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Beyoncé and Jay-Z Deliver a Surprise Album: ‘Everything Is Love’


Sun 17 Jun 2018 | 04:35 PM
Yassmine Elsayed

 

 

Beyoncé is back with another world-stopping surprise album — and this time she brought her husband, Jay-Z, along for the ride.

With no advanced warning or promotion beyond their ability to grab international headlines with every move, popular culture’s first couple — billed here as The Carters — released its long-rumored and teased collaborative album on Saturday evening following a concert in London. In what has become something of a familiar ritual, the sudden release immediately sent fans and the industry into a tizzy.

Beyoncé first posted news about the record to Instagram and Twitter. As the couple’s show at London Stadium concluded Saturday night, a large sign announced: “ALBUM OUT NOW.” A representative for Jay-Z said “Everything Is Love” was being released by the artists’ labels, Parkwood and Roc Nation, in tandem.

 

That album, a staggering if carefully orchestrated confession about marital discord and black womanhood, also introduced a new chapter for Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who have increasingly mined public perception (and rumors) about their life together in art and performance.