Beyonce slammed for ‘tone deaf’ lyrics in new song Break My Soul after fans think new album will be ‘most explicit ever’
BEYONCE has been slammed by fans online for her "tone-deaf" lyrics in her new song, Break My Soul, ahead of her upcoming album.
Fans also think this will be her most-explicit album to date as a lot of the 16-tracks feature explicit warnings.
Beyonce's new song, Break My Soul, dropped at midnight on June 21.
It is her first song in a really long time and will be featured on her upcoming album, Renaissance Act I, which drops next month.
Break My Soul is her first release since Be Alive, which accompanied the film King Richard and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Her new album is available for pre-save on Apple Music and it will be out on July 29.
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The song has reached number one on iTunes and the lyric video has gained 2 million views and counting.
Fans think the song is mostly about building a new foundation and the anti-capitalist movement.
Break My Soul is a dance track that will be stuck in fans' heads for a long time, but the "tone-deaf" lyrics didn't sit well with many.
As excited as fans are for the new release, some of them are slamming the 40-year-old.
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Some fans found the lyrics, "They work me so damn hard. Work by nine, then off past five. And they work my nerves, that's why I cannot sleep at night" to be tone-deaf.
TOO TONE-DEAF
Fans are arguing back and forth online about whether or not the song is from the fans' perspective or from hers.
Some listeners love the new era and sound, but others don't like that multi-millionaire Beyonce, who doesn't have to work a 9 to 5 job is singing about that.
"idc for the homage to classic House, the new Beyoncé song has the most tone-deaf lyrics," tweeted one fan.
"I feel like the line 'they work me so damn hard/Work by nine, then off past five/And they work my nerves, that's why I cannot sleep at night' is a bit tone-deaf when you're BEYONCÉ, but the track as a whole is fire," wrote another.
Other fans are calling the song "weak" compared to her others, lyric-wise.
"I was listening to break my soul by Beyoncé. One of the new songs. The lyrics are very weak. I mean compared to her past projects, it doesn't have that element that we're used to getting. It doesn't even trigger any kind of emotion. Maybe it's just me," said one fan.
NEW MUSIC
Besides criticizing the lyrics to the new song, fans spotted more clues about the upcoming album.
She first revealed Renaissance Act I when she posed on the cover of for their July issue.
The singer marked her return to music after a six-year hiatus with a stunning cover, posing astride a horse in a dramatic black gown and headpiece.
She changed into many different stunning outfits for the shoot.
Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful styled and interviewed the superstar for the iconic shoot, revealing, "New music is coming - a thrilling abundance of it."
She did confirm that her new album was coming and called it "Act I."
This has led fans to think there's a double album in the works and that a second "act" could drop later this year or in 2023.
Fans also noted that 14 of the 16 tracks on Apple Music are labeled as "explicit."
She has released some explicit songs before, but never this many on one album.
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Although Beyonce has released songs for movies in the last few years, this is her first release for an album since 2016's Lemonade.
Break My Soul samples Big Freedia's song Explode and nods to Robin S.'s hit, Show Me Love.
