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Beyoncé Drops New Single 'MORNING DEW (DONK)'

The surprise July 4 release launches a 60-day countdown to a 20th‑anniversary reissue of B'DAY and frames new music and archival visuals as the core of her promotion.

Overview

  • The single was released Saturday, July 4, 2026, at 9:00 AM EST and was made available on all major streaming platforms.
  • Beyoncé co-wrote the song with Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon, and she and Pharrell are credited as the track's producers.
  • The release includes a lyric video directed by Cliff Watts that repurposes archival footage linked to the original B'DAY era.
  • The song is billed as a gift to the BeyHive and will appear on the 20th‑anniversary edition of B'DAY, starting a timed 60-day promotional run to the album's September 4 reissue.
  • B'DAY originally debuted at No. 1 in 2006 with 541,196 first-week sales, and the campaign reinserts that era into Beyoncé's current rollout while signaling further anniversary content and fan events to watch for.