Last week Beyoncé returned with floor-filling earworm ‘Break My Soul’. The first single off her upcoming seventh album ‘REINAISSANCE (Act 1)’ – slated to drop on July 29, after a 6-year wait since her last album ‘Lemonade’ – the slick tune was worth the wait.
Taking to Instagram, the pop icon shared more about what the album is all about, revealing: “Creating this album allowed me a place to dream and to find escape during a scary time for the world. It allowed me to feel free and adventurous in a time when little else was moving.” The first taste of the record in ‘Break My Soul’ was a must-add to this week’s NME Radio Playlist.
Also new to the NME Radio playlists this week we’ve got the latest from Gorillaz and Thundercat in ‘Cracker Island’, alongside another cut from Aitch’s upcoming album ‘Close To Home’ with ‘In Disguise’ that features Bakar.
Check out the rest of the new tracks on NME 1 and 2 below:
On the A List:
Gorillaz
‘Cracker Island (feat. Thundercat)’
Experimental animated outfit Gorillaz’s newest single features funk virtuoso Thundercat. A buzzy number, it fuses energetic instrumentals with 2-D’s (aka Damon Albarn’s) relaxed vocals, to stellar results. – Sabiq Rafid
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Beyoncé
‘Break My Soul’
Queen Bey is back, and this time, with a pulsing electronic-laden track. A genre-splicing number, it’s an eclectic mix of New Orleans bounce, nu-disco, house and dance all at once. And as Kyann-Sian Williams wrote in a four-star review here at “When the Texan queen of pop reaches the breakdown and starts rapping, she hit every single beat; there is not one flaw at all in the breakdown.” – SR
