Beyoncé's Renaissance samples black queer culture and dance music

Summary: <p>It's a <em>Renaissance</em> deep dive.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/andreacleary__/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrea</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nialler9/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Niall</a> are with episode 182 of the Nialler9 Podcast, and we are going on in on Beyoncé's seventh album <em>Renaissance</em>, an LP heavily and obviously inspired by black American house music, queer culture and ballroom (as well as her late cousin Uncle Johnny, a gay man she credits in the liner notes of the album for introducing her to queer sounds and subcultures).</p><br><p>On this episode, we delve into the samples of house and bounce music on the record, deep cuts from American dance history illuminated with the help of producers Honey Dijon and Green Velvet among others for this Beyoncé album, that is pitched like a DJ mix.</p><br><p>Andrea explores the incongruity of the millionaire/near-billionaire superstar paying homage to the largely poor ballroom and queer cultural communities of the late '80s and early '90s while namechecking fashion brands and promoting vast opulence.</p><br><p>Listen on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/nialler9-music-blog-podcast/id220030762?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple</a> | <a href="http://subscribeonandroid.com/www.nialler9.com/feed/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Android</a> | <a href="https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/628e64b34a4aec0013fb8f98" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ACAST</a> | <a href="https://pca.st/BWui" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pocketcasts</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/id1516041?country=us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CastBox</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nialler9?refid=stpr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2qCyvvnd4KCyJtJNtz8ErU?si=bP_-KxlfQ7C5xVtm5evP4A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://nialler9.com/feed/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSS Feed</a></p><p><br></p><ul> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01BYWpca42gRDQfJXwvilh?si=3db6d2fc2373427c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify Playlist</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Nialler9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord </a></li> <li> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/71QbrXOfhSG54VOC4EqySC?si=622c906ebbc84b46" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1ksINPTrUh23PmquqLsipS?si=f727d44ff2354459" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">drea's own podcast - My Favourite Album is on season 2</a> </li> <li><a href="http://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andrea has a Ghost newsletter</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Subscribe to the podcast and </strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/nialler9/id220030762?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>please leave a review on iTunes,</strong></a> <strong><em>tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. </em></strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/nialler9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Support us on Patreon.</em></strong></a></p><br><p><a href="https://nialler9.com/podcasts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Previous podcast episodes</a></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>