Beyonce surprised fans by teasing forthcoming new music as she stunned in a Verizon Super Bowl ad — for which she reportedly received a $30million payout — on Sunday.
The 42-year-old icon — who attended the big game alongside other notable stars — moved through various personas in the minute-long commercial.
It comes after days earlier the phone company teased the singer’s appearance in the advert with two brief bits shared on social media.
In one clip, actor Tony Hale squeezed lemons behind a lemonade stand and said: ‘Hold up, she wants me to squeeze all these lemons by myself? This better work.’
The clue was a reference to the pop star’s 2016 surprise Lemonade visual album.
Beyonce surprised fans by teasing forthcoming new music as she stunned in a Verizon Super Bowl ad on Sunday
The 42-year-old music icon — who attended the big game alongside other notable stars — moved through various personas in the minute-long commercial
And just like she did in eight years ago, the Grammy-winning musician blew fans away on Sunday as she dropped two new singles.
As she announced an upcoming album, a country-genre follow-up to 2022’s Renaissance, she also released two new singles in tandem.
Along with the music came breathtaking artwork, which included a very scantily clad Beyonce, who posed pantless.
In one snapshot, she put on a very busty display as she wore a silver hardware bra underneath a cropped black blazer.
The caption to her 319 million followers, she wrote, ‘TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and 16 CARRIAGES out now.’
The 16 CARRIAGES artwork was a closeup black and white image of Beyonce — full name Beyonce Knowles Carter — in a black cowboy hat.
She rocked a voluminous and wispy bob haircut underneath the headgear.
And the Houston, Texas native was clad in a black cowboy shirt with stud detailing around the collar.
It comes after days earlier the phone company teased the singer’s appearance in the advert with two brief bits shared on social media
In one clip from the Verizon teaser, actor Tony Hale squeezed lemons behind a lemonade stand and said: ‘Hold up, she wants me to squeeze all these lemons by myself? This better work’
The previous teaser clue was a reference to the pop star’s 2016 surprise Lemonade visual album
Beyonce shared the full Verizon commercial online and wrote in a caption, ‘@verizon #ad.’
She followed up the post with another video outtake — one that showed her driving an old yellow taxi car through a desert.
The Texas license plate on the vehicle read, ‘HOLD ‘EM.’
The scene opened with Knowles turning the key in ignition with a red fishnet gloved hand.
The shot then switched to her stepping on the gas while wearing a white sandal that showed off a red pedicure.
Eventually a group of late-aged men dressed in country-inspired attire appeared with baffled expressions on their faces.
One slowly pointed to a billboard, where an exaggerated caricature of Beyonce was seen in red cowboy boots, lingerie, and a cowboy hat.
While lying on her side, she held up one waving hand, and in black font against a yellow background were the words ‘Texas Hold ‘Em.’
Bluesy guitar strums from the first notes of her new song played before the screen went black with ‘act ii, 3.29’ surfacing in the same white font used to promote her wildly successful Renaissance album.
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The final scene saw the star use a line that referenced her hit single Break My Soul, from Renaissance, before she teased at the end: ‘Ok, they ready. Drop the new music!’
The Grammy-winning musician blew fans away on Sunday as she dropped two new singles
In a caption to her 319 million followers, she wrote, ‘TEXAS HOLD ‘EM and 16 CARRIAGES out now’
Beyonce ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ full lyrics
[Chorus]
This ain’t Texas (Oh)
Ain’t no hold ’em (Hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down
So park your Lexus (Ooh)
And throw your keys up (Hey)
Stick around, ’round, ’round, ’round, ’round (Stick around)
And I’ll be damned if I can’t slow-dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me, honey too
It’s a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don’t be a b****, come take it to the floor now, woo, ha
[Verse 1]
There’s a tornado (There’s a tornado)
In my city (In my city)
Hit the basement (Hit the basement)
That s*** ain’t pretty (S*** ain’t pretty)
Rugged whiskey (Rugged whiskey)
‘Cause we survivin’ (‘Cause we survivin’)
Puffin’ red-cup kisses, sweet redemption, passin’ time, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, one step to the right
We headed to the dive bar we always thought was nice
Ooh, run me to the left
Then spin me in the middle, boy,
[Chorus]
This ain’t Texas (Oh)
Ain’t no hold ’em (Hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down
So park your Lexus (Ooh)
And throw your keys up (Hey)
Stick around,’ round, ’round, ’round, ’round (Stick around)
And I’ll be damned if I can’t slow-dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me, honey too
It’s a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don’t be a b****, come take it to the floor now, woo
And I’ll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Come pour some liquor on me, honey too
It’s a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don’t be a b****, come take it to the floor now, woo
[Post-Chorus]
(Woo-hoo)
(Woo-hoo)
(Woo-hoo)
[Verse 2]
There’s a heatwave (There’s a heatwave)
Comin’ at us (Comin’ at us)
Too hot to think straight (Too hot to think straight)
Too cold to panic (Cold to panic)
All of the problems
Just feel dramatic (Just feel dramatic)
And now we’re runnin’ to the first bar that we find, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, one step to the right
We headed to the dive bar we always thought was nice
Ooh, you run to the left
Just work me in the middle, boy, I can’t read your mind
[Chorus]
This ain’t Texas (Oh)
Ain’t no hold ’em (Hey)
So lay your cards down, down, down, down (Oh)
So park your Lexus (Hey)
And throw your keys up (Hey)
Stick around,’ round, ’round, ’round, ’round (Stick around)
And I’ll be damned if I can’t slow-dance with you
Come pour some sugar on me, honey too
It’s a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don’t be a b****, come take it to the floor now, woo
And I’ll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Come pour some liquor on me, honey too
It’s a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown
Don’t be a—, come take it to the floor now, ooh
[Outro]
Take it to the floor now, ooh
Oops, spurs, boots
To the floor now, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ([?])
Shoot
Come take it to the floor now, ooh
And I’ll be damned if I cannot dance with you
Baby, pour that sugar and liquor on me too
Spurs, spurs, boots
Photogenic, photogenic, shoot
Beyonce ’16 Carriages’ full lyrics
[Chorus]
Sixteen carriages drivin’ away
While I watch them ride with my dreams away
To the summer sunset on a holy night
On a long back road, all the tears I fight
Sixteen carriages drivin’ away
While I watch them ride with my dreams away
To the summer sunset on a holy night
On a long back road, all the tears I fight
[Verse 1]
I saw Mama prayin’, I saw Daddy grind
All my tender problems, had to leave behind
[Pre-Chorus]
On the back of the bus and a bunk with the band
Goin’ so hard, gotta choose myself
Underpaid and overwhelmed
Still workin’ on my life, you know
Only God knows, only God knows
Only God knows
[Chorus]
Sixteen carriages drivin’ away
While I watch them ride with my fears away
To the summer sunset on a holy night
On a long back road, all the tears I fight
Sixteen carriages drivin’ away
While I watch them ride with my fears away
To the summer sunset on a holy night
On a long back road, all the tears I fight
[Verse 2]
Sixteen dollars, workin’ all day
Ain’t got time to waste, I got art to make
I got love to create on this holy night
They won’t dim my light, all these years I fight
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s been thirty-eight summers, and I’m not in my bed
On the back of the bus and a bunk with the band
Overworked and overwhelmed
I might cook, clean, but still won’t fold
Still workin’ on my life, you know
Only God knows, only God knows
Only God knows
[Chorus]
Sixteen carriages driving away
While I watch them ride with my fears away
To the summer sunset on a holy night
On a long back road, all the tears I fight
Sixteen carriages driving away
While I watch them ride with my fears away
To the summer sunset on a holy night
On a long back road, all these tears I fight
[Interlude]
Oh, oh
Oh
[Bridge]
At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray
Had to take care of home at an early age
Had to sacrifice and leave my fears behind
You’ll remember me ’cause we got somethin’ to prove
In your memory, on a highway to truth
Still see your faces when you close your eyes
[Outro]
Sixteen carriages drivin’ away
While I watch them ride with my dreams away