Beyoncé - 16 CARRIAGES

early front runner for SOTY

This song has changed me lol I am addicted to it. There’s been a lot already said about this foray into country music, so aside from all that, geez what a song.

Beyoncé sounds unbelievable, her control just unparalleled. Sounds so gentle and so strong all at once. Of course that first reveal at 0:24 blew me away. The whole drum set crashing down with every hit, pulling me along with it. That lap steel bending out forever. All so perfect.

The personal story telling lands so well in these intimate moments. Flipping the flow over a gorgeous organ. I’m loving it and just waiting for it to rocket to space again. And when it does, oh yeehaw.

More wild melodies in that verse from 1:46 and onward. The song finding it’s pattern but still shifting with each repetition. As we ride through 2:30, the orchestral horns coming alive underneath the band, Beyoncé’s presence getting bigger and bigger. Reaching that angelic peak as the song settles back down by 3min. It’s all so heavenly and full of heart. Obsessed.