Glad Independence Day to Beyoncé fans, who were surprised with a brand new music release to commemorate the patriotic holiday.
Beyoncé, 44, dropped “Morning Dew (Donk)” within the early hours of Saturday, July 4.
“Beyoncé marks the 4th of July Holiday with a special gift to her fans with the discharge of ‘Morning Dew (Donk),’” a press release reads. “[This is] a brand new song that also starts a 60-day countdown to her next birthday, and the re-issue of B’Day, her ground-breaking second album that was released 20 years ago on September 4, 2006.”
Beyoncé cowrote the track, her first recent release in two years, alongside Pharrell Williams, The Dream and Darius Dixon. Beyoncé and Williams, 53, also produced the one.
In response to the press release, “Morning Dew” is “a direct nod to her loyal BeyHive” ahead of B’Day’s twentieth anniversary milestone.
“The song, which can be included on the twentieth Anniversary edition of B’Day, arrives accompanied by a lyric video that repurposes old footage, directed by frequent collaborator Cliff Watts,” the statement notes. “It was Cliff Watts who shot Beyoncé’s iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover round her twenty fifth birthday.”
Beyoncé graced the SI cover in 2007, marking the primary time a non-athlete or non-model appeared underneath the masthead.
“It’s amazing to me and I never thought it might occur. It’s great for us [and] our clothing line, House of Deréon. I’m wearing all of our swimsuits. My mother was capable of design them,” the music icon gushed, referring to mom Tina Knowles and their now-defunct fashion label. “It’s an incredible launch for us, and I’ve never done a swimsuit spread.”
Beyoncé is looking back on her groundbreaking self-titled album 10 years after its release. The singer, 42, took to Instagram on Wednesday, December 13, to share a video honoring the tenth anniversary of her fifth studio album, Beyoncé. The album was released in December 2013 with no prior promotion and included stunning visuals to accompany […]
Beyoncé continued on the time, “What higher place to try this [than] a magazine that’s so classy and so elegant, still very sexy, but in a really, very upscale way. It’s a music issue. Music and fashion, they go hand in hand. When these beautiful models are posing for his or her shoots, they’re listening to music. We’re all inspired by music and I feel it’s so great that they’re acknowledging us musicians.”
Beyoncé had released B’Day, her second solo album, the 12 months before and 7 more within the years that followed. The R&B superstar last released Cowboy Carter, her foray into country music, in 2024. The record won each Best Country Album and Album of the Yr on the 2025 Grammys, which was Beyoncé’s first time taking home the latter honor.
“I just feel very full and really honored. It’s been many, a few years, and I just need to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, the entire exertions,” Beyoncé said in her acceptance speech. “I need to dedicate this to Ms. [Linda] Martell, and I hope we just keep pushing forward, opening doors. God bless y’all.”