1 hour ago, AxelFox said:

It's cool but ngl I'm a bit sad that's the only use we got out of the remix. I always envisioned a Dance For You like performance for the Cuff it remix and that's exactly the part where she'd sex it up to the fullest 

the trouble with that is that this would likely mean either shortening the original (which she does often anyway but to the album’s biggest hit? unlikely for the initial tour) or doing maybe like… a verse and chorus before transitioning into Energy

 

idk i can see her bringing it back in another tour or two (assuming she continues to do so) to mix it up when regular Cuff It starts feeling a lil bland to the masses

 

but obviously this is all just conjecture

9 minutes ago, Draper. said:

No even a 5% of the fanbase listens to fanmade live albums, of course we want the official thing. 

This, these fan made version never quite hit all the right bits. Have yet to hear a Cozy one that nailed the falsetto at the end.

 

But also once the digital version drops fans will rip off the audio so we'll get the 'live album' one way or another. It's already very polished and edited in the movie, sounded more like the studio version of the arrangements she's doing during the show than actual live performances with a crowd when I watched the movie tbh. 

8 minutes ago, swissman said:

The fact that at this point, it being 2.5 years since the era started, the RENAISSANCE era is one of her longest "eras" and she's done the least amount of traditional promo and we still have not ONE music video is pretty amazing, tbh. I know we've wanted different at times (at many times) but even some of the biggest eras of the past decade didn't continue on this long, and when they did, they were never still as exciting and amazing as something like the RENAISSANCE film.

 

There's something to be said for the way she has drawn out the era and how she could do so because she plainly and purely had great music as the basis for everything.

Huh? How does June 2022 - January 2024 equals 2.5 years? :o

Because we're not gonna start counting from the time she said the word 'Renaissance' for the first time in an interview (albeit this Harper's Bazaar interview counts for like a THIRD of the entire promo campaign for this album).

Edited January 3, 20242 yr by Tangane

5 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

This, these fan made version never quite hit all the right bits. Have yet to hear a Cozy one that nailed the falsetto at the end.

yeah I can’t listen to the fanmade studio versions for the entire show - I’ve been surviving off the ATL 3 audio that yonsé ripped and converted from an upload since that at least gives us the vocal nuances of a show even with the phone audio quality 

4 minutes ago, cloudbusting said:

the trouble with that is that this would likely mean either shortening the original (which she does often anyway but to the album’s biggest hit? unlikely for the initial tour) or doing maybe like… a verse and chorus before transitioning into Energy

 

idk i can see her bringing it back in another tour or two (assuming she continues to do so) to mix it up when regular Cuff It starts feeling a lil bland to the masses

 

but obviously this is all just conjecture

Yeah that's true.

 

Ideally she would have done a one off performance of it somewhere but she ain't about that life anymore  

 

I think she could do the live album in February (with rumoured DVD/Blu-Ray/Digitla Film release) and then:

1. lead act ii single June
2. act ii end of July

 

This would place about six months between live album and a new album and since the live album isn't exactly going to make the waves of outright new music, that seems like enough time to satisfy fans, engage some locals, boost her streaming numbers/sales for the era and then make people feel that they've waited long enough for actual new music before she inevitably does just that.

 

But it's Beyoncé so absolutely none of this can be predicted.

12 minutes ago, Tangane said:

Huh? How does June 2022 - January 2024 equals 2.5 years? :o

Because we're not gonna start counting from the time she said the word 'Renaissance' for the first time in an interview (albeit this Harper's Bazaar interview counts for like a THIRD of the entire promo campaign for this album).

It doesn't, I've corrected it.

25 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

This, these fan made version never quite hit all the right bits. Have yet to hear a Cozy one that nailed the falsetto at the end.

this one kinda does 

 

 

 

but i agree fanmade studio versions very rarely catch every single detail so to me the live album is a necessity. i’m less stressed knowing that we’ll get the HQ audio one way or another once the film’s on dvd/streaming but i do need the WHOLE thing on streaming, full interludes, cut songs & all 

 

2 hours ago, AxelFox said:

It's cool but ngl I'm a bit sad that's the only use we got out of the remix. I always envisioned a Dance For You like performance for the Cuff it remix and that's exactly the part where she'd sex it up to the fullest 

I was pleasantly surprised she extended both BMS & CI to their remixes live in the first place. There was a time she’d do a verse + chorus (maybe bridge) n move to the next on the setlist 

1 hour ago, swissman said:

There's that rumour that they the film will be released on DVD/digital in Feb, so hopefully it is released alongside that as well to streaming.

 

I do see the point in not releasing it until the theatrical run is over though, not just because the WW release has been staggered, but even personally I may not have went back to see it a third time if I had the live album to keep me satisfied, and I think even for non-fans who may simply be going out of curiosity, if they want their curiosity satisfied, there'd be a clear choice to be made between being able to consume a live album on a streaming they've already paid for vs. a $20+ ticket.

Pardon the false equivalency, i just thought if movies can release OSTs during theatrical window, should be apply here. I suppose the product being a concert film makes all the difference. 

15 minutes ago, Bey'Knight said:

I was pleasantly surprised she extended both BMS & CI to their remixes live in the first place. There was a time she’d do a verse + chorus (maybe bridge) n move to the next on the setlist 

Pardon the false equivalency, i just thought if movies can release OSTs during theatrical window, should be apply here. I suppose the product being a concert film makes all the difference. 

I was thinking the same thing when I was typing that out, trying to find the difference between an OST and a live album concert soundtrack...and do agree I think even in musicals where the soundtrack is part of the action of the film (not just background), it's a different experience of the film whereas there's story happening not just visualized performances.

Renaissance received 1 billion on demand streams and sold 913k units in 2023 in the US

 

Not bad

 

 

Cuff It was somewhat of a letdown live on tour, but the editing and timing of the film version a highlight. PLEASE GIVE US THE LIVE ALBUM!

5 minutes ago, Kalmanta said:

Cuff It was somewhat of a letdown live on tour, but the editing and timing of the film version a highlight. PLEASE GIVE US THE LIVE ALBUM!

Yes, I agree. It's not my fave track by any means on the album, but as the big hit, I felt it could have been drawn out a bit more to tease / play with how much people loved that song.

HTHaze does it again with a one-of-a-kind review of LEMONADE 

 

 

Honestly, after watching this, it’s scooted Miss Lemön up my list of fav Bey albums 

 

Does anyone else usually watch his reviews? They’re so spot on! Every nuance in LEMONADE and even his review of RENAISSANCE, he picks up on! 

 

I'm a lifelong collector of physical media and I'm terminally online and perched on the Blu-ray forums daily and I can tell you I've never heard of dvdreleasedates.com

 

 

Let's hope they have the tea tho!

2 hours ago, Lose My Breath said:

Renaissance received 1 billion on demand streams and sold 913k units in 2023 in the US

 

Not bad

 

 

Do we know how much Renaissance has sold in the US thus far? Do the numbers include streams too?

12 minutes ago, DR0GO said:

Do we know how much Renaissance has sold in the US thus far? Do the numbers include streams too?

Yes, the 913k includes streams, it only sold around 100k physical copies in the US in 2023.  Partially because they didn't really manufacture anything outside of those initials vinyls and albums

 

I think it's right around 2 million units in the US.  @Lovett @JoAddams ?

2 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Yes, the 913k includes streams, it only sold around 100k physical copies in the US in 2023.  Partially because they didn't really manufacture anything outside of those initials vinyls and albums

 

I think it's right around 2 million units in the US.  @Lovett @JoAddams ?

The latest figures are 2,257,000 in the US. @DR0GO you can find further breakdowns in the Receipts thread, if you need them!

1 hour ago, Brikenbur said:

HTHaze does it again with a one-of-a-kind review of LEMONADE 

 

 

Honestly, after watching this, it’s scooted Miss Lemön up my list of fav Bey albums 

 

Does anyone else usually watch his reviews? They’re so spot on! Every nuance in LEMONADE and even his review of RENAISSANCE, he picks up on! 

I love his reviews so much

I always come back to this performance… her stage presence is out this world, not even MJ at his peak could touch her im sorry not sorry.

2 hours ago, Lovett said:

 

 

2 hours ago, Mitsouko said:

I'm a lifelong collector of physical media and I'm terminally online and perched on the Blu-ray forums daily and I can tell you I've never heard of dvdreleasedates.com

 

 

Let's hope they have the tea tho!

I believe their prediction is based on the time a film takes to get a blu-ray/DVD release after premiering in theaters, which usually takes 3 months. 

Edited January 3, 20242 yr by period sis

The film really is flawless, but I just wish she hadn’t included so many shots in the glittery ITG leotard. It’s SO unflattering compared to the rest. 
 

The OG Stockholm one, the armour one & the Kansas City one >>>

3 hours ago, Lovett said:

 

would DVDs Release Dates lie?