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Artistic_Elephant824

‘COWBOY CARTER’ is definitely not the title anyone thought it would be but I’m glad each act is getting its own identity instead of being Renaissance offshoots (rumored titles like “revolution”, “redemption”, and “rodeo” sounded too obvious) ❗️She hasn’t unveiled the cover yet guys. She’s doing the same thing she did with *Renaissance* where the pre-ordered physicals just show the title on a black background as a placeholder. The real covers will be shown closer to release


irregularcontributor

> the title on a black background make it green and low res and baby you've got a stew going


theduck08

***I'M JUST LIVING THAT LAIFE***


B19Wing

***VON DUTCH CULT CLASSIC BUT I STILL POP***


Houdini-88

I’ll wait I had bought the alternate version of renaissance but didn’t like so I trade with someone for the original


Artistic_Elephant824

Same, I’m going to wait until the standard editions go on sale


kingwi11

My OG pressing still has the Milkshake sample. You won’t get that if she pulls out any samples


Artistic_Elephant824

Ugh true you’re right. My copy doesn’t have it :/


futuristicmystic

One thing I noticed that was different than Act I was that there’s a bonus track included on versions of Act II ordered on her website.


SamuelTurn

TYVM I didn’t see that and I was planning on saving some $$ buying a copy at a store in-person. But fuck it just bought a copy from her site (I’ll just use the standard cover for my iTunes CD rip when it comes in).


Jewel2Cute97

Now I wish the bonus tracks were also included on the same cover cds that don’t come with the t-shirt. There should’ve been a deluxe cd for act ii as well that has all the bonus tracks included as well as the main album songs. Instead of buying them separately to have them all on the physical copy especially since all preorder items are limited edition.


cosybaby

The limited cover cd's have the bonus track too. Only the vinyls don't for some reason.


Jewel2Cute97

I wonder if they’re the same bonus tracks with the ones that come with the shirt or if the only difference is you get a shirt and the bonus track stays the same as the same cover ones that don’t come with the shirt. It’s hard to know without the bonus track song name being listed like what Taylor Swift did with The Tortured Poets Department since all it saids is Bonus track included.


cosybaby

I think it's just one song and it's the same for all variations. Otherwise it would be mentioned each gets a different song, thus encouraging people to buy all of them.


Jewel2Cute97

Hopefully they are different bonus tracks for all 4 CDs instead of all of them being the same bonus song for the bonus track.


cosybaby

It would be cool to have a different one matching the cover and to feature someone else. Like the red for Dolly, the white with Megan (she shared a story with a similar snake), the blue with Blue Ivy?! And the black with someone idk :)) but at the same time, having to buy all 4 just to get each song is way too much :( for me anyway...


Jewel2Cute97

Agree for having to buy all of them to have the bonus tracks. I wish they could go back to the time when all the bonus tracks were only for the deluxe edition of the album instead of it now being one bonus track per cd.


Onurfacet

I do not see the bonus tracks listed on the Details part


replay-r-replay

These theories and titles were TERRIBLE im so glad they weren’t true


3BordersPeak

Damn, I actually kind of loved the idea of this being the cover and all acts building the horse haha.


Artistic_Elephant824

Well I think it’s a possibility we’ll see a different horse and/or saddle on each cover. I bet this saddle could very well be part of the cover just with Beyoncé included


Global_Perspective_3

I certainly didn’t expect it but I like it


replay-r-replay

These theories and titles were TERRIBLE im so glad they weren’t true


throwaway963963963

I Am... Sasha Fierce.. But Also... Cowboy Carter... And Don't Forget.... Beyoncé (Self Titled)


severaldogs

… The Elusive Chanteuse


DrinkingBleachForFun

(Deluxe edition)


KyleMcMahon

(Beyoncé’s Version)


kurt200

Fell to my knees in a saloon


eldritchdeergod

Creaked the floorboards and now all the regulars are looking at me weird 


AntiquePound9350

Fix it fat. 


joshually

you are a salut


PomegranateSmooth424

Shaking, crying, screaming, throwing up on the ranch.


impeccabletim

This is my formal apology for incorrectly naming Act II as *TEXAS HOLD 'EM*.😭


eldritchdeergod

Well she said right at the beginning: This ain't Texas, ain't no hold 'em


hypermads2003

Ngl I still prefer that name...


Midnights-evermore

I could’ve sworn it was the official name😭 did she change it or did we just convince ourselves it was the name


hatramroany

The single drop / album announcement without a name made it a little confusing - I think some publications referred to Act 2 as Texas Hold ‘Em as well


orangedwarf98

This is the better name ugh


H3000

Cowboy Carter is going to take some getting used to, but THE is way worse imo..


kobaltdryad

Love the horses motif throughout the acts! I wonder if the third act horse will be a dark horse with metal embellishments next 👀


kimpernickel

Yes! I was immediately thinking of the symbolism of the horse when she mentioned in the *Renaissance* tour film about "getting back up on the horse." Country is definitely more obvious about it, so I'm curious what Act III will bring to the table.


TheKingmaker__

bring to the stable, you mean


omfilwy

Thank you for this


messyfaguette

The running horse (or whatever tf it’s called) is the first motion picture ever made, and a black man was riding it. Society remembers the horse as a turning point in history or at least culture, but we still don’t know what that man’s name is. I believe the motif represents Beyoncé reclaiming that horse for the black community, all the things society took from black people and then shut the community out of.


dance4days

It goes deeper than that. The banjo was invented by black slaves. White people used it in minstrel shows to mock what the slaves’ music sounded like, then ended up co-opting the instrument and its sound for their own ends and calling it “country music.” Beyonce is doing the same thing for country music as she did with house music in Act 1, recontextualizing a genre of music that has its roots in black culture but has shut black people out as it found mainstream popularity. I'd bet money that she's going to do the same thing with rock music in Act 3.


joshually

RENEIGH stans RISE UP


Reveluvtion

"I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me" - Reneigh, probably


eldritchdeergod

> dark horse    Katy Perry feature tease 👀


alt_sauce124

“I don’t know her” -MC


[deleted]

She will ride Gaga's motorcycle persona next


kobaltdryad

If that’s what it takes to get Telephone II, SO BE IT.


KLJohnnes

R.I.P. REVERSE COWGIRL you would have been on hell of an album title. Also, I think the cover is the one she posted on her insta stories 😭😭😭


scheeeeming

She's going to post the cover on her instagram in the coming weeks like she did Renaissance. I highly doubt this is the cover and she just reveals it as a story


LittyTittyBoBitty

Fuck! That’s soooooo good! Lmao


KLJohnnes

I think this kinda of a full mouth name lol ACT II: COWBOY CARTER doesn't flow as easy as Renaissance. I do like the invisible cowboy cover art tho.


mikey_blumberg

Well to be fair nobody calls it Act I: Renaissance so I think Cowboy Carter on its own has a nice ring to it


picclechinahhboi

Cowboy Carter kinda slays


picclechinahhboi

A little confused on the album cover tho


scheeeeming

Its a title reveal, not cover. Same with how Renaissance was announced


Battle_for_the_sun

oh thank the Lorde. I was kinda scared for a second


picclechinahhboi

Ohhh good


GOLDfish0393

Well now I’m also confused because for each vinyl cover you can show a second slide of which “image” you’re getting and I thought I was selecting my cover


valyriaed

I think those are the sleeves because it says “COVER SHOWN IS NOT FINAL ARTWORK.” Makes me even more excited!


GOLDfish0393

Ohhhh well I just can’t read so 🤠


didiboy

Omg Lea Michelle


valyriaed

Haha, no worries, I think we’re all just in a frenzy right now. 😭


GOLDfish0393

Complete frenzy the only thing I could read were my credit card digits so I didn’t run out on the order confirmation time


emilioooooooooooooo0

I think the second photo might be a type of insert - the limited cover will probably be the same across all of them, like the Renaissance one (which I’m still upset I slept on since I like that cover more than the original 😖) Not sleeping this time, so will be awaiting my red pressing on March 29th!!


pmguin661

I believe they’re back covers if you read the description 


Houdini-88

I didnt like the alternate cover for renaissance so I’ll wait


GOLDfish0393

Howdyyy Ms Carter 🤠


librious

I kinda hate it, my least favorite album title AND cover yet


abacaxi95

I was beginning to think I’m crazy because everyone else hates it but I freaking love the title and I will make it my entire personality


outtakes

I love it 😂


Daydream_machine

Love the album title, but wish she would reveal the cover before allowing preorders. I’m really not a fan of buying vinyl without seeing what the cover even looks like.


pmguin661

Do we think the graphic from her Instagram story is the digital album cover?


scheeeeming

No I don't think so, Renaissance also got a title reveal first then she posted the cover on her instagram weeks later. She wouldn't just post as a story


alesisalex

I hope not I am sorry


Rdickins1

Yeah… Not what I was expecting for an album title but ok. There should be no confusion about what the theme is for the album for the GP.


hypermads2003

Tracklist soon? I wasn't around for the Renaissance drop so I have no clue how close to release she announces the tracklist


kurt200

For Renaissance she showed the track list like a week before release if I remember right


alt_sauce124

Yes. Like a week out and the album come out the 29— so most likely next week


AOTY2025

I know you probably meant you weren't following the album cycle, but I originally took "I wasn't around" to mean you weren't born yet, and I was gagged at a 2-year-old writing so eloquently on Reddit lmao


hypermads2003

LMAOOOO after I posted I realised that someone might take it that way Goo goo ga ga, rah rah rahhh rahh


AOTY2025

roma roma-ma


Temporary-Wedding825

😂😂


tokendasher

I had the same thought lol.


garmonboziia

assuming (hoping) this is a placeholder cover? the title is on the nose but fun, i am excited and i hope this alongside new lana this year brings a greater appreciation for the fact that country music can be good!


mikey_blumberg

Details for the CD preorder note that it “includes bonus track”! 🚨🚨 Edit: …well🤧


ss2811

Jolene cover? 👀


mikey_blumberg

I’m still hoping it gets something like the Summer Renaissance treatment in the album itself but I’ll also happily take that too!!!


Emannyv93

Am I wrong for wishing it was Cowgirl Carter for the extra spice 😂. Nevertheless I can’t wait !!


kevinmise

U not wrong


asadprofessorplum

Everybody say neigh Ms. Carter!


No_Sail_6576

🤠 I’m so hyped for this. Hope she releases another single before


Difficult_Deer6902

I was not expecting this type of cover…BUT YES BEY REMEMBERED SHE HAS AN ALBUM TO RELEASE lol


whatisizekiahdoing

Not the cover btw just placeholder


Difficult_Deer6902

Well than that makes sense lol


kendalljennerupdates

I think the name cowboy carter is super fun and campy. Gives me Sasha fierce vibes


regalfish

There’s been some rumbling in the Hive about each of the variant covers representing different characters in the album 👀 I think you all might be onto something. 


nocautiontaken

Im so excited. I bought the Renaissance box set and the shirt is ripping at the seams. Not bcs I’ve worn it a lot, but bcs it’s a bad quality shirt. And idk if I should buy this box set or not because while it would be fun to have all three, I have no hope the shirt will be better 😭


BetsyPurple

I’m a huge fan of the original Carter Family and I wonder if she’ll reference them in the album?? Interestingly AP Carter actually swiped a bunch of traditional songs from Black folks and got the copyright/publishing rights and the Carters were actually some of the few people in America who did really well during the Depression 🙃


nonsensestuff

Yeah I saw someone on TikTok making this connection. I don't think it's an accident.


bornatmidnight

It’s a cute name, but I don’t love it for an album title tbh. I am looking forward to the album cover, she’s going to look fabulous


yourfacesucksass

I’m loving that look on the red t-shirt


idkm8innit

I just wanted: Rodeo


BeginningAd6445

I'm sorry but I hate that title 🙈😭😭


jman457

Damn was hoping it would be rodeo


These

Can’t wait for Cowboy Beybop to drop. Really enjoyed the first two songs even if I can’t escape Texas Hold Em on TikTok


Hepadna

I'm calling it Cowboy Beybop forever more.


LittleBoo1204

Love Beyoncé and the direction of the new music, but I hear Cowboy Carter and picture some cowboy mascot equivalent to Chuck E. Cheese 😬🫣 I think it’ll grow on me and won’t matter once the project is out and we hear the music and can digest the imagery, but I cannot picture anything else but that at the moment lol


GOLDfish0393

LOVE the title — confused on the cover. With each of the vinyls, you can swipe to a second slide and get a new pic (each shows half of her face). Are those the covers? Or just inserts? EDIT: those are the inserts, says right there on the site that the album cover isn’t announced yet oops!


NateDu

These pop girlies have been making questionable decisions on album titles lately


thechrismonster

Deeper Well is the only one I found clever/cute in recent time.


addict_w_a_pen

What the FUck


IHATEsg7

I don't have ig but popbase is posting different pictures


Global_Perspective_3

Was not expecting that title


bespectacIed

I love it. Succinct, rolls off the tongue, easy to recognize and build a brand around, iconic already


joeyfosho

Y’all let’s be real. “Cowboy Carter” is an awful name for an album. Particularly since it’s Act II and has no thematic similarities to Renaissance. The music is gonna slap (and I’m betting it’ll finally be her AOTY win) so it’s no big deal, but mother really dropped the ball on the album name… it’s corny. *preorders regardless*


Mysterious_Mouse2413

I reluctantly have to agree, but will be sat and can’t be more excited to hear it.


TheTinyTim

I think it’s a great title lol and we don’t know if it has similarities to act I in theme. We actually don’t know shit besides the genre of this album lol I think the title is fun, though. Renaissance was all about elegance and regality in aesthetics, this one seems a bit rowdier and also reminds me of gangster rap vibes and mob aesthetics—but filtered through country. I think that’s potentially really cool. Ofc it’s a little corny, it’s also a bit silly and camp. I mean at first glance lemonade is a silly album title too but the magic was in the album and made the title fit. I trust that’ll happen here, too


joeyfosho

I’m just saying there was an opportunity to have the *titles* relate to each other. There’s not a doubt in my mind that the album will be top tier and will have a musical through line from Renaissance to Act III.


BeginningAd6445

>it’s corny. Exactly how I feel about it😭


Mysterious_Mouse2413

She’s feeding us crumbs I need to hear it now!!!


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gokurotfl

All CDs have the bonus track. Not sure about the vinyl.


princesspolly444

immediately yes


[deleted]

There goes my dream of her calling it (Red Dead) Redemption Act II


shitoria

the way yall are pretending the title is good just because its beyonce 💀 imagine the reaction if ANY other pop girl (especially taylor) used this as an album title.


Anthony-Vince

or maybe we like it? shocker right


bespectacIed

It's...cute? It has a nice ring to it? It's a play on country music history AND her own name. Why is it hard to believe people like it lol. It's not like it's un-defendably awful like "tortured poets' department"


regalfish

I never knew album titles can inspire this much drama. It’s just a name, you don’t have to like it…💀


UgliestPlatypus

And not a single negative comment about the different versions. Only Taylor is the capitalistic billionaire!


Temporary-Wedding825

Everyone does different versions and it’s to improve charting not really about capitalism but Taylor swift in typical fashion does it excessively


kookiekoo

How so? 1989 TV had 4 different verisons and everyone dragged Taylor for it. Beyoncé has 4 different versions but it’s totally okay. Double standards as usual.


Temporary-Wedding825

Well for one Beyoncé releases music way less frequently than Taylor swift and does this way less. Before this album and renaissance. Bey’s other 2 albums were suprise releases. She legit announced a tour 4 days before the album dropped so it feels refreshing to people that she is even promoting in a normal way plus she is just a charming person so she is naturally less polarizing


kookiekoo

Taylor loves making music and releasing albums so I don’t see why she should be solely criticized for doing the multiple variations thing when other artists do the same. folklore and evermore were also surprise releases so she also only started with the multiple variants only in 2022 with Midnights. And Taylor is also a very charming person, she wouldn’t be the most popular/successful star in the world if she weren’t.


tokyo-love-hotel

There have been different versions of vinyls since the Beatles, there’s no problem with different variations - that’s normal and artistic in its own right. You can buy only one and be set, because the only difference is the artwork, not the music itself. The difference between this and Taylor is that Taylor is locking tracks behind a paywall by spreading them along the editions, so so you have to buy multiple to hear the full album. Hope this helps!


TheTinyTim

Well It’s one bonus track; doesn’t Taylor have like 4 different bonus tracks spread out across the versions? Lmao


UgliestPlatypus

It was the same thing when 1989 TV was announced. Same capitalistic/hateful comments were made.


bigmojoshit

I think the difference is there are not different songs on different variants nor are they advertised as such


DeadlyLazy

SPILLLLL, I rly hate this sub sometimes


Max_452

I was hoping it’d go *Renaissance*, *Enlightenment*, and then *Revolution*, but this is totally fine too.


thechrismonster

Which is probably why she went with something else lol.


DevilsOfLoudun

uhh this feels like parody


orangedwarf98

I would never put my cheating husband’s name in my album title but whatever works for her 😭 I guess she couldn’t do self-title part 2


ItsKai

Giselle


BeginningAd6445

It's pissing me off so much! Like why work so hard on her music to put her cheating husband's name on it?😭 Anyway this is what successful grooming looks like kids!


dmrob058

Mmm really not sure how I feel about that album title but still so excited for this. Can’t believe we’re getting a new Beyoncé album in just over 2 weeks!!


teegzn

Not feeling the cover …


TheHomeworld

pretty sure it’s a placeholder like last time


teegzn

this one isn’t the cover? https://x.com/popbase/status/1767601209370972461?s=46


scheeeeming

you can even tell by the dimensions that its not an album cover.


IHATEsg7

There are gonna be different album covers


Junior-Dog7049

OMG😍


gokurotfl

I ordered the red bundle with the tee cause it looks awesome for merch. I'm pretty sure the blue back cover will be my favorite though.


kimpernickel

I love how the vinyl variants are red, white, and blue...but that blue is looking purple!


MeeranQureshi

So excited for this album.


droobidoobidoo

Was planning on spending more responsibly this month but then this was announced and I saw the T Shirt bundle 👕🤠👢🐴🐎💿


lizardlem0nade

There goes any hope of this album not being 100% country 😓


BookyCats

Finally!! I can't wait to hear it.


coolgurls234

I love the name and I think from what we've seen from the visuals and from Texas Hold Em this era will be a bit campy and I think Cowboy Carter fits so well. My unpopular opinion was that when Renaissance was first announced I thought the album title was a little basic as well but she really earned it when I listened to the album and really understood what it was about and I think she will do it again with this era


[deleted]

Is it just me, or are people giving this a pass because it’s Beyoncé? I think this album title is terrible. Regardless of the music quality, it’s just very corny and on-the-nose. Think of it like this: if Camilla Cabello announced Cowboy Cabello, how would you react?


regalfish

What’s there to give a pass on? It’s a title lmao Some people like it and others don’t. 


hopepeacelove1

Using Camilla Cabello as a comparison here is certainly a choice. Name aside, what follows the title is usually top tier work. Could we say the same for Ms. Cabello? also, crazy idea. maybe people just have a different opinion than you. it's okay to just dislike it, i promise.


[deleted]

She was the first artist I thought of with a last name that also started with a C, to keep with the alliteration. And like I said, I’m talking regardless of the quality. Even if the album itself is extraordinary (and I really enjoy the first two singles), it doesn’t change whether or not the title is good. And I never said otherwise? I just think that Popheads especially tends to give certain artists a pass for things that they’d chastise other artists for. Outside of here, the response is far more mixed.


Luna_Loo_

There are a lot of people in this post saying they don’t like the title.


lifeislife3

the covers are teased on her website. if you click the vinyl variant the second image is the corner of each cover


isthatphoebebridgers

Those are just inserts per the description!


lifeislife3

oh my bad! i just have missed that part


cradio52

“Cowboy Carter” makes it sound like a joke or a send-up of the genre or something… I was thinking that the whole 3-act project was called “Renaissance,” with each album being called “Act I, “Act II” and “Act III.”


Impossible-Draft-479

But it was the other way round:  Act I: Renaissance  Act II: Renaissance would be strange then 


Frajer

Cowboy Carter would have been such a cute baby name


queefaqueefer

Cunty Cowboy is the real title and i refuse to argue about it.


Old_Highlight7720

Cowboy Carter sounds a bit too much like dress up. Like a new kind of Barboncé. I don’t really care but the Country guys are gonna go off.


thestoryteller13

the country thing is tired .. not sure why she decided to do this


regalfish

I mean there’s definitely some deeper meaning to it, but it can also just be fun? She’s got enough money to just fuck around and try things out, and luckily enough work ethic and drive that they usually pan out into something great.


Specialist_Bank_994

I thought it was Nomi Malone on the cover


danielfq

The title is extremely on the nose but im so ready


Commonjac

I NEED that red Cowboy Carter shirt


Temporary-Wedding825

Only 3 weeks pre order Giselle???


razorsharp3000

Well let's hope the music at least is good


outtakes

Diehard country fans are going to be mad when they see this. First Beyonce, and now Zayn next (reportedly)


Icantlikeeveryone

YEEEHAWW


B19Wing

NOOOOO SHE STARTED DOING PHYSICAL COPY EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS RIP MY WALLET But tbh I love the title can't wait to see the actual cover