I really don’t know how she will top Part 1!?

I mean, I have been listening to this album since July 22 and I haven’t been getting tired of it. It feels still fresh to me and brings me so much joy, I really don’t know how I can be exited for Part II right now?

To be honest, I am a little bit concerned at this point:

Scenario A: Part II will be neat, but I won’t be sad about it because I still got Part I

Scenario B: Part II will be even or even better and my little gay heart will struggle to compensate and I don’t have to question the meaning of life anymore, because I am finally feeling spiritually fulfilled and shit.

Either way, we will hopefully get a tour next year, so it doesn’t matter if A or B, we will not lose.
 
colouroffensive

colouroffensive

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I attended the In Conversation with Honey Dijon event this evening and I heard some interesting stuff re: working on Renaissance.

- When Parkwood first reached out, Honey thought it was about a potential IVY PARK collab, not music

- Once it was established Beyonce was working on music and wanted the record to be a celebration of house music, NDAs were signed. Beyonce said she wanted to go to the source of house music, which Honey was incredibly touched by

- Prior to starting work on the album, Honey gave Beyonce playlists and literature to educate her on house music and queer culture. There was a lot of back and forth initially. Honey wanted to make sure Beyonce understood the roots and history of house music because she didn’t want her to make a fool of herself. She got her to watch Paris is Burning as well

- Honey and her team learned of the songs that made the album on the day it came out along with the rest of the world. There was no indication of what the track list was going to be or what songs were selected for the final cut

- COZY was originally around 135BPM but Honey realised she needed to slow it down in order for Beyonce to be able to perform it on stage and in keeping with the normal R&B sound of Beyoncé’s music. Honey said pretty much all the tracks she did during those sessions were super fast in their original form and had to be tailored for Beyonce

Just thought I’d share those tidbits!
 
theincredibleflipper

theincredibleflipper

colouroffensive said:
I attended the In Conversation with Honey Dijon event this evening and I heard some interesting stuff re: working on Renaissance.

- When Parkwood first reached out, Honey thought it was about a potential IVY PARK collab, not music

- Once it was established Beyonce was working on music and wanted the record to be a celebration of house music, NDAs were signed. Beyonce said she wanted to go to the source of house music, which Honey was incredibly touched by

- Prior to starting work on the album, Honey gave Beyonce playlists and literature to educate her on house music and queer culture. There was a lot of back and forth initially. Honey wanted to make sure Beyonce understood the roots and history of house music because she didn’t want her to make a fool of herself. She got her to watch Paris is Burning as well

- Honey and her team learned of the songs that made the album on the day it came out along with the rest of the world. There was no indication of what the track list was going to be or what songs were selected for the final cut

- COZY was originally around 135BPM but Honey realised she needed to slow it down in order for Beyonce to be able to perform it on stage and in keeping with the normal R&B sound of Beyoncé’s music. Honey said pretty much all the tracks she did during those sessions were super fast in their original form and had to be tailored for Beyonce

Just thought I’d share those tidbits!
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High BPM remix album please.
 
Andy French

Andy French

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colouroffensive said:
- Prior to starting work on the album, Honey gave Beyonce playlists and literature to educate her on house music and queer culture. There was a lot of back and forth initially. Honey wanted to make sure Beyonce understood the roots and history of house music because she didn’t want her to make a fool of herself. She got her to watch Paris is Burning as well
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Love this. I've said it from the beginning, but the claims of Bey thoughtlessly appropriating the aesthetics of house without understanding its roots for RENAISSANCE never made any sense to me; the album is clearly done from a place of respect and awareness of that.
 
Applause

Applause

colouroffensive said:
I attended the In Conversation with Honey Dijon event this evening and I heard some interesting stuff re: working on Renaissance.

- When Parkwood first reached out, Honey thought it was about a potential IVY PARK collab, not music

- Once it was established Beyonce was working on music and wanted the record to be a celebration of house music, NDAs were signed. Beyonce said she wanted to go to the source of house music, which Honey was incredibly touched by

- Prior to starting work on the album, Honey gave Beyonce playlists and literature to educate her on house music and queer culture. There was a lot of back and forth initially. Honey wanted to make sure Beyonce understood the roots and history of house music because she didn’t want her to make a fool of herself. She got her to watch Paris is Burning as well

- Honey and her team learned of the songs that made the album on the day it came out along with the rest of the world. There was no indication of what the track list was going to be or what songs were selected for the final cut

- COZY was originally around 135BPM but Honey realised she needed to slow it down in order for Beyonce to be able to perform it on stage and in keeping with the normal R&B sound of Beyoncé’s music. Honey said pretty much all the tracks she did during those sessions were super fast in their original form and had to be tailored for Beyonce

Just thought I’d share those tidbits!
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Thank you for sharing this, absolutely beautiful.
 
mindtrappa

mindtrappa

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Looks like the CEO of AMC followed her on Twitter today. Probably means nothing, but seems worth noting just in case~

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