Beyoncé reveals her new album will be called Cowboy Carter! Country-themed project is long-awaited \’Act II\’ of 2022\’s Renaissance

Beyonce\’s new country themed album is titled Cowboy Carter.

The Texas-born and raised artist revealed the name of her upcoming project via her official website on Tuesday, which also has merchandise for sale in anticipation of it.

Beyonce\’s upcoming album is the \’Act ii\’ of her three-part project, with her 2022 album Renaissance as act i.

Cowboy Carter will be released on March 29th.

The album title reveal comes one month after she dropped two singles from it – Texas Hold\’ Em and 16 Carriages.

The front page of her website had the name of the album \’Cowboy Carter\’ and \’Act ii\’ as well as an image of a saddle with a red, white and blue sash on it that read \’Cowboy Carter\’ emblazoned on it.

The Carter element of the title comes from her last name.

Beyonce has been married to rapper Jay-Z, born Shawn Carter, since 2008; they share three children: Blue Ivy, 12, and twins Rumi and Sir, six.

Beyonce surprise dropped 16 Carriages and Texas Hold\’ Em during a Verizon Super Bowl commercial. The Super Bowl took place on Sunday, February 11.

In the ad, the star was seen going though viral moments trying to \’break the internet.\’

The end scene of the Super Bowl features the Verizon logo with Beyonce saying via voiceover: \’Okay, they ready. Drop the new music.\’

Minutes after the commercial aired, Beyonce shared a trailer for her upcoming country themed album – with the end of it revealing it was \’Act II\’ and dropping on March 29.

The native Texas, who was raised in Houston, announced two songs soon after  Texas Hold\’ Em and 16 Carriages; the singles were both released on Super Bowl Sunday after her Verizon commercial/album announcement.

She appeared to dropping hints one week prior to the Super Bowl – during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards on February 4.

 Fans flocked to X to react to the Beyonce news, with some taking the cover image of her website as her album cover – something which she has not yet confirmed.

Some loved the the title, calling it a \’number 1 on billboard loading,\’ and saying \’oh she\’s coming.\’

Other fans were less than impressed at the simplicity of the saddle and sash – if indeed it is the cover art.

The said that the album art \’could\’ve been more,\’ likening it to promotional material that would be for a Clint Eastwood Western movie or for the Yellowstone series.

One wrote: \’She\’s not serious,\’ and other said they thought \’cowboyonce would\’ve been better.\’

During the pandemic, Beyonce conceived the idea of a three-act project, which she revealed in July 2022 ahead of the release of Act I – which was her Renaissance album.

Renaissance dropped on July 29, 2022.

She had the secondary title \’Act i\’ for Renaissance.

One day before the Renaissance album drop, Beyonce penned a note that she shared on her website, explaining that the new album is part of a three-act project.

The note was shared with two images – one image of her with her children Blue Ivy, Rumi and Sir and another picture of her mom Tina Knowles and her late uncle Johnny, who tragically passed away of an AIDS-related illness at the start of her career.