We saw the release of Beyoncé's album live, in the club, with fans

• Beyoncé released her seventh solo album, titled

  Renaissance

  , on Friday.

• Sony, the star's record company, organized an evening in a nightclub on Thursday evening to celebrate the arrival of this new disc.

• Queen B dancers, influencers and fans moved their bodies for just over an hour.

The announcement excited fans around the world.

On the occasion of the release of

, Beyoncé's seventh solo album, "release parties" were organized all over the world, from Australia to Germany via Canada and Paris.

Meet in the sixth arrondissement of the capital to discover the new titles of Queen B in the company of dancers, influencers and fans of the singer.

300 people were invited by the Sony record company.

From 11 p.m., the track fills with the sound of hits by Beyoncé:

,

,

are interspersed with titles by Faith Evans, Sister Sledge and Jocelyn Brown.

Before the album was launched, we met Bilal Hassani: “I'm very excited, he's been my absolute idol since I was a baby.

I don't even want to say that I have expectations because it's wrong, I just can't wait for her to surprise me as she always has on each album, ”reports the singer.

We then meet the youtubeur PopSlay, specialist in pop music: “I think the sounds will be very rich, I think it will surprise us.

With

, we feel that she wants to bring people back to the dancefloor”.

Will this be the case?

We can check it out in a few minutes.

The lights go out, the voices come alive

A quarter of an hour before the official release of the album, the tension is palpable: are we going to grab a few minutes of exclusivity thanks to the DJ who will launch the first title,

, even before he is available on streaming platforms?

People are flocking but the man behind the turntables prefers to revisit the Destiny's Child repertoire.

ends up being launched at 11:58 p.m., so the exclusive will pass under our noses.

You have to wait until 00:02 for the lights to go out suddenly.

The audience is screaming from all corners of the room.

Beyoncé's voice is heard, we shout even louder.

Too bad for the excluded, the excitement of finding the queen is stronger.

Smartphones and flashes in hand, fans only have eyes for those who light up the night.

Dancers and influencers all seek their three minutes of fame by chaining dance steps in the center of the room.

Fifteen minutes later, the only

song everyone knows the words to is heard.

begins and the crowd gathers.

The reading of the album continues, the atmosphere does not fall.

When Beyoncé sings “shake your booty” (“move your ball”), we twerk in all corners.

When the beat gets carried away, the fans give voice.

And when the last title comes, the bodies let go.

"We can't listen to the album like that"

In the locker room, everyone gives their opinion.

"I danced, so that means I liked it," says Isaac at the exit.

I loved it, it was a lot of rhythm, I did some choreography, it announces a lot of very good things for the future and it also means that I will be dancing to it a lot during the nights to come!

»

“We were there to change our hairstyle and show our outfit”.

Nicolas, meanwhile, does not veil his face, it is not tonight that he will embark on an explanation of the texts of the sixteen new songs.

"As music lovers, you can't listen to the album like that," he says.

But she seems to have gone into a musical eclecticism that we like.

We are people who like to dance above all.

She's a dancefloor girl, she mustn't forget that.

»

The invitation email to the evening promised us listening “in great conditions”.

That didn't mean we were going to sit in a relaxing chair with headphones on.

The best situation to listen to

is on the dance floor, a fan in one hand, a glass in the other.

We will come back for the full understanding of the lyrics.

It doesn't matter, we have time: this summer, Beyoncé's album will be on repeat.

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