{"id":533160,"date":"2026-07-04T19:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533160\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T19:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T19:45:13","slug":"beyonce-releases-single-morning-dew-donk-ahead-of-bday-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/533160\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 Releases Single ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ Ahead of ‘B’Day’ Reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBeyonc\u00e9 is ringing in July 4<\/a> with a treat for her fans, dropping the long-unreleased song \u201cMorning Dew (Donk)\u201d ahead of the 20th anniversary of her sophomore album \u201cB\u2019Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMorning Dew (Donk),\u201d which hit streaming services early Saturday morning, begins a 60-day countdown to the reissue of \u201cB\u2019Day\u201d on September 4, which is also Beyonc\u00e9<\/a>\u2018s birthday. According to a release from Parkwood Entertainment, the song arrives along with a lyric video directed by Cliff Watts that repurposes old footage. It was originally written by Beyonc\u00e9, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon, and produced by Beyonc\u00e9 and Williams.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMorning Dew (Donk)\u201d has long been the stuff of legend in the Beyhive. It was reportedly recorded in 2013 and leaked as a snippet in 2021 before hitting the Internet in full two years later. With the official release of \u201cMorning Dew (Donk),\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 marks her first new music in two years as a \u201cdirect nod to her loyal BeyHive to commemorate the upcoming epic celebration of \u2018B\u2019Day,’\u201d says the release.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyonc\u00e9 initially released \u201cB\u2019Day\u201d on September 4, 2006. The album, which spawned the singles \u201cD\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu,\u201d \u201cRing the Alarm\u201d and \u201cIrreplaceable,\u201d debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling more than 541,000 units in its first week. In April 2007, she released a deluxe edition of the album with five new songs along with the \u201cB\u2019Day Anthology Video Album,\u201d which included 13 music videos.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyonc\u00e9 last released her Grammy-winning album \u201cCowboy Carter\u201d in 2024. It has long been rumored that her next project, which will conclude her \u201cRenaissance\u201d trilogy, will be a rock record, though Beyonc\u00e9 herself is yet to confirm details around it.<\/p>\n

\n\tListen to \u201cMorning Dew (Donk)\u201d below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beyonc\u00e9 is ringing in July 4 with a treat for her fans, dropping the long-unreleased song \u201cMorning Dew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[39211,321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-533160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-beyoncu00e9","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}