The rumors were true. Beyonce and Jay-Z were working on a joint album, Everything Is Love, which dropped on Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service on Saturday. The album, and accompanying video “Apes**t” (video above), had people on Twitter going, well, apesh*t. The 40 minute-long, 9 track album was the talk of the weekend, with many of the jokes referencing the music video to “Apesh**t”.
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/khaleezy/status/1008155000185540608
Most of the jokes unsurprisingly revolved around the album being released on Tidal:
https://twitter.com/BackseatOutsold/status/1008106070412283905
So
You don't have Tidal and are all out of email addresses pic.twitter.com/zXY4nL3izz
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 16, 2018
i already used all 11 of my email addresses on tidal free trials im tired of this
— Nate Z (@NathanZed) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/veganchorizo/status/1008202048389763072
https://twitter.com/Kiddmatt95/status/1008107250219708422
all of us who don’t have tidal rn #everythingislove pic.twitter.com/lAd4zG6Mny
— maria’dib ⭑ 🇵🇸 (@mariaria14) June 16, 2018
JAY-Z AND BEYONCE… "Holy shit"
…RELEASE SURPRISE JOINT ALBUM… "HOLY SHIT"
…ON TIDAL "Best of luck to them. I bet it sounds great" https://t.co/Iy7EoKk2pw— Fred Delicious 🍆 (@Fred_Delicious) June 16, 2018
Loving the Beyoncé/Jay-Z album. Really dig the tracks “Please Sign Up For Tidal, Please”, “Help! Our Streaming Service Is Dying”, and “Evidence Connecting The Owners Of Spotify To Pizzagate”
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 17, 2018
Tidal. Beyoncé changes the game, then makes us play it on Sega Genesis.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) June 16, 2018
The Jay-Z and Beyonce album is getting great reviews, with both Tidal users giving it 5 stars
— Fred Delicious 🍆 (@Fred_Delicious) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/1008108288540577792
But Tidal got some new subscribers this weekend for real, no doubt:
https://twitter.com/kay_toste/status/1008177677210021888
Plenty of people just wanted to kick back and soak in those lyrics:
https://twitter.com/ANNOYlNGANDGAY/status/1008120533202989056
Lemonade to 4:44 to Everything is Love is perfect 3 act structure and character development.
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/OTRIITourInfo/status/1008125580095705088
Other things Beyonce doesn’t give two f*cks about: whether or not you like Jay-Z and who else’s albums her and Jay-Z are outshining right now:
beyhive: stop forcing jay z on us
bey: you will love my husband and you will love him TODAY pic.twitter.com/3QuDKbgStB— michelle. (@michkeenah) June 16, 2018
Beyonce and Jay-z to Nas's album release pic.twitter.com/odTQMx5jR1
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 16, 2018
And people on Twitter wondered how Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West are feeling right now:
https://twitter.com/TheRealMusiji/status/1008155319363559424
https://twitter.com/Pino_Gorgio/status/1008141197922177024
Some people were just in awe about “Apes**t” being filmed inside the Louvre:
https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/1008112106435203072
https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/1008114428888395776
And people are now digging into the significance of some of the paintings shown:
https://twitter.com/constancegrady/status/1008154267579047936
https://twitter.com/laurenaissance/status/1008218244925272064
Some people had their minds blown by Beyonce’s Coachella performance all over again, but for a different reason this time:
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she drop the album 63 days after this. #EverythingIsLove pic.twitter.com/nXTUlbz0qE— BEYONCÉ AWARDS •900• (@beyonceawards1) June 17, 2018
Other people felt momentarily left out:
https://twitter.com/DavidDTSS/status/1008118959239987200
Me, watching y’all tweet about #everythingislove pic.twitter.com/G1b2Ld5k8B
— Your Tiny Journalist Friend. (@thewayoftheid) June 17, 2018
But, for the most part, people were completely on board:
#EverythingIsLove
Who is your favorite dancer
Me: Beyoncé
Who is your favorite singer
Me: Beyoncé
Who is your favorite rapper
Me: FUCKING BEYONCÉ BITCH— Yellow C-A-R-D (@Iu23Uena) June 17, 2018