The 20 songs that chart Beyoncé's evolution as a music superstar
“Breaking the internet” had become a commonplace event for Beyoncé by the summer of 2022, but with “Break My Soul,” she not only delivered a banger of a lead-in single to her seventh solo album,, but gave everyone a track that spoke to listeners’ frustrations and their desperation for a liberating moment. Reuniting with New Orleans icon Big Freedia over a sample of Robin S.
’ house classic “Show Me Love,” she vacillates between venting frustrations and celebrating joy in a way that feels propulsive and inspiring, whether to make you fall in love or quit your job. Either way, it makes you want to work harder, pursue your dreams and, most of all, leave everything out on the dance floor. Freedia had long since advocated for people to “release your wiggle,” and Beyoncé was just cataloguing the reasons to do so in one of the most thrilling tracks of the year.