Beyonce’s "Renaissance" Album Leaked Online

Yara Sameh

Grammy Award winner Beyoncé's new album "Renaissance" has been leaked online approximately 36 hours before its scheduled release.

Social media was filled on Thursday with comments about the leak and some posts showed CD copies of the album for sale, apparently in Europe.

The highly-anticipated album was set to be available to the public on July 29.

The leak came as a shock, as the singer is known to keep everything very close as was shown with the surprise drop of her 2013 album.

The singer revealed the tracklist for her forthcoming seventh album “Renaissance” last week.

The tracklist, which was posted on her Instagram story and ap, includes many intriguing titles like “America Has a Problem,” “Alien Superstar”, “Church Girl”, “Cuff It”,“Thique”, “All Up in Your Mind”, and more, along with the single, “Break My Soul”.

Earlier this month Beyoncé shared the album’s cover artwork, which sees her posing regally atop the silhouette of a luminous horse. In a note accompanying the artwork, Beyoncé wrote:

“Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world. It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving. My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment. A place to be free of perfectionism and overthinking. A place to scream, release, feel freedom. It was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this music. I hope it inspires you to release the wiggle. Ha! And to feel as unique, strong, and sexy as you are.”

Late last month, Beyoncé surprise-dropped “Break My Soul,” the first single from the album. The track channels ’90s house music beats over a sample of Robin S’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love”, and features vocals from Big Freedia.

The album consists of 16 songs and is the follow-up to Beyoncé’s album “Lemonade”, which was released in 2016.

“Renaissance” tracklist:

I’m That Girl

Cozy

Alien Superstar

Cuff It

Energy

Break My Soul

Church Girl

Plastic Off the Sofa

Virgo’s Groove

Move