Big Freedia on Reuniting With Beyoncé for 'Break My Soul' and Their Heartwarming Talk in Studio (Exclusive)
etonline.comBeyoncé is back with her first new album in six years, and she gave fans a taste of what’s in store with the release of “Break My Soul,” the first single from.
Not only that, but the vibrant new song reunited the singer with Big Freedia, the famed New Orleans bounce artist who previously appeared on “Formation.” While speaking with ET’s Kevin Frazier, the rapper opened up about what it meant to be featured on the new single. “I was just grateful and I was honored to be a part of something so iconic and so amazing,” she says, before revealing how the collaboration came together. “My manager called and said, 'Beyoncé wanted to use one of your songs on her new album.' And I was like, ‘Holy crap.
What is going on? Another One?’ I was like, ‘This is happening again?” the rapper recalls, explaining that “Break My Soul” features a sample of her 2014 single, “Explode.”Invited out to Los Angeles, “they played the track a couple of times,” Freedia says.
And that’s where she got to listen to the ‘90s house-influenced record, on which she can be heard rapping, “Release ya anger, release ya mind / Release ya job, release the time / Release ya trade, release the stress / Release the love, forget the rest.”Much to her surprise, Beyoncé was also at the studio and the two were able to briefly talk about their musical collaboration. “So, we get to hang out and talk and she tells me how she’s grateful for being a part of this track,” the rapper shares. “And I’m like, ‘No, I’m grateful for you calling me to be a part of this track and having me on it.’”Of course, things were strictly business and Freedia was only there to discuss her contributions to, which drops on July 29.
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