Extra Cowboy Carter has arrived!
Beyoncé has shared a shock remix of “Texas Maintain ‘Em” — in addition to a brand new web site.
The observe, which topped the Billboard Scorching 100 and Scorching Nation Songs charts in February, obtained a brand new layer of bounce in addition to a brand new verse and breakdown in a “Pony Up” remix, launched Thursday, April 4.
On the “Texas Maintain ‘Em” revamp, the megastar, 42, calls “all my cowboys to the dancefloor,” then calls for listeners “get on the dancefloor!”
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On the up to date second verse, Beyoncé provides a bit extra nation to the lyrics: “Awoke this mornin’, my coronary heart retains racin’/ Straight to the underside, all of us want salvation (Come take it to the ground now, ooh)/ Want you to on this drought, take me downtown/ Gon’ depart the truck, whiskey, child/ Let’s get weekend wasted/ May as effectively simply throw all of it (Woo-woo)/ And pony up, bitch, don’t maintain again on me.”
She additionally gave the track’s outro a brand new twist: “Pony up and salute your city/ Chasin’ our sins away, means brown/ And I’ll be damned if I can not dance with you/ Child, pour that sugar and liquor on me, too/ Furs, spurs, boots.”
Together with dropping the brand new rendition of “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” Beyoncé launched a cryptic new web site this week referred to as beencountry.com, which options throwback photographs of the “16 Carriages” artist as a baby singing on the Texas Sweetheart Pageant throughout her teenage years, in addition to a more moderen picture of her in cowboy apparel — a low-cut American flag-printed high and furry chaps. Additionally showcased on the positioning are photographs of a banjo and her slogan “This ain’t a rustic album. This can be a ‘Beyoncé’ album.”
Fans on social media have famous that posters that includes “beencountry” images have been showing in Los Angeles.
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The 32-time Grammy winner launched her eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, on March 29.
Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are among the many featured artists. Parton, 78, friends on “Dolly P” and “Tyrant,” whereas Nelson, 90, will be heard on “Smoke Hour Willie Nelson” and “Smoke Hour II.”
Miley Cyrus and Publish Malone additionally seem on the album. The Disney Channel alum, 31, joins the Houston native for the observe “II Most Needed.” In the meantime, the “Sunflower” artist, 28, teamed up with Beyoncé for a track referred to as “Levii’s Denims.” Shaboozey, who blends hip-hop and nation, reveals up on “Spaghettii.”
Different Black nation artists that seem on Cowboy Carter embody Rhiannon Giddens, Tanner Adell, and Willie Jones. Addell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts joined Beyoncé for her cowl of The Beatles’ “Blackbird.” Whereas Giddens performs banjo on “Texas Maintain ‘Em,” Jones contributed to “Only for Enjoyable.”