Beyoncé and Drake find salvation on the dance floor
IN MID-JUNE, HIP-HOP MOGUL DRAKE HAD A surprise: his seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, would drop the next day. Those who hit “play” were in for another revelation: Drake, normally a bellwether for incoming pop-music trends thanks to his ravenous appetite for the next big thing, was singing about his heartbreaks and haters over the syncopated rhythms and heavy beats of house music.
Fast-forward a weekend and Beyoncé, a similar signpost for what’s coming in pop, released the first single from her seventh album. “Break My Soul” is fueled by insistent synths and the feeling that the world is
