Twitter Erupts With Opinions After Beyoncé Drops ‘Break My Soul’ After Drake’s New Album
Beyoncé and Drake are switching things up, and the internet is buzzing.
On Monday, Beyoncé caused quite the stir when she dropped a new single, “Break My Soul,” from her highly anticipated seventh studio album, “Renaissance,” shocking fans in the best way.
The legendary artist, who set the industry standard for surprise album releases in the 2010s, stunned audiences with the tune, which is quite different from the songs the award-winning vocalist usually bellows out.
With its heavy house influence, the summer-ready dance track embarks on a new musical direction for the queen of the Bey Hive.
Amid praise for the track, Twitter users couldn’t help but call out connections between Beyoncé’s new song and Drake’s house music debut with his “Honestly, Nevermind” album.
Drake’s album dropped on Friday just days before Beyoncé’s latest track.
Fans jumped on the social platform with hilarious reactions over the pair’s similar musical shifts as debates sizzled over who’s tunes are better.
beyoncé gave HOUSE drake gave ROOF
— ًً (@haotheory) June 21, 2022
Beyoncé and Drake having a house off pic.twitter.com/SXPILA5Cnj
— Zeph (@notzephb) June 21, 2022
Drake tried to give house and Beyoncé said “mmm, sounds more like apartment, bb.”
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) June 21, 2022
Some Twitter users praised Beyoncé for capitalizing on of the genre’s popular wave, similarly to what Drake did on his new album.
Beyoncé & Drake are smart for making house music. The world needs healing right now. There is a spiritual war happening and this will help people get through it. #beyonceisBACK
— Shaun Ross (@ShaundRoss) June 21, 2022
Now that @beyonce just dropped her new single watch how folks give the new @Drake album another listen. It’s culture a shift house music ,soulful house & dance 💃🏽 🕺🏾 is the wave now hate it or love. 🙌🏾
— THE LOVE KING (@Raheem_DeVaughn) June 21, 2022
Whether you like all of it or not, Beyoncé and Drake are tryna help us escape from this dark music era. I’m enjoying it.
— Hov (@HoviBear) June 21, 2022
Other fans accused Drake of being privy to Beyoncé’s house project release and releasing his work first to have the upper hand.
“Drake said y’all gonna catch up knowing Beyoncé dropping an house album…my son really a Scorpio,” another person wrote.
after hearing the new beyoncé i’m convinced that someone in the industry tipped drake off on what she had coming & he rushed to drop “honestly nevermind”
— kei 🧚🏽♀️🔑 (@goldenkei_) June 21, 2022
😭 drake said y’all gonna catch up knowing Beyoncé dropping an house album…my son really a Scorpio
— POLO (@Billionairepolo) June 21, 2022
The Drake emergency drop makes COMPLETE sense now tho. Cause if Beyoncè doin a dance album too then i wouldve dropped my shit too.
— Terrell Mallory (@_Twinndiesel) June 21, 2022
not drake had his ear to the wall when beyonce was in the studio
— tia witcher extraordinaire (@cursedhive) June 21, 2022
Many fans sided with the “Falling Back” artist, bashing the hypocrisy of people dissing Drake’s breakout into house music while glorifying Beyoncé for similar sounds.
Y’all trashed drakes album but Beyoncé put out the same music and now y’all loving it huh?👀
— Willie Javier Sparks (@WillieSparks) June 21, 2022
You can’t criticize Drake for having a House inspired album, but hype Beyonce for it lol. They’re both reaching into an era of black music history that hasn’t been touched in a while.
Respect to both of them for trying to start a new vibe for our generation 🫡— 💫Scottie🌟 (@Issa_Scottie) June 21, 2022
Listen to Beyoncé’s new single below.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.