We've waited all year through the delays and the confusion, wondering when Beyonce's next album would be released. Then Bey goes and releases the whole thing in the dead of night, like some stealth Santa, before the craziness of Christmas sets in. Thanks! Her fifth studio album, titled Beyonce, is available on iTunes. She also released 30-second previews so you can check out what you're paying for when you shell out $15.99. Here are snap-judgments based on eight of the preview clips.
Beyonce reunites Destiny's Child AND features Frank Ocean. Yes!
Ryan Murphy, may we suggest: American Horror Story: Genderqueer?
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Jay Z said he wanted a Blue Ivy brand, well "Blue" features Blue Ivy, so let the branding begin...
"Pretty Hurts" looks like Magic Mike-meets-American Hustle
Boring? She doesn't want to be, but "Ghost" is more spoken word than much of anything else.
Check out the cameo from Tina Knowles:
Beyonce impersonates Drake while giving us "Pieta" realness?
Years before Stonewall, a cafeteria riot became a breakthrough for trans rights
All about the Compton's Cafeteria riot, when drag queens and trans women rose up against police at a diner in San Francisco.