YeeI can’t emphasize this enoughhaw.
On Friday,BeyoncereleasedCowboy Carter,her latest album.
Here are our thoughts, completely unfiltered, about every single track.
James Devaney
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Track 1: American Requiem
The harmony!
Jazmin Gathers, social media manager
Sounds like Buffalo Springfield.
Sam Reed, senior trending news and entertainment editor
Is it weird I think it’s giving Beatles?
This is really giving me Beatles late-60s vibes.
SR
Okay, I’m in love with this.
Reminds me of Cardinals by Kacey Musgraves with that zombies-like guitar.
Bring back the ’60s!
SR
Sasha Fierce Lonely Hearts Club Band.
So, I wrote Blackbird.
SR
Why am I on the verge of tears.
DS
Beyonce covering Blackbird is really going to feed the modern dance community for years to come.
SR
I think we’re all going to need to take a half day after this.
CW
Track 3: 16 Carriages
The lyrics in this song.
AS
Track 4: Protector
Rumiiiii.
SR
“New father-daughter dance ballad just dropped.
Even though I know one day youre gonna shine on your own / I will be your projector.
DS
As a new mom I wasnotemotionally prepared for Protector today.
AM
The projector/protector rhyme would be cheap if it was anyone else.
AS
Track 5: My Rose
I like ‘My Rose alot.
MW
Track 6: Smoke Hour (feat.
Willie Nelson)
If Willie tells me to smoke during work hours, do I listen.
SR
I like to imagine that Beyonce and Willie had a good weed sesh.
I cried now I’m ready to dance DS
The Beyonce way.
CW
Take me to the rodeo just.
MW
Googles cowboy hats for pets.
CW
Track 8: Bodyguard
Vibe shift!
DS
So nice of Bey to dedicate a song toJulius.
Ariana Yaptango, senior beauty editor
Of course theres already arumorthat Taylor Swift did the backing vocals for Bodyguard.
AM
Beyonce doesnt drop albums she drops SOUNDTRACKS.
Like wedding culture will never be the same.
DS
Bodyguard is also giving me Stevie Nicks.
SR
Bodyguard needs to be her next single.Suuuuucha good summer track.
CW
Track 9: Dolly P (feat.
Dolly Parton)
Oh LOL Dolly reallydidmention the hussy with the good hair.
DS
I think I could create a whole college syllabus around Dolly and her impact.
She is a LEGEND.
DS
Track 10: Jolene (Dolly Parton Cover)
Ooh she changed up the lyrics.
They’re more savage lmao.
SR
The greatest mystery of our time who is Becky With the Good Hair.
AY
The hussy with the good hair!
AM
Let the conspiracy theories START.
CW
Track 11: Daughter
UMMMM?
Beyonce CAN SING OPERA?????
AS
This marijuana smoke smell in my hair: confirmation of Willie Nelson smoke sesh?
AM
She’s basically hitting EVERY genre and showing she can do it all.
Actually dismantling the definition of genre.
DS
Okay ‘no sauce’ is hitting the right spot in my brain.
SR
Track 13: Alligator Tears
I need to know who this is about.
CW
I love this one.
JG
Track 14: Smoke Hour II (feat.
Willie Nelson)
I just want to note that Willie Nelson is 90 years old!
AS
Track 15: Just for Fun (feat.
Willie Jones)
I just need to get through thisTY for the new anxiety attack anthem queen.
AS
No but these harmonies are insane.
JG
Track 16: II Most Wanted (feat.
Miley Cyrus)
Miley popping on for the first time gave me chills.
We better get a Telephone level music video out of this.
Sorry I lost control of myself there.
DS
Sobbing thinking of riding shotgun in my bestie’s car in high school.
AS
Down the 405!!!
(But also what time?
How was there no traffic?)
DS
I feel so blessed to live in this timeline.
AS
This might be my fave thus far.
DS, known Lanita
This is my favorite.
Jenifer Calle, senior commerce editor
Track 17: Leviis Jeans (feat.
AS
Yeah so far this is the weakest song on the album for me.
CW
Okay this is a vibe shift.-DS
Ew I can’t I’m sorry Post gives me the ick.
This song is gonna be in a terrible rom-com.
AS
IDK this song is giving me Y2K vibes for some reason.
JG
I liked it.
DS
Track 19: The Linda Martell Show (feat.
Linda Martell)
As usual Beyonce is so strategic and genius in her references.
For those who dont know Linda was a trailblazer for Black female country artists.
AM
Thats how you know shes a Virgo.
She strategizes like no other.
DS
EVERYTHING is intentional.
Shes shown us that time and time again through her career.
AM
Track 20: Ya Ya
My husband just walked in on me dancing to this.
AS
These Boots Are Made For Walking sampleyee-fucking-haw.
SR
This is also giving me Tina Turner.
JG
I think my dad will actually like this album.
SR
I texted my dad to listen!!!
That’s so funny.
CW
Cowboy Carter is for girls with That Dad.
SR
Im scared to tell my dad to listen.
I feel like hell implode.
And also, keep buying larger and larger cowboy hats (its already an issue).
Beyonce is a comedian.
AY
She sounds like she’s having so much fun.
MW
Track 22: Desert Eagle
Bassline is giving Thundercat.
AS
Its extremely Beatles again.
DS
RIP John Lennon you would’ve lovedCowboy Carter.
AS
Track 23: Riiverdance
The mostRenaissance-ybeat of the album so far.
DS
Again I am just here to say… these harmonies…I have not recovered.
AM
I think this might be her strongest album lyrically too?
CW
I can smell Album of the Year.
This is the one.
SR
Also lots of references specifically to sitting in the front seatfeet on the dashboard, riding shotgun.
Love that shes a Passenger Princess but whens the last time she realistically sat in front.
DS
Does Beyonce still have a driver’s license?
AM
Track 25: Tyrant (feat.
Dolly Parton)
This has me boppin.
DS
Ooo this might be top five.
JG
Another summer bop for sure.
CW
Track 26: Sweet Honey Buckin (feat.
Shaboozey)
There’s a Patsy Cline reference/sample.
AS
This is peak walking around pretending like youre in a movie music.
DS
Sorry to be the one to say this but this album could’ve used an edit.
SR
‘Look at that horse’ is sending me.
DS
There are like three different genres in this one song.
AS
Okay, everyone, so how do you feel?
I’m gonna go take a half day now to recover.
CW
What a time.
JG
Going to listen again; its my new soundtrack of summer.
DS
I’m still aRenaissancegirl but songs from this will definitely be playing all summer for me.
JC
This is one of her strongest albums lyrically.
I am amazed how she incorporated several different genres in a song.
Just further cementing herself as one of the greatest artists of all time.
I now have to recover.
Also, Jay Z is the luckiest man in the world and I hope he knows that!
CW
Too bad my cowboy boots always make me throw my back out.
