The couple - or should we say, The Carters - announced the collaboration during their Saturday night On The Run II concert in London, after which the nine-track album showed up on Tidal. The whole world collectively canceled their plans last night when Beyoncé and Jay-Z, in typical Bey fashion, surprise-dropped their long-rumored joint album, Everything Is Love. Distracted by the couple's lit OTR II tour, fans didn't see Beyoncé and JAY-Z's surprise album Everything Is Love coming when it dropped on Saturday, June 16.Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entert To no one's surprise, the album's debut video "Apesh*t" is breaking the internet as we speak. A major part of the video's appeal comes from the gorgeous and loaded imagery provided by its Louvre Museum setting. On Monday, a Louvre spokesperson explained how Bey and Jay locked down the location to Vulture. Maybe fans should've seen this coming for a while now, because hints about a Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Louvre-set music video have been lingering for years. In it, the power couple stands strong and united in front of "The Mona Lisa," rap in front of an Egyptian sphinx, and Beyoncé and a group of black women poetically dance in front of "The Coronation of Napoleon." That's in addition to the rest of the iconic artwork that appears throughout the video. Now, obviously JAY-Z and Beyoncé looking at art at the museum would be a really boring music video (though I would love to be a fly on the wall to overhear their conversation about the Mona Lisa.
![jay z video hisotrical beyonce jay z video hisotrical beyonce](https://img.srgcdn.com/e/OFhNRmZUT3VMdTZFVWtJSlAzYmIuanBn.jpg)
In this case, not even over a few months.Īnd it's clear this concept wasn't created overnight. April 2008: On April 4, Beyoncé and Jay-Z marry in a super-private ceremony at Jays apartment. As the Louvre spokesperson pointed out, Bey and Jay visited the historical Paris museum four times in the last 10 years. No photos are released of the event, but wedding videos later appear in footage for the 'On the Run. They reportedly presented their idea for the "Apesh*t" video to the establishment during a visit they had - wait for it - last May.īut this goes even further back. Fans may recall that in 2014, Bey and Jay seemingly rented out the museum (as the Carters would be expected to), and they shared a bunch of photos from their experience.īey put up a peace sign with "The Mona Lisa," posed with a statue, and shared a photo of Blue having a ball at the Louvre too. “The deadlines were very tight but the Louvre was quickly convinced because the synopsis showed a real attachment to the museum and its beloved artworks," they said.Įven though Bey and Jay seem to have been brewing up this idea for years now, it was actually a tight turnaround for the Louvre team, according to its spokesperson. Beyoncé and Jay-Z commemorated their massive 200 million mansion purchase with a pricey dinner in London on Friday night. And who would deny the king and queen?īut the "Apesh*t" video does much more than give Beyoncé and JAY-Z some gorgeous and historic backdrops. The couple was photographed leaving Harry’s Bar in. As proven by the lyrics (such as, "I can't believe we made it/Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apesh*t?"), the song reinforces their place and influence in society. The artwork is just another powerful vehicle in getting the message across.Ī Rolling Stone article titled "How Beyoncé and JAY-Z Defy Western Art Tradition in 'Apesh*t' Video" discusses how the couple stake their claim among mostly white art by white artists. Many of the pieces in The Louvre (and that have made throughout history), as the article points out, have defined white European culture. However, "Apesh*t" makes a point to spotlight non-white images in the museum and highlight their significance.