Michelle Obama Says Beyoncé’s ‘Done It Again’

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“Break My Soul” is the lead single off Beyoncé’s upcoming seventh solo studio album, Renaissance

Beyoncé’s latest song, “Break My Soul,” has received high acclaim from Michelle Obama, who told the singer that she “can’t help but dance and sing along” to it.

The energetic house track from Beyoncé’s upcoming seventh solo studio album, Renaissance, “Break My Soul,” was the subject of a tweet from the former first lady on Tuesday. It appears she is just as eager as the rest of the Beyhive to hit the dance floor.

“Queen @Beyonce, you’ve done it again!” tweeted Obama, 58. “‘Break My Soul’ is the song we all need right now, and I can’t help but dance and sing along while listening to it. Can’t wait for the album!”

If the phrasing of the tweet sounds a bit familiar, it’s because Obama appears to be alluding to her own widely shared appreciation of the Grammy winner’s Homecoming documentary, which is about her 2018 Coachella performance and was made available on Netflix the following year.

“Hey, queen! Girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly,” said Obama in a video posted to social media in April 2019. “I’d say I’m surprised, but I know who you are. I’ve seen it up close and personal.”

Obama praised the depth of Homecoming and its potential cultural influence for the remainder of the footage, which was frequently used on social media for both ironic and sincere remarks.

“Girl, you make me so proud, and I love you. I also love that your new Netflix film Homecoming is informed by the Black leaders, thinkers, and poets who’ve paved the way for folks like us,” she continued. “I love that it’s both a celebration and a call to action, and I love that you’re using this film to inspire the next generation of history makers and record breakers who’ll run the world in the years ahead.”

Released Tuesday, “Break My Soul” runs over four minutes and samples Robin S’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love” and Big Freedia’s “Explode.”

The track arrived less than a week after Columbia Records announced Renaissance will drop on July 29.

Obama and Beyoncé have been friends for a while, with the artist even singing at former President Obama’s second inauguration. Michelle Obama’s praise came the same day she and Barack Obama’s Higher Ground Productions company announced a “worldwide, multi-project, multi-year first-look” deal. The couple’s company said they have come to a deal with Audible after leaving Spotify months ago.

You can listen to “Break My Soul” below-