Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter releases a surprise single, “Morning Dew (Donk),” early on Independence Day and begins a 60-day countdown to the B'Day 20th-anniversary reissue.The slow-groove track is co-written by Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, Pharrell Williams, Terius Nash and Darius Dixon and is produced by Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter and Pharrell Williams; a lyric video directed by Cliff Watts uses repurposed archival footage and is available online.Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter connects the release to recent milestones, citing wins at
the Grammys for her country record
Cowboy Carter and dedicating Album of the Year to
Linda Martell while addressing the
BeyHive and urging the industry to open doors for future artists.