Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. You can find that wherever you get your podcasts.īEYONCE: (Singing) The devil's on my shoulder, as taboo as you want it, nasty is my guilty pleasure, nasty, nasty girl, if you give this a squeeze, baby, it's pretty.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. They'll be doing a deep dive on Beyonce's album in an upcoming episode. And if you'd like to hear more of Kiana's thoughts, tune into NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. And now she's finally, like, reciprocating that love in a very, very concrete way.ĬORLEY: That was music writer and critic Kiana Fitzgerald talking about Beyonce's new album, "Renaissance," which is out now. And I feel like the song is kind of the crux of what she's getting at with this entire album, which is she's paying tribute to a community and a culture that loves her. She samples a Kevin Aviance song subtitled "The Feeling," and it's just a quintessential queer house track.īEYONCE: (Singing) Bossy B, bisous, right then left cheek, mwah, future, renaissance, study my technique, all the pretty boys to the floor.īEYONCE: This is really her moment to just let free and let us do the same. This is such a dedication to Black and brown queer culture. It should cost a billion to look this good.įITZGERALD: So "Pure/Honey" is all ballroom everything. Take it all off or just a little, if you like. You can both, meet in the middle, dance all night. So for her to come out with this album, you know, in 2022 years later and feel like, you know, she's absolutely head over heels in love and she feels like she has so much to express in terms of amorous adoration and all these fuzzy feelings inside, I feel like she's giving us permission to forgive and giving us permission to also move on.īEYONCE: (Singing) It's pure. I'll always be your secret weapon in your arsenal, your arsenal.įITZGERALD: So her 2016 album, "Lemonade," which directly focused on her kind of difficulties that she was facing in her relationship at that moment, I feel, is worlds away from where we are today, not only because of all the things that have occurred since 2016 to now but also because they've healed, and they've come together. And she definitely uses this to its fullest capacity in order to, like, let folks know how much she's in love.īEYONCE: (Singing) We don't need the world's acceptance. So I think this one kind of stands out from the rest because I think this one is more of a soulful rhythm. This song is kind of a playful tribute to their relationship. And it's so apparent that she's singing to her man, Jay-Z, and she's just having such a wonderful time reveling in her love for him and reveling in her adoration of him and even in her adoration of herself. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA")īEYONCE: (Singing) It's the way you wear your emotions on both of your sleeves, oh, to the face you make when I tell you that I have to leave.įITZGERALD: "Plastic Off The Sofa" is pure love and soul. And I want you guys to hear the beauty and what I see as beautiful as well. And she, I think with this album, just came right out and said, this is who I am, this is who I'm influenced by. I can be the one that takes you there on this magic ride.įITZGERALD: It's very apparent that she is indebted to this music. I want it right here, right now, cuddled up on the couch, motorboat, baby, swerve around, slow-mo comin' out my blouse. But overall, this song is magnifique.īEYONCE: (Singing) Right here, right now, iced up, bite down, baby, lock in right now. I feel like once I, you know, listen to this album again and again and again, it's going to be the one that I come back to. And I think both of those acts represent that. And by that, I mean, you know, there's, like, this very amorphous feeling of, you know, just wanting to express herself and wanting to get to a place where she can just be free and be as liberated as possible. And it's just as much Mary Jane Girls as it is Donna Summer. I love all the elements that she included here. Like, it's just all encompassing of all the things that many people love, especially me. KIANA FITZGERALD: So "Virgo's Groove" is just a wonderful little nugget of dance, disco, house, funk, soul. We asked music writer and critic Kiana Fitzgerald to walk us through some of her favorite tracks so far. Her newest release, "Renaissance," dropped yesterday and has been garnering rave reviews. And finally today, you should know by now that we couldn't end the show without talking about Beyonce.
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