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hey, it's stable!

idk whats happening with him but the general idea of needing to scrub collaborators from a project is an unfortunate side effect of having multiple, heavily-collaborative albums in storage for 6ish years... sigh

Nevermind. Kaia Gerber is on US Vogue and Nicole Kidman (her Gala co-host) is on UK Vogue.

This feels within the realm of possibility but I don't know much about magazine timelines - is it too late for her to cover Vogue's September Issue? She never did get a cover for hosting the Met Gala and it feels like the right time?

I guess they didn't wanna do MJB like that but honestly it would have been a slam dunk for them it's so weird.

I don't think she's fine with just being his little wife at all, though. Yeah, she had him on a remix of her song, and performed at his stadium shows for a couple of songs, but he's done the same for her at Coachella and at the Cowboy Carter Tour. I don't like him but I don't think it's as extreme as this tbh

how else would u like us to talk to eachother x

I disagree - all she logically needs to do to wrap this trilogy is release a good album in a new genre territory and it'll be an instantly classic music project. I don't think we're far off from that reality. When it comes to extra-musical content that supports the three-act album project (tours, visuals, single pushes, live performances, promotion, merch, vinyls, etc), that's where Bey and Parkwood have stumbled. But even within those, they've been quite good at making new leaps for the Beyonce brand; Successful back to back stadium tours Re-defining Bey's performance style Multiple viral performance moments / choreographies / routines / challenges Multiple solo No. 1s Better merch than the Lemonade era Decent vinyl packages (in the end) Pre-order bundles Mystery bundles Merch bundles Pop-up shops/exhibits A tour film in cinemas

My only thing with OTRIII is he's using up a lot of his stadium power right now with this 30 tour. And people are buying tickets hoping to see Bey, and most of these audiences will (especially at her birthday show in London, where it's practically guaranteed she'll perform for a stint of the runtime). Money and interest are finite when it comes to selling major stadiums out - we saw that with the sluggish OTRII sales and slow CCT sales. If OTRIII was actually coming, I don't think Jay would be dropping extra dates for this JAYZ30 run. He'd keep it limited, surely? I don't mind Jay popping up at the ACTIII tour a few times to do a Crazy, Deja, Drunk or UpgradeU moment. But I would care if the finale of Bey's major solo comeback trilogy and pinnacle of this creative endeavour for her is tied to him again. This trilogy is the first run of albums she's ever made that doesn't majorly centre Jay in any specific way, and that's so refreshing. The Jolene moment was enough for me - I simply dont need any more marriage drama or billionaire gloating on the next record (I know we had some of the latter on Renaissance but that sort of worked with the whole ballroom opulence theme).

I just remembered when we all had to pretend we liked Be Alive

In all seriousness, Donk ft Jay flopping big time would be a big win for fans of hers that dont want an OTRIII. They both care about the numbers too much, and the last thing we need is to convince them that having that man prominent on a project of hers in 2026 will result in success. I think they got excited after her Don't Knock the Hustle moment went viral, but people were gagging over Bey, not him. And even so, DKTH is a feel good song with pristine vocals, not an angry rap verse over a clanking beat forced over a soft R&B number.

She told you all in 2022 that she quit her job - we just didn't think she was serious

Saying this when Break My Soul got 6 DJ remixes, a Madonna remix, an instrumental, an A Capella, a Cliquebait visualiser, playlisting and a radio push…

more detail was needed for the jay remix

Oh my god is it rlly gonna be otr iii 💀