This cowboy’s “lasso” in the viral dance to Beyoncé’s country bop has the internet ready to saddle up
Act II album will be pushing the yee-haw agenda.On Super Bowl Sunday, the pop diva interrupted our regularly scheduled programming with a (reportedly) $30 million Verizon commercial/Veep cross-over that ended with Beyoncé uttering four words that have already changed the course of history: “Drop the new music!”Shortly thereafter, she did just that, releasing both “16 Carriages,” a sweeping ballad of self-actualization, and “Texas Hold ‘Em,” a more uptempo track that has us ready to boot scootin’ boogie.
The Renaissance isn’t over—it’s just moving from the ballroom to the dive bar, where the icon will be reclaiming the country music genre for its Black roots.Sign up for the Queerty newsletter to get your daily fix of heartthrobs with a side of the hottest queer news and culture.Get in gays!
We’re going full-on country.And just like that, the world had forgotten about the Super Bowl, the Travis Kelce/Taylor Swift liberal conspiracies, and even the sexy Usher half-time show.
All we knew was Beyoncé.Almost instantly, social media feeds were filled with memes, reactions, and videos of people screaming and crying in their cowboy boots.
