Beyonce Takes the Stage
b'This summer, the most anticipated tour (in close contest with Taylor Swift) is Beyonc\\xe9\\u2019s tour for her seventh studio album, \\u201cRenaissance,\\u201d which came out in 2022. Her previous record \\u201cwas about the turbulence of [her] marriage and was in some ways a monument to marriage as an institution,\\u201d The New Yorker\\u2019s music critic Carrie Battan tells David Remnick. \\u201cRenaissance\\u201d\\u2014a homage to club music and queer culture\\u2014\\u201cis about breaking free of all of those chains. It\\u2019s about going to the club, and quitting your job and dancing and experiencing the ultimate freedom.\\u201d Battan talks through her favorite tracks on the record.'