Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour Film Soundtrack: What’s in and What’s Out
After the Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé premiere in Los Angeles on November 25, fans left eager after the singer had reportedly cut several songs from the film’s soundtrack.
Variety confirmed that Beyoncé, much like Taylor Swift with her Eras Tour film, had left out five songs from her concert film. Yet, with a screentime of two hours and 50 minutes, Beyoncé’s film, Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé, had space to include the complete setlist of her Renaissance World Tour.
While Swift’s Eras Tour film was a straightforward concert experience, Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé delves deeper, showing the behind-the-scenes of Beyonce’s creative process and personal experiences that went into the tour. The film includes her recovery from knee surgery, Blue Ivy Carter’s tour debut, and the Destiny’s Child reunion.
Deadline reported that “most of the Renaissance album” made the film. Instead, Queen B decided to cut some of her older songs.
Before you watch this cinematic experience, these are the five songs that were cut from Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé:
The first song cut from the film was Beyonce’s opening track from her 2011 album 4, “1+1.” After “1+1,” Beyonce pays homage to Mary J. Blige’s “I’m Going Down,” a cover of Rose Royce’s 1976 song, which was also cut.
While several songs from Beyoncé’s album 4 made the Renaissance Tour setlist, many were cut from the film, including the track “I Care.” Followed by “Rather Die Young,” a song that Beyoncé had never performed until her Renaissance Tour.
In a twist, Beyoncé removed one of her biggest hits, “Love On Top,” from the Renaissance Tour film.
Even though five tracks were cut, Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour film still included three of her most iconic hits, “Thique,” “All Up In Your Mind,” and “Drunk In Love,” which Beyonce only played at select shows of the tour.
The tracks fans can expect featured in the film:
- “Dangerously in Love 2”
- “Flaws and All”
- “I’m That Girl”
- “Cozy”
- “Alien Superstar”
- “Lift Off”
- “Cuff It”
- “Energy”
- “Break My Soul + The Queens Remix”
- “Formation”
- “Diva”
- “Run the World (Girls)”
- “My Power”
- “Black Parade”
- “Savage” with Megan Thee Stallion
- “Partition”
- “Church Girl”
- “Get Me Bodied”
- “Before I Let Go”
- “Crazy in Love”
- “River Deep, Mountain High”
- “Love Hangover (Diana Ross Intermission)”
- “Plastic Off the Sofa”
- “Virgo’s Groove”
- “Naughty Girl + Love to Love You Baby”
- “Move”
- “Heated”
- “Kitty Kat”
- “Thique”
- “All Up in Your Mind”
- “Drunk in Love”
- “America Has a Problem” with Kendrick Lamar
- “Pure/Honey”
- “Summer Renaissance”
