Beyoncé’s Renaissance album is an exultant, daring return to sticky dancefloors
Referencing ballroom culture and Seventies disco, her new album will see you emerge from the club sweaty, bruised and ecstatic.
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Elliot Hoste is subscriptions assistant at the New Statesman.
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