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Beyoncé Drops Surprise New Single 'Morning Dew (Donk)' To Kick Off B'Day's 20th Anniversary Celebration

The new track is Beyoncé’s first in two years and arrives with a lyric video built from archival B'Day footage, Parkwood said.

  • On Saturday, Beyoncé released "Morning Dew ," her first new solo song in two years, launching a 60-day countdown to the 20th-anniversary reissue of B DAY.
  • Pharrell Williams and The-Dream co-wrote the track alongside Darius Dixon, reuniting with Beyoncé for the project. Both Beyoncé and Pharrell also share production credits on the record.
  • Frequent collaborator Cliff Watts directed the accompanying lyric video, which repurposes archival footage from the original B DAY era. Watts previously photographed Beyoncé's iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover around her 25th birthday.
  • Originally released September 4, 2006, B DAY debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 541,196 first-week copies. The project reached the top of the International Album Chart in Japan within three days.
  • The forthcoming reissue of B DAY commemorates the two-decade milestone and celebrates the album's initial success. This release serves as a direct nod to the loyal BeyHive during the 60-day countdown to Beyoncé's next birthday.
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Beyoncé ended two years without releasing unpublished music with the premiere of Morning dew (donk), a song presented during the July 4 celebration in the United States and which will be part of the edition for the 20th anniversary of B’day, his second studio album.

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The singer starts a countdown for the reissue of her acclaimed second studio album with an unreleased track produced alongside Pharrell Williams

American singer-songwriter Beyoncé released on July 4 the song “MORNING DEW (DONK)”, with which she started the 60-day countdown for her next birthday and for the reissue of B’DAY, her second studio album, originally released on September 4, 2006. According to a Sony release [...] The post VIDEO Beyoncé released the song “MORNING DEW (DONK)” appeared first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador.

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