Beyoncé poses revealingly for her new country album

Superstar Beyoncé is always good for a surprise. After announcing that her new album “Cowboy Carter” is a country album, she’s now upping the ante visually. Because while the R’n’The B-singer was recently photographed as a rodeo queen for her latest work, and is now virtually naked in a second photo. Only a blue, white and red sash with a very special inscription covers her body. She holds a cigar in her hand. She receives more than just praise from some fans and a colleague.

Beyoncé reminds us of the Statue of Liberty

In her latest photo pose, Beyoncé resembles America’s Statue of Liberty, with a few striking differences. Her left hand is filled with her left breast instead of the American Declaration of Independence. In her right hand, instead of a torch, she carries a lit cigar, which could also be interpreted as a joint. In addition, Beyoncé’s head is not adorned by seven rays, but by a pony studded with colorful beads. A look that musician Erykah Badu claims for herself. Badu sharply criticizes the statement behind Beyoncé’s nude photo. According to a report by US magazine, she (formerly Twitter) turned to Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z and asked him to comment: “Say somthin Jay,” she writes.

Fans around the world aren’t just wondering what Beyoncé wants to express with her nude pose. They are also surprised by the print on her sash: “act ii BEYINCÉ” is written there. “act ii” is explained by Beyoncé’s foray into other music genres outside of her traditional R’n’B-Reichs. After an album in house style, the mother of three, who grew up in Texas, is now making a detour into the country world with “Cowboy Carter”. So far, like almost everything the multi-talented singer has touched, it has been extremely successful. The two released singles “Texas Hold’Em” and “16 Carriages” sold excellently. With “Texas Hold’Em” she was even the first black woman to reach number one on the country charts.

That’s why the sash says Beyincé

Some fans think it’s a misprint: “BEYINCÉ” is emblazoned large on the sash, which alone covers Beyoncé’s otherwise naked body. Beyoncé and Instagram fans clarify: It is the maiden name of her mother, the singer Celestine Beyoncé Knowles-Lawson, better known as Tina Knowles. Her mother originally had the last name Beyincé. Beyoncé denounces that her mother is one of several family members whose last name was misprinted on her birth certificate.

Not the only faux pas: According to Beyoncé, the reason for a country album was, in addition to her love for the music of her home state, another, more negative one. She delved deeper into the history of country music through an experience in which she felt “unwelcome.” Fans speculate that this is from her 2016 CMA Awards performance with country music giants The Chicks. At the time, white country fans were up in arms against Beyoncé’s performance.

There was even discussion about removing her performance from the event’s recording. But Beyoncé is now proving critics wrong thanks to her mega-success in the country genre: “The criticism I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to overcome the boundaries. I hope that in some “In years to come, mention of an artist’s race will be irrelevant in the context of releasing music genres,” she said.