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    6 takeaways from Beyoncé's head-spinning, body-moving 'Renaissance'

    Six years after her landmark LP "Lemonade," Beyoncé has returned with the bracing, ravenous album two terrible years demanded. The 16-track "Renaissance," tipped for weeks as Bey's most overt dip yet into club music, delivers on every inch of that promise. But it's also in a deep and uneasy conversation with the fear and chaos of recent life in America, and the worries yet to come. Here are ...
    by August Brown, Los Angeles Times Jul 29, 2022 3 minutes
    Beyoncé accepts the award for best R&B performance at the 63rd Grammy Award outside Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021.

    Six years after her landmark LP "Lemonade," Beyoncé has returned with the bracing, ravenous album two terrible years demanded.

    The 16-track "Renaissance," tipped for weeks as Bey's most overt dip yet into club music, delivers on every inch of that promise. But it's also in a deep and uneasy conversation with the fear and chaos of recent life in America, and the worries yet to come.

    Here are six initial takeaways from the album.

    1. Yes, that leak annoyed her.

    "Renaissance" leaked

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