Just ten days ahead of the Renaissance saga’s continuation, Beyonce dropped the art cover of her upcoming album Cowboy Carter. The icon isn’t shying away from claiming her music to be its own genre, proudly declaring: “This ain’t a Country album. This is a “Beyoncé” album.” Issuing the official statement about her soon-to-release record, the artist wrote a lengthy Instagram message, claiming her sour past experiences, which ultimately birthed the ‘Beyonce album.’

Cowboy Carter, act ii of her Renaissance narrative, has been five years in the making. However, before finally making way for the March 29 release date, the album teased its musical aesthetic with precursor track releases – Texas Hold Em and 16 Carriages, which not only raised the anticipation around her music piece but also gained her record-breaking spot on the Billboard charts. With the golden opportunity to embrace the remarkable feat of becoming the first Black woman to rank atop the Hot Country Songs chart, Beyonce expressed her gratitude to her fans.

Yet she didn’t let the moment pass away frivolously. Taking the reins in her hands, she slammed the stereotypical threads still linking race with musical genres in the age that hypocritically professes, “Music has no borders, no race or colour…” Beyonce wrote, “My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.”

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