Things feel all the sweeter knowing how hard they fought to get here: through relationship troubles and against the systemic racism Jay alludes to throughout. Perhaps as much as any of these things, it’s a celebration of their love of hip-hop: Beyoncé spends most of the nine tracks effortlessly spitting rather than singing and the release is teeming with rap references, be it imitating the choppy flow of featured artists Migos on Apeshit or the glorious nod to Still D.R.E. The “love” here is less rooted in their relationship as in love of newfound stability, of being able to luxuriate in their wealth and enjoy their family and the summer weather. Born out of therapy-like recording sessions, it marks the pair’s first full-length collaboration, but listeners hoping for detail on their reconciliation might be disappointed: this is curated veneer, not ugly exposition. Pei and completed in 1989.Following Beyoncé’s explosive revelation of her husband’s infidelity on Lemonadeand Jay-Z’s repentant, introspective 4:44, Everything Is Love is the final album in a trilogy documenting married life.

We! Respect! Modern architecture! Even the Carters can’t resist grooving around the museum’s glass-metal landmark, which was designed by I.M. You can also see a close-up of another Géricault painting, “The Charging Chasseur,” in a separate frame earlier in the video. Théodore Géricault’s pièce de résistance in romanticism was completed in 1819, and based on actual, horrible events - more than 150 French soldiers were left to fight for their lives off the coast of Senegal years prior due to a ship wreck. (It’s dated around 100 BCE.) It’s believed to have been sculpted to the likeness of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Not even the mutilated arms have prevented the sculpture from becoming one of the most defining works of ancient Greece. Pre-Chorus: Beyonc & JAY-Z Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, take a top shift (She went crazy) Call my girls and put 'em all on a spaceship Hang one night with Yonc, I'll make you famous (Ah. It has a body of a lion and a head of a king. The Louvre houses one of the most impressive collections of Egyptian artwork outside of Africa, and this sphinx - made from granite, likely around 2600 BCE in the Old Kingdom - is the largest in the museum. (It’s commonly dated to 2nd century BC.) It was sculpted to honor Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. Like David’s work, this Hellenistic marble sculpture - the artist is unknown - is a focal point throughout the video. Two other David paintings can also be seen in brief, fleeting moments in the video - “Oath of the Horatii” (1784) and “The Intervention of the Sabine Women” (1799).Īnd we have yet another David! It’s a big day for him! This was painted in 1800 for Juliette Récamier, who was one of the most famous socialites in Paris at the time. Bey and Jay, seemingly, really admire David’s virtuoso neoclassical style. This gigantic masterpiece was completed by Napoleon’s official painter, Jacques-Louis David, in 1807. (But who actually is the Mona Lisa?) Next. The icing on the vow renewal cake is APESHIT, an audacious declaration of. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance period in 1503. Working it out from both a husband and wife’s perspective, like they did on their last two albums, isn’t enough. Consider it Art History 201, without that weird sexual tension with your professor. Since this is the holy goddamn Louvre after all, allow Vulture to give you a brief art history lesson for the most prominent works featured in the music video. (A taste: “Tell the Grammy’s fuck that 0 for 8 shit / Have you ever seen the crowd goin’ apeshit?”) For the Carters were granted private access to the Louvre, where they gallivanted all around the famed museum to our awe. Beyoncé and Jay-Z, ever the ones to anticipate your summer sonic needs, dropped a surprise joint album Everything Is Love last night, pairing a stunning visual element with the track “Apeshit.” But they’re not here just to drop some killer lines and don pastel suits around metropolitan Paris. Go to the corner and think about what you’ve done, Musée d’Orsay.

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