14 DAY TRIAL // With three weeks before the official release, many fans have probably already heard Beyonce’s upcoming album, “4,” in full, given that it leaked online earlier this week. In a statement on her Facebook page, the singer tries to look on the bright side of it.
In recent years, countless A-list singers have been forced to deal with the unpleasant situation of seeing their album leak in full online weeks before the release.
Some recover from it and still go on to record excellent sales, as was the case with Eminem, while others take a serious hit because of it, like it happened to Christina Aguilera with “Bionic.”
Beyonce seems determined to look on the positive side of the incident, she writes on Facebook: at least she knows that fans love the 12 tracks included on “4.”
“My music was leaked and while this is not how I wanted to present my new songs, I appreciate the positive response from my fans,” Beyonce writes.
In the end, that was the purpose behind making this album: thanking fans for their support throughout the years and offering them an album that they would all love.
“When I record music I always think about my fans singing every note and dancing to every beat. I make music to make people happy and I appreciate that everyone has been so anxious to hear my new songs,” the 29-year-old star says.
Indeed, the moment the album leaked, fans took to Twitter and other social networking websites to talk about it: and most of them seemed thrilled with what Beyonce had come up with.
They have every reason to be so, Rolling Stone writes in a track-by-track review of the album, which it best describes as a “change of pace” from other Beyonce releases and, of course, from other releases in current pop.
“[It’s] a more relaxed, personal set that emphasizes ballads over bangers and showcases the singer’s nuances… the sort of album a pop star makes when she doesn’t feel like she has anything to prove,” the magazine says.