Beyoncé wrote in her long caption that she’d been working on Cowboy Carter for five years, a project that was “born out of an experience” that she had years ago where she “did not feel welcomed.”
“… and it was very clear that I wasn’t,” she added.
While the 42-year-old did not go into detail about what experience made her feel unwelcomed, fans speculate the singer was referencing her 2016 appearance at the CMA Awards, when she performed her country pop song “Daddy Lessons” off her Lemonade album alongside The Chicks (formerly known as The Dixie Chicks).
While the crowd reacted positively to the performance, Beyoncé herself received racist backlash from some country fans who criticized the CMA’s decision to let her perform, HuffPost reported.
“This ain’t a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album”
“But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive,” the singer said, adding how music can play an important role in the world.
“This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé album,” she concluded.
Act II: Cowboy Carter is the 32-time Grammy award-winner’s second installment of her three-act project following her 2022 dance album Act I: Renaissance.