Beyoncé drops new music following Verizon Super Bowl ad, announces Renaissance: Act II

A very rich woman once said, "I break the internet, top two and I ain't No. 2."

That very woman, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, made a rare appearance in a commercial during the Super Bowl for Verizon with Veep's Tony Hale. And then her website and socials announced the long-awaited second act of her Renaissance, including two new songs available now.

In the ad, Bey, known for her well-documented herstory of breaking the internet, takes Hale's challenge to break the unbreakable, Verizon's network. And that's when Beyoncé enters her most natural state: stunt mode.

Let's see, she tries a Beyoncé lemonade stand (in her bat-wielding "Hold Up" look, no less); a surprise album drop of saxophone grooves, Let's Get Saxy, her own AI, appropriately called Beyoncé-I; taking a hot pink note from last summer's Barbie with BarBeyl running for Beyoncé of the United States, and performing in space.

The ad ends with Beyoncé cryptically saying, "Okay, they ready. Drop the new music." And because this is Beyoncé and the synergy is real, her website and social media accounts shared a video teasing the release of Renaissance: Act II on March 29. Shortly after we got two brand new songs, "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages."

Renaissance: Act I was an ode to disco and house music but Act II has been rumored to be a country album, and the imagery veers from her futuristic silver lamé of the past two years to a more rural Texan vibe.

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