One of the world’s most popular entertainers performed at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta this past Friday, Saturday and Monday. Beyoncé sold out every night’s show in a stretch that had many renaming ATL to BEY-TL.
During Friday’s show, the musical icon declared Atlanta as the winner of the “everybody on mute” war, which dominated social media discourse.
In what’s now become a staple of the tour during the song “Energy,” once Beyoncé sings the line “everybody on mute,” she and her backup dancers freeze and signal the crowd to go silent by putting a finger over their lips.
On Monday night, the artist also performed “All Up in Your Mind,” “Drunk in Love,” and “Thique” for the first time since the European leg of her world tour.
“Renaissance” features a number of diverse musical elements, from ballroom to Afrobeats to dance/house to bounce. In February, it won a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album, making Beyoncé the first Black woman to win in that category.
Additionally, “Break My Soul” won Best Dance/Electronic Recording, “Plastic Off the Sofa” won Best Traditional R&B Performance, and “Cuff It” won Best R&B Song. Beyonce is now the most Grammy-awarded female artist to date.
The album credits over 104 songwriters, including big-name artists like Syd tha Kyd, Big Freedia, Drake, Lucky Daye, Tems, LilJuMadeDaBeat, Sabrina Claudio, Leven Kali, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, A. G. Cook, Skrillex, Right Said Fred and more.
The music in “Renaissance” is a testament to the beauty and influence of Black queer culture and its growing inclusion in the mainstream, evidenced by shows like “Pose” on FX and “Legendary” on HBO.
It can also be a reminder of the violence and vulnerability Black, queer people often face. On Aug. 4, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, O’Shae Sibley,
a Black gay man, was fatally stabbed at a gas station after a confrontation between a group of friends dancing to a Beyoncé song and several young men who taunted them with anti-Black and homophobic slurs.
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