Big Freedia Reacts to Beyoncé's 'Break My Soul' Sample 'Forever Grateful'

Beyoncé is back! After two years of what feels like radio silence for the Beyhive, Beyoncé has dropped her latest single "Break My Soul".

On the track, the multi-time Grammy-winning singer sings about survival and resilience to a high-energy beat that will have you on the dance floor.

She has also reunited with American rapper Big Freedia on "Break My Soul," sampling their song "Explode".

Big Freedia
In this combination image, Big Freedia attends a taping of P&G & iHeartMedia's Can't Cancel Pride 2022, singer Beyonce (Inset) performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show at Mercedes-Benz Superdome on February 3,... Getty

Big Freedia is the stage name of Freddie Ross Jr, an American rapper, and hip-hop artist.

Aside from releasing her own music, Big Freedia has collaborated with some huge names in the past including New Kids on the Block, Jordin Sparks, Naughty by Nature, Boys II Men, Drake, and Kesha.

It is not the first time Beyoncé has sampled Big Freedia's work.

In 2016, Beyoncé sampled Big Freedia's voice on "Formation" and Big Freedia is understandably ecstatic about featuring on Beyonce's music once again.

Taking to social media after Beyoncé dropped her single on TIDAL, Big Freedia shared it "felt surreal" to be featured on the track.

On Instagram, Big Freedia posted a black and white image of what appears to be the tracklist for Beyoncé highly-anticipated album, Renaissance. If Big Freedia's picture if anything to go by, "Break My Soul" looks like it is going to be number 6 on the list.

Alongside the image, Big Freedia penned: "It feels surreal to be on the track with the Queen Beyonce once again I'm so honored to be apart of this special moment I'm forever grateful lord please catch me @blaqnmild my brother and I been working along time congratulations fam @beyonce love you so much."

Big Freedia has also been reposting fans responses to the song on their Instagram Stories since the song dropped and it looks like the song is going down a treat, with fans of Big Freedia absolutely loving the collaboration.

On Twitter, Big Freedia shared with her 84.7 thousand followers how "grateful" she was, joking "someone please catch me" alongside the same black and white image of the song title, "Break My Soul."

Big Freedia wrote: "It feels surreal to be on the track with the Queen Beyonce once again I'm so honored to be apart of this special moment I'm forever grateful lord someone please catch me #beyonce #bigfreedia #BreakMySoul."

Fans of Big Freedia have been flooding the comment section on Twitter with support and love for her appearance on the song.

One fan tweeted: "So deserved!! You give the track extra life!!"

Another fan added: "congratulations queen you were light"

A third fan of Big Freedia chimed in: "We are about to eat up them dance floors and throw our backs out like nobody's business!!!!!! Congratulations Freeeeeediaaaaaaa."

You can listen to "Break My Soul" on TIDAL, Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music now.

The lyric video for "Break My Soul" is available to watch below:

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