“Let’s make love in the summertime,” Beyoncé sings on the first track, “Summer,” introducing the album’s overriding message of romantic bliss. “Everything Is Love” in many ways completes the Knowles-Carter conceptual trilogy in an expert, tactical showing of family brand management. (He lost to Bruno Mars’s “24K Magic,” while “Lemonade” was defeated by Adele’s “25” the year prior “Everything Is Love” will be eligible for Grammy Awards at the 2019 show.) That album, a staggering if carefully orchestrated confession about marital discord and black womanhood, also introduced a new chapter for Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who have increasingly mined public perception (and rumors) about their life together in art and performance.Īfter Beyoncé revealed tales of cheating and near-ruin on “Lemonade,” Jay-Z followed last year with “4:44,” a self-lacerating mea culpa, earning eight Grammy nominations including for album of the year. The singer upped the ante in April 2016 with the semi-surprise release of “Lemonade,” debuting the music via a big-budget, hourlong film that premiered on HBO. The album also came with a video for the song “Apes**t” directed by Ricky Saiz, shot on location at the Louvre in Paris last month, representatives for the couple said.īeyoncé pioneered this brand of musical ambush on the widest of scales with her 2013 self-titled album, which included videos for each track. As the couple’s show at London Stadium concluded Saturday night, a large sign announced: “ALBUM OUT NOW.” A representative for Jay-Z said “Everything Is Love” was being released by the artists’ labels, Parkwood and Roc Nation, in tandem. Beyoncé first posted news about the record to Instagram and Twitter.