All night beyonce choir11/27/2022 ![]() ![]() ![]() After a few listens, the length becomes of less of an issue because the catchy chorus melody lodges itself in your brain.Īnd then there are the lyrics. On first listen, the length of “BLACK PARADE” is a bit shocking and the song does start to drag toward the end of the bridge. This structure results in a track that runs a little over four minutes, something that feels like an anomaly in the streaming era. Structurally, the song is in a very traditional verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus form. Sure, she’s not belting at the top of her range and singing familiar pop melodies, but the intricacy of her runs alone shows that she’s still in top shape. Vocally, Beyoncé sounds exquisite her voice is very crisp and clear. She seamlessly switches between flows and utilizes untraditional pop melodies in a traditionally structured pop song. With “BLACK PARADE” she pushes her rap-sining trademark further. Like on her remix of Megan Thee Stallion‘s “ Savage,” Bey sprinkles the most flawless runs and layers of harmonies over the track like it’s nothing. The production is further complimented by Beyoncé’s intricate and otherworldly vocal arrangements. On the production front, “BLACK PARADE” is in a class of its own. More often than not, horns are inherently jubilant instruments, and they work especially well in this celebratory track for Juneteenth. We all know Beyoncé loves her brass instruments she’s never put out an album that didn’t include them in some way. The horns, which are utilized in a beautiful intro on the song’s extended version (only available on TIDAL), provide an earthy sense of power that programmed beats simply can’t bring to the table. As opposed to utilizing the flute in a forefront riff (think: Future‘s “Mask Off”), Dixie and Beyoncé use the flute’s weightlessness as a counterbalance to the almost militant drum and bass that anchor the track. The new single, “BLACK PARADE,” is a celebratory track that revels in black joy, black pride, and black love.Ĭo-produced by Derek Dixie ( Homecoming) and Beyoncé herself, “BLACK PARADE” blends a stuttering trap beat with robust horns and a sublime layer of flute. In the final hour of Juneteenth 2020, Beyoncé dropped her first non-soundtrack solo single since “All Night” from 2016’s landmark Lemonade. ![]()
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