Beyoncé has kept us on our toes over the past five years, and our patience is finally being rewarded. While we've been playing "Be Alive" on repeat, Beyoncé has been working on her seventh studio album, her first major release since Lemonade in 2016. "With all the isolation and injustice over the past year, I think we are all ready to escape, travel, love, and laugh again," she told Harper's Bazaar on Aug. 10. "I feel a renaissance emerging, and I want to be part of nurturing that escape in any way possible. I've been in the studio for a year and a half."