Beyonce looked stunning for her latest magazine cover.
The Texas-born songbird was wearing a white cowgirl hat from Gladys Tamez over her blonde hair for the first ever digital cover of W magazine to celebrate her country album Cowboy Carter, which was released on Friday morning.
She looked better than ever in a stunning outdoor country theme shoot by photographer Pamela Hanson.
For the cover Beyonce had on a fuzzy off-white Alexander McQueen coat and Cartier High Jewelry earrings.
The photo spread was one big country western fashion statement using top designers like Celine and Chloe.
The cover copy heralded the beauty’s ‘new era’ in music.
In one sexy shot the crooner had on a black leather Chloé cape, an ivory sheer dress, and black over-the-knee boots.
The Texas native also had on a black Stetson hat over her blonde braids, Mahnaz Collection earrings and bolo tie.
Another stunning image was of her against bails of hay.
She had on an off-the-shoulder black sheer lace dress from Gucci over a black bodysuit with three belts from Etro, Celine by Hedi Slimane and Polo Ralph Lauren.
Her black hat was from Stetson hat as she added Champion’s Choice Silver crown and Lisa Eisner Jewelry earrings and ring.
Beyonce was also seen in a Proenza Schouler blanket and dress; Stetson hat; De Beers earrings; Gaspar Gloves by Dorothy Gaspar gloves.
She was working a rope while in a dating look.
She had on Sportmax chaps, Andreādamo briefs, a Stetson hat, Van Cleef & Arpels earrings, Lisa Eisner Jewelry cuffs, Tiffany & Co. ring and Partlow boots.
This comes after the wife of Jay Z sent out a press release early on Friday morning.
‘The joy of creating music is that there are no rules,’ said Beyonce. ‘The more I see the world evolving the more I felt a deeper connection to purity.’
The mother of three added that with artificial intelligence and digital filters and programming she ‘wanted to go back to real instruments, and I used very old ones.
‘I didn’t want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs perfectly in tune.’
She added that she wanted some of the songs to be ‘raw’ and she ‘leaned into folk.’
The star ended with: ‘All the sounds were so organic and human, everyday things like the wind, snaps and even the sound of birds and chickens, the sounds of nature,’ she said.
The press release reveals the inspiration behind the album and how each ‘song is its own version of a reimagined Western film.’
Some of the films that lent inspiration include The Hateful Eight, Space Cowboys, The Harder They Fall, and the recent Oscar-nominated movie Killers of the Flower Moon.
The album is considered ‘a declarative frequency and academic shift, as the world prepares to shift again, that redefines and rebuilds what is Country and Americana, and who gets to be included.’
Beyoncé’s eighth studio album landed across nine different genres on US music charts including Pop, Hot AC, Country, Rhythmic, Urban, and R&B, and making history with Beyoncé becoming the first Black female artist to reach No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No. 1 on the Hot 100 Chart with a Country song.
It also spent four weeks at the top of the UK music charts.
The album is about genres, all of them, while deeply rooted in Country.
‘This is the work of an artist who thrives in her freedom to grow, expand, and create limitlessly. It makes no apologies, and seeks no permission in elevating, amplifying, and redefining the sounds of music, while dismantling accepted false norms about Americana culture. It pays homage to the past, honoring musical pioneers in Country, Rock, Classical, and Opera,’ the press release added.
The album is a cornucopia of sounds that Beyoncé loves, and grew up listening to, between visits and eventually performances at the Houston Rodeo – Country, original Rhythm & Blues, Blues, Zydeco, and Black Folk, it was added.
‘The album wraps itself in pure instrumentation in a celebratory authentic gumbo of sounds using among others, the accordion, harmonica, washboard, acoustic guitar, bass ukulele, pedal steel guitar, a Vibra-Slap, the mandolin, fiddle, Hammond B3 organ, tack piano, and the banjo. There’s also plenty of handclaps, horseshoe steps, boot stomps on hardwood floors and yes, those are Beyoncé’s nails as percussion,’ the release added.
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