I'm on get me bodied and Kelly and Michelle not having singing parts is like a knife to the heart 😢 but it's so guddd

 

 

Edited August 13, 20251 yr by Tate

The downvotes 

 

4 hours ago, Tate said:

Why does it say CD on Beyonces belt buckle in the jumping jumping video ? I'm going through DC and Beyoncé videography 

This used to confuse me as a young chile, but it most likely means "Christian Dior" 

And I still believe there is a window for her to release her lead of act 3 in a couple of months with the subsequent release of the album 5-6 weeks later. Its not like there are no big releases coming just because Taylor releases now. Sure, Taylor is going to dominate this month, but September/October are still wide open

2 hours ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

And I still believe there is a window for her to release her lead of act 3 in a couple of months with the subsequent release of the album 5-6 weeks later. Its not like there are no big releases coming just because Taylor releases now. Sure, Taylor is going to dominate this month, but September/October are still wide open

Taylor and Sabrina will be Juggernauts, but Cowboy Carter released soon after albums from Billie and Ariana while Renaissance dropped just after a Drake project and just before a K*nye one 

It just hit me AGAIN that Bey lost AOTY with Lemonade against Adeles 21 version 2.0 during the height of the BLM movement. U cant make this **** up.

 

Edited August 13, 20251 yr by Kristie Kuwa

 

On 8/12/2025 at 11:29 PM, V$. said:

 

She made everyone wear cowboy acts and boots and boosted those clothes' economy worldwide. 

 

Fitting award! 

A legendary era. AOTY and Emmy back to back. 

Edited August 15, 20251 yr by BnPac

Some people are truly miserable. She clearly had a creative input in the design of the costumes, plus the fact that her main goal was to honor Black Cowboy History make this a big win  

 

Edited August 13, 20251 yr by Crayzik

2 hours ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

And I still believe there is a window for her to release her lead of act 3 in a couple of months with the subsequent release of the album 5-6 weeks later. Its not like there are no big releases coming just because Taylor releases now. Sure, Taylor is going to dominate this month, but September/October are still wide open

Nah, for her benefit, I think the 2026 version of the CC launch window is best. So, Q1/Q2.

 

I know we want the music ASAP, but competitively, narratively, and optically, it will benefit her to drop in a quieter, less crowded window.

 

Taylor's album (which I'm indifferent to) will unquestionably do huge numbers and reign at #1 for double-digit weeks. Based on her previous run, even the middle of that reign will have her in the six-figure region weekly. I imagine big multi-week #1 singles too. So, it's just not worth Bey aiming for then.

 

Less of a threat or even competition, but Sabrina Carpenter is also releasing. So, I imagine big singles and solid album sales are coming too. Not to mention the whoosh of rush releases that are crammed into the Q4-but-before-Xmas-Freeze frame.

 

It's essentially almost September now and very rarely do big releases drop beyond November. That's a very short frame.

 

I'm sure competing teams hash this ish out beforehand (on some friendly tip). As it's no coincidence that Bey NEVER has an issue being overshadowed or being potentially outsold. I guess what I'm saying is that that isn't happenstance, it's careful plotting, planning, and ensuring the coast is clear. 

I can see us getting the tour movie or some kind of tease for Act III (at best) this year (as well as more Cecred, SirDavis ish) and it being go time for Act III as early as January / Feb. 

 

Spoiler

Wildcard: I could also see her launching Act III later into 2026. The reality is that, beyond our desire for the new music ASAP, there actually isn't any rush per se. Plus, theoretically, delayed gratification tends to have a big/ger payoff. "We missed her so much" etc. It would also place the release in closer promixity to its likely 2027 tour.

 

Still bracing for early 2026, but wouldn't be mad at later either.

 

14 hours ago, BGKC said:

I'm hoping Blue convinces our mother to do a surprise performance at the VMA's that consists of of hits/popular deep cuts between Act I & II from BMS to Tyrant followed by the lead single for Act III with a winter album release date.  

 

You think a 13 year old in 2025 knows or cares about the VMAs?

 

4 hours ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

And I still believe there is a window for her to release her lead of act 3 in a couple of months with the subsequent release of the album 5-6 weeks later. Its not like there are no big releases coming just because Taylor releases now. Sure, Taylor is going to dominate this month, but September/October are still wide open

give it up already deelishis 

2 hours ago, alien superstore said:

Taylor and Sabrina will be Juggernauts, but Cowboy Carter released soon after albums from Billie and Ariana while Renaissance dropped just after a Drake project and just before a K*nye one 

the difference is that those people weren't gonna outsell her 

the only thing i can see happening this year would be a CCT release on HBO/whatever other streaming service, with an ACT III teaser/easter egg at the end à la Beybowl Jan 14 announcement.

 

Her sitting on a bike or a mechanical horse or something with a new font that just says 2026 would do the trick. It wouldn't be too in your face that it spoils anything months in advance (so she still gets to pleasure her surprise kink when she officially announces the album next year) but it'd be clear enough to get the fans hyped for what's next (and to get us through the end of the year). Since the first try was botched due to the LA fires, i can see her try this approach again, we know she likes to give :

 

 

Call me crazy, but I still think she name dropped her new album the night of the Grammys to try and overshadow, probably new a release was imminent, and maybe even thought it would be that night.    It was such a random announcement, and seems like it had no real planning at all - it was super spontaneous IMO.   Probably saw the cowboy attire 

Edited August 13, 20251 yr by Lose My Breath

15 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Call me crazy, but I still think she name dropped her new album the night of the Grammys to try and overshadow, probably new a release was imminent, and maybe even thought it would be that night.    It was such a random announcement, and seems like it had no real planning at all - it was super spontaneous IMO.   Probably saw the cowboy attire 

Who are we talking about here? Taylor? 

14 hours ago, Starshine said:

The pattern of her continuously losing AOTY at the Grammys really showed their asses and birthed so many discourses over the years.. Cowboy Carter kind of checkmated them by switching genres to a historically white dominated and racist genre and it proved it really does take a non-Urban genre or whatever to win the general field award (while also collecting every other country record in existence .) There needs to be a study on her career post-4 of her going against the industry machine/norm, she really is the biggest risk taker after Madonna I fear. Unconventional rollouts from the Friday release standard, surprise dropping full length films and albums, refusing to follow radio EDM/Dance-pop trends, refusing to follow the quick TikTok formula even though her songs go viral every week, funding her own company and using that to advocate for herself controlling almost every aspect of her brand + maximizing her own bag.

 

This entire era her haters has been screaming 'PR propaganda' or whatever when it's generally known Neck has literally one of the least media presences.. which doesn't even work in this social media brainrot age of oversharing. Keeping control over her own image so the media doesn't spin it like they do with many of her troubled peers and those came before her = PR propaganda it seems... Real record breaking stadium tour grosses = PR propaganda is seems while a certain fanbase is salivating over arena records with the same dynamic pricing they cried about. She literally doesn't even do anything, a conversation spawns with everything she does... it's so crazy how Cowboy Carter is STILL talked about unlike the albums that released that year, it's so effortless for her.  She rarely campaigns for her work, doesn't have to play up her relatable underdog image going on late night shows to conjure up random stories every album rollout, or network high profile relationships like its the prom-queen cheerleading for the football crush at the finals like its a white American dream Disney Channel movie, or continue parasocial relationships when all she does is drop her art and pays everyone dust moving on about her life until it's time to tour. The most she even tried to be relatable is when she started gooning on camera for Cecred. She's kind of the anti-music industry if you think real hard about it with an edible, she doesn't play the game and if she does it's by her own terms.  Whew Cowboy Farter... the legendary era that you are... 

oh my god.

 

******* CLOCK IT

I'd love to see Act III drop on her birthday next year (September 4 is a Friday in 2026) with the lead single dropping in mid-June. It will spread the era across two Grammy cycles. I know that's a year from now, but she could probably release the Renaissance/CC visuals in the meantime.

 

If the pattern continues, the era will end with the tour in 2027.  5 years feels like an eternity, especially nowadays, when it seems like 50 world-altering things happen every single day, but it really isn't a long time for three albums. 

 

It's the same pattern as her last three solo albums.

 

4 (2011), ST (2013), Lemonade (2016)

 

 

3 minutes ago, flashback3301 said:

I'd love to see Act III drop on her birthday next year (September 4 is a Friday in 2026) with the lead single dropping in mid-June.

That's too long and she didn't wait that much between REN and CC

 

4 minutes ago, flashback3301 said:

It will spread the era across two Grammy cycles.

It seems to me that she intents the opposite. Songs from both of the previous albums were nominated at the same night. It is better that way, since she's gonna be nominated for more awards and win more the same night - and she doesn't have to attend two times

 

7 minutes ago, flashback3301 said:

but she could probably release the Renaissance/CC visuals in the meantime.

I also think it's clear that they won't release any visuals before all the acts are released

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

That's too long and she didn't wait that much between REN and CC

 

It seems to me that she intents the opposite. Songs from both of the previous albums were nominated at the same night. It is better that way, since she's gonna be nominated for more awards and win more the same night - and she doesn't have to attend two times

 

I also think it's clear that they won't release any visuals before all the acts are released

I think she'll need time to film visuals for act iii. But the visuals are a wild card; it's hard to compile enough information to get a good idea where they're at with them. 
 

Out of curiosity i did some research, and obviously none of this will 100% happen, but it's kinda crazy to think that if she plays her cards right, and turns the visuals into a fully narrative, casted, feature-length film, with music from Ren, CC, and Act III it'd be eligible for a lot of big Oscar categories. She'd easily be a frontrunner in the musical categories, especially if she records a new song for the film that isn't on any of the albums. 

 

Best Original Song: easiest nomination 

 

Best Costume Design / Production

Design: Bey's team is already top-tier here as we've just seen

 

Best Cinematography / Sound / Editing: depends on film's craft quality but we already know how mind blowing her cinematography and camera crew are

 

Best Director: if she's officially credited and the narrative filmmaking is strong

 

Best Makeup & Hairstyling: easy nomination potential with her visual style

 

We all know that the next logical step (and this was already kinda hinted at/confirmed by the CCT interludes) would be her delivering some actual acting and lines so Best Actress would technically be possible but let's remain realistic

 

The film's quality will obviously be there, all she'll need is an oscar savvy distributor like netflix or A24, campaign at major film festivals, push for craft categories, do a proper theatrical run of at least 7 consecutive days in both LA & NYC, avoid a limited screening only model and intercut music with plot progression (to avoid the "music block" / "talking block" trap that could shut her out from a lot of categories.

 

All of this sounds pretty feasible if she can be arsed to show up at Venice and TIFF and film a quick featurette on set. The only downside would be that this guarantees we're not getting full music sequences for full length songs (which, lbr, we aren't getting that anyway since even her regular visual albums don't feature every song in full )

1 hour ago, flashback3301 said:

I'd love to see Act III drop on her birthday next year (September 4 is a Friday in 2026) with the lead single dropping in mid-June. It will spread the era across two Grammy cycles. I know that's a year from now, but she could probably release the Renaissance/CC visuals in the meantime.

It would be the same Grammy season. Grammy's period ends September 30 not August 31.

idk what the alternative would be but continuing the clear pattern and having act iii come out in 2026 w/ the tour in 2027 seems too formulaic for her idk  

They're MAD... Again! 

 

It's crazy how many @/grok you find when the subject is the lady horse last award