Beyoncé Releases New Song ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ As Fourth Of July Surprise
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- Beyoncé surprise-released "Morning Dew (Donk)" on July 4 as the first new song in two years, announced by her Parkwood Entertainment label.
- "Morning Dew (Donk)" launches a 60-day countdown to the September 4 reissue of B'Day, Beyoncé's second album originally released September 4, 2006, and is billed as a nod to the BeyHive.
- B'Day debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 541,196 copies and also topped the International Album Chart in Japan in under three days.
- "Morning Dew (Donk)" was written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, and Darius Dixon, and produced by Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams.
- Cliff Watts directed the accompanying lyric video using repurposed footage from Beyoncé's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover, shot around her 25th birthday.
Why it matters: The track marks Beyoncé's first new release in two years and formally kicks off a 20th-anniversary campaign for B'Day, the album that cemented her solo #1 debut trajectory after moving 541,196 copies in its first week.
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