King Bey decided to gift the world with a surprise fifth studio album.
But someone who goes by the name of "Boots" is all over the album credits.
It made some people on Twitter start asking some questions.
who is BOOTS
jordan
@jordansarge
who is BOOTS
Someone tell me who this Boots person is who produced these two incredible songs on the #Beyonce album
Andrew Chan
@wenyeowchan
Someone tell me who this Boots person is who produced these two incredible songs on the #Beyonce album
Here's what's known: He signed to Jay Z's record label Roc Nation some time around June 1, when he posted this picture to his Facebook.
Roc Nation's website is unhelpful.
Some quick googling turns up this short film that features Chanel Iman getting an eye exam. Boots wrote the score for the five-minute short.
A month after making his deal public, he posted to Facebook again, this time with a song called "Haunted."
His voice is pretty haunting and awesome.
And with that track is the only available picture of the man behind the Bey.
But on Boots' Soundcloud there's another private file of even greater note. It's a 50-minute album with some very important tracks. (Update: The album was quickly taken down from Soundcloud in the middle of the night.)
Like reference tracks for Beyoncé.
It's almost strange to hear a man sing Beyoncé material because she clearly is superior to anyone with a Y chromosome.
And with the help of Boots, we got our Bey back. Thank you, Boots. We hope to see you around and would love to see your face.
Update: A member of Beyoncé's creative team tweeted a picture of the mysterious man celebrating the album's unexpected release. It was taken tonight in NYC.
celebrating with my dear friend BOOTS who wrote 4 songs and co produced 80% of the album
mds
@designedmemory
celebrating with my dear friend BOOTS who wrote 4 songs and co produced 80% of the album
