Are Woman Gaga and Beyoncé teasing a “Phone” half two? (YouTube/Woman Gaga)
One of many biggest cliffhangers in popular culture historical past might quickly lastly get an ending, as followers are satisfied Beyoncé and Woman Gaga are teaming up for “Phone” half two.
It’s been fourteen years, six UK prime ministers, sixty seasons of Drag Race and only one Sky Ferreira album since Beyoncé and Woman Gaga promised that their “Phone” music video would have a second half.
On the finish of the decade-defining, ten-minute music video, during which the 2 music legends performed a murderous (and doubtlessly queer?) Bonnie and Clyde duo, the now-haunting phrases “To be continued…” appeared.
And thus started a 14-year await a follow-up that has merely by no means come to fruition – till, doubtlessly, now.
Now, take this with a grain of salt, as ARTPOP ACT II hitmaker Woman Gaga has kind for not seeing by means of her teased initiatives (FAO: Chromatica Ball movie), however followers have pieced collectively some proof that means a Gaga and Beyoncé collab might be coming quickly.
Are Woman Gaga and Beyoncé collaborating once more?
Now, it’s somewhat identified indisputable fact that Beyoncé, 42, has an album popping out this Friday (29 March), entitled Cowboy Carter, the follow-up to her Grammy-winning 2022 file, Renaissance.
Because it stands, the upcoming album doesn’t have a tracklist, so potential collaborators are shrouded in thriller. What we do know is that Cowboy Carter is grounded in nation music, a style that Woman Gaga is aware of a good bit about, given her criminally-underrated 2016 Joanne is tinged with nation influences.
That’s not sufficient proof to suspect a collaboration, however issues just lately obtained an important deal extra intriguing.
As all Gaga followers know, the 37-year-old singer is at present busy within the studio engaged on the observe as much as 2020’s dance pop smash album Chromatica. She’s been unusually lively on social media, sharing updates and selfies from the studio, and yesterday (25 March), she shared a photograph of her recording with a guitar, a piano, and await it: a picture of the “Phone” album paintings.
Fascinating, however that’s not all.
It might simply be extraordinarily handy timing, however on the identical day (25 March), one in every of Beyoncé’s stylists Vance Gamble shared a picture of Gaga from behind the scenes of the “Phone” video shoot, donning the legendary cigarette sun shades.
Fairly convincing. But when that’s not sufficient, let’s throw in a single additional tidbit of knowledge that followers have picked up on.
On the 2020 MTV VMA awards, as Gaga picked up the “Tricon Award” decked out in a silver chrome outfit, she declared that “a renaissance is coming, and the wrath of popular culture will encourage you”.
As a buddy of Beyoncé, Gaga seemingly knew Renaissance was coming in all its dance-chrome glory again in 2020. And, as Beyoncé has since confirmed, Cowboy Carter was created earlier than Renaissance, once more which means that Gaga has seemingly identified concerning the file’s existence for a while.
Unsurprisingly, followers on social media have taken the small teases and ran with them, convincing themselves {that a} Beyoncé and Gaga collaboration is coming as soon as once more.
There are those that, after all, consider the BeyHive and Little Monsters are only a bit drunk on delusion, and suppose that “Phone” half two just isn’t and can by no means be coming.
Let’s wait and see.
Cowboy Carter is out on Friday 29 March.