41 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

These essays for nothing are tiring. The same paragraphs every other week, the endless "what if"-theories for nothing. Each door leading to more trap doors indeed.

Not you tugging on @Cbreezy 's wig a bit

what if act iii is the friends we made along the way

11 minutes ago, RedOne said:

Not you tugging on @Cbreezy 's wig a bit

LMAO!

I really don't mind getting dragged. We all have our...things.

But equally draggable are the endless ratings, sun/moon theories, and venting at Bey's team for theories some of y'all literally made up.

I'll take getting tugged for essays and my verbose-ness lol. At the very least, I'm glad they are generally rooted in logic and tangible happenings than fanfic lol.

9 minutes ago, Cbreezy said:

LMAO!

I really don't mind getting dragged. We all have our...things.

But equally draggable are the endless ratings, sun/moon theories, and venting at Bey's team for theories some of y'all literally made up.

I'll take getting tugged for essays and my verbose-ness lol. At the very least, I'm glad they are generally rooted in logic and tangible happenings than fanfic lol.

I love ur essays, its just that im in my depressive-Hive-state i cant bare it + Ive come to terms with the fact there is a high possibility that we will not have Act3 during summer, maybe not even this year.

NOTHING points towards an era emerging. Heck, they only officially ended Cowboy Carter with the MET

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4 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

I love ur essays, its just that im in my depressive-Hive-state i cant bare it + Ive come to terms with the fact there is a high possibility that we will not have Act3 during summer, maybe not even this year.

NOTHING points towards an era emerging. Heck, they only officially ended Cowboy Carter with the MET

I mean they ended rennie with her GRAMMY appearance with a single a week later lol

48 minutes ago, R.E.M. said:

then why did Ren and CC both come out on the 29? Sure it could be coincidental but there are so few Fridays that land on the 29th in the year. I wouldn't be surprised if Act 3 was slated for a May 29 release but got pushed back/reworked after the Dream scandal.

Fair point.

But, like someone else said here, the proof that there may be nothing to the "29th" ish was when Tina's jaw dropped at the correlation between its relevance to Uncle Johnny and she went to go tell Bey (as if it were a surprise to them both).

It may indeed be a thing, but I am moreso one to lean on the reality that Bey's operation is a machine; one largely defined by pretty tight requirements. E.g. tours are booked-in up to a year in advance, so it necessitates specific release frames for the accompanying music.

Add to that the fact that, with other (major) acts releasing year-round, she only has a few (easy) frames to pounce if wanting minimal competition and a clear pathway to repeat #1s. So, quiet frames like all of Q1 and parts of Q2/Q3.

With Rennie, I'd argue that she dropped during a quiet-ish frame (Drake's surprise attempt at creating heat with his flop dance project being the sole exception). CC (Texas through to album release) was all Q1. Again, another historically quiet frame in the industry.

The May 29 thing is cute and would be cool if she really was leaning into it all, but IMO, nothing differentiates May 29 from the sales potential of any other Friday this month would have had.

Playing slight Devil's advocate, I do think the industry is shape-shifting a bit from its traditional Q4 = busiest, Q1 = quietest etc framework. Which, in a way, isn't ideal in knowing where exactly to position a new Beyonce release for maximum sales potential. At the same time, I trust that Bey/Parkwood/Columbia, and even her music publishers, have the data and will push the right levers to ensure she's solid regardless.

2 hours ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

maybe the gumbo was act iii all along

definitely more of a #2 according to the health inspectors

3 minutes ago, cloudbusting said:

definitely more of a #2 according to the health inspectors

Bey was DEF connected to that FIFA Halftime Show, there was a rumor about her and the Weekend working together and Chris Martin is the curator so he definitely asked and im assuming she passed since her era is coming soon.

6 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

Bey was DEF connected to that FIFA Halftime Show, there was a rumor about her and the Weekend working together and Chris Martin is the curator so he definitely asked and im assuming she passed since her era is coming soon.

Wouldn't you assume she'd want to do it if her ERA was coming soon though?

12 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

Bey was DEF connected to that FIFA Halftime Show, there was a rumor about her and the Weekend working together and Chris Martin is the curator so he definitely asked and im assuming she passed since her era is coming soon.

I'm glad she dropped him after that Charlie Kirk nonsense. F him! Justin Timberlake would never (her true white husband).

7 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said:

Wouldn't you assume she'd want to do it if her ERA was coming soon though?

I think she now likes the power of saving her performance power for single big moments or the tour, Netflix was already a deal in place and Jay is connected to the NFL, that is two birds with one stone.

This would be more of a favor and Jay isnt connected to FIFA, she doesn't need the exposure so she likely passed.

11 hours ago, QueenB said:

us in november:

"She's really going to let this year pass by with no new music"

I regularly feel like this about the trilogy overall.

Like, I literally cannot believe we are FOUR YEARS post-Rennie sans visuals or clear intel on what is going on.

To think we have gone through so many stages of belief/disbelief lol. The most notable, for me, being:

* Convinced the visuals were launching alongside the album

* Telling ourselves that surely a 2022 Thanksgiving/Xmas special would bring the visuals, almost in celebration of the album's reception being so iconic, and knowing visuals had been shot.

* Then thinking visuals were coming in with the start or end of RWT lol

* Now.

That said, I kinda knew that once CC arrived sans visuals that we were in for the longest ride. Because realistically, there was never a world IMO where the middle project would get visuals ahead of the first. CC having any visual component throws off the sequence, given that we know Rennie visuals exist, and I've long been part of the camp that does not believe she would dispose of $millions worth of footage.

Essentially, a case visual at the start of the era or at the end. I think we now know which.

If you hated on IASF, you don't get to brag about single ladies being added to the library of congress! I said "I hope single ladies gets added back on a setlist" and I was attacked maliciously..

the IASF renaissance has begun!

To be fair… two albums dropping on the 29th can be a coincidence, it does not form a pattern yet.

Juneteenth would make sense for a Rock album and the perfect day to close the trilogy. The last post on beencountry being a celebration of Juneteenth too…

Just realized Beyoncé is not waiting that long with act iii because she wants to tie album promo to brand promo… THANK GOD for capitalism

40 minutes ago, QueenB said:

If you hated on IASF, you don't get to brag about single ladies being added to the library of congress! I said "I hope single ladies gets added back on a setlist" and I was attacked maliciously..

the IASF renaissance has begun!

not me being in the library of congress before Sucha Farce

Bey is lucky she makes the level and quality of music and albums that she does cuz these shenanigans wouldn't float otherwise.

smh. Still struggle to believe that the same woman who gave us Glastonbury, gave us ST, lemonade, the gift and then Renaissance and CC. Jesus, we got alien superstar 22+ years into an already legendary career

2 hours ago, CallumDavies said:

what if act iii is the friends we made along the way

Then ship it back.

I found myself staring at this gif in a loop and now I'm wondering if she was playing around (as originally thought) or if she was afraid someone would physically harm her for winning Best Country Album?

Maybe this has already been discussed, but reading this makes me believe the staging for all 3 shows were designed at the same time…and somehow relate to the visuals filmed.

She's discussing the Renaissance tour yet talking about the red cowboys that we only saw open the L.A. shows of the CCT a year later. Also the bit about geometry with RWT background and C-stage being a hole/circle followed by CCT's both being a triangle.

The red cowboys representing redlining gradually changing from all red in the first shows to various time being red, white or/and blue to finally all gold. Her mind!

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/es-devlin-book-interview

20 minutes ago, Fleahive said:

I found myself staring at this gif in a loop and now I'm wondering if she was playing around (as originally thought) or if she was afraid someone would physically harm her for winning Best Country Album?

I had actually attempted to astral project into her mind to see what happened to the visuals thinking she would be too distracted by winning, she is spiritually protected and I barely escaped with my life

act III and a copy of the visuals sitting on a stolen hard-drive tucked in somebody uncle's musty back pocket

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