Beyonce surprises again with Coachella's new album "Homecoming"

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Regarding Beyoncé's exits, there is usually an element of surprise.

The singer – who perfected the secret fall of the album in 2013, has since played with the tactics of releases such as "Lemonade" and "Everything Is Love" with her husband Jay-Z – redone it Wednesday morning – presenting the arrival of his own documentary Netflix, "Homecoming", with an unpublished version of a live album of the same concert.

The film and album, also titled "Homecoming," capture Beyoncé's performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in which the singer – the first black woman to lead the event – was accompanied by dozens of dancers and an elaborate parade. group for a set that has pioneered the musical heritage of historically black colleges.

"It's unlikely that an American musician will play more significantly, more absorbingly, more potently and radically this year, or in the coming year," wrote critic Jon Caramanica about the series in the New York Times. "It was rich in history, powerfully political and visually grandiose. Alternately, rowdy, rowdy and lush. A gothic marvel of choreography and musical direction. "

Now, the concert – broadcast live at the time and re-created for the second Coachella weekend, but only existed as a bootleg – has been preserved for the story on many media. The documentary, a Netflix exclusive presented as "Beyoncé's film," contains images of rehearsals and quieter moments behind the scenes – "the emotional path from the creative concept to the cultural movement," said Netflix.

The album "Homecoming" is a simpler reconstruction of the concert, known as Beychella. He divides the performance of more than two hours into 40 tracks, many of which contain many musical references and sections of other songs.

Beyoncé's list of titles, which varied slightly over the course of Coachella's two performances, included solo hits such as "Get Me Bodied," "Baby Boy," and "Training," songs from Destiny's Child. Say My Name "and" Soldier "(with his former band). Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams) and various interludes with titles such as "So Much Damn Swag" and "The Bzzzz Drumline". She also included an interpretation of the anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a song often called the black national anthem.

Although some recent versions of Beyoncé are available, at least for a while, only on Tidal, the streaming service owned by Jay-Z, the live album has been released on all major streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play.

Since Coachella, Beyoncé has been rather quiet professionally, even though she did a tour with Jay-Z last summer, surprising her fans with the collaborative effort to nine tracks "Everything Is Love." She did not announce follow-up.