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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This summer, millions of us got cozy with Beyoncé during the Renaissance World Tour. With stunning visuals, an array of costume changes, and the occasional Blue Ivy cameo, this is reportedly Beyonce's highest-grossing tour yet. Renaissance has been unlike any other Beyoncé experience, a truly communal and social media-hyped dance party.

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This summer millions of us got decked out in our silver, shiny, shimmering best to attend Beyonce's fabulous Renaissance world tour.

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We got cozy with Miss Carter for a medley of hits old and new.

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There were stunning visuals, an array of costume changes and occasional star cameos,

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there was Blue Ivy, and of course there was the Queen herself.

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I'm Aisha Harris, and a little birdie told me it's Virgo season, and we're talking

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about Beyonce's Renaissance tour on NPR's pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Joining me today is Switching on Pop Producer

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Riana Cruz.

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Welcome back, Riana.

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Happy to be here. Also with us is Journalist, media personality, and co-host of the Recap Podcast, were just like that.

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Chargessel, welcome back to you too, Char.

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Hey, hey, thanks for having me.

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Oh man, are we all just like still on a high

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from this show?

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Yes, absolutely.

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Yes.

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I know. I definitely feel like I am.

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So the Renaissance World Door kicked off in Europe in May and is winding down now with just a handful of US stops left.

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This is reportedly Beyonce's highest grossing tour yet, Billboards projected it's going to make just a

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measly half a billion dollars, nothing special, you know.

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And Renaissance has been unlike any other Beyonce experience, a truly communal and social media hyped dance party.

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The Queen asked attendees to dress up in silver in honor of her birthday.

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