Perhaps the most memorable part for many, though, was a Beyoncé advertisement.
“All right, they’re set. She declares, “Drop the new music,” teasing the release of the second chapter of her Renaissance project.
The next month, Texas Hold ‘Em and 16 Carriages, two country tracks from the album, will be released.
UK country musician Kezia Gill tells Newsbeat, “Massive artists like Beyoncé bringing out country music, it’s just going to open the floodgates for us.”
Derby native Kezia thinks Beyoncé’s influence might make the music “accessible to everyone”.
The amusing part, in my opinion, is that a lot of people will listen to this and assume Beyoncé is the one who invented it all.
“But if that can bring in a whole generation, then it’s going to be amazing.”
Beyoncé made her revelation shortly after Lana Del Rey revealed earlier in February that her debut country album, Lasso, was in the works.
According to fellow UK-based musician Jess Thristan, the release of country music by well-known female performers is essential to the genre’s expansion, especially for women aspiring to achieve success.
Fearless, Taylor Swift’s 2008 country pop album, is recognized for having introduced younger listeners to the genre.
Fearless (Taylor’s Version), her re-recorded version, is now at the top of the UK’s Official Country Artists Albums Chart, although Jess believes the genre’s
