Beyoncé has released a new single, “Morning Dew (Donk),” marking her first new song in two years and opening the countdown to the 20th-anniversary reissue of B’Day. The track was released on July 4 and is now available on streaming platforms. According to Parkwood Entertainment, the song will be included on the upcoming anniversary edition of B’Day, Beyoncé’s second studio album.
The release begins a 60-day countdown to September 4, the date of Beyoncé’s birthday and the original international release of B’Day in 2006. The album was released in the United States one day later, on September 5, and became Beyoncé’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. It sold 541,196 copies in its first week.
“Morning Dew (Donk)” was written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, and Darius Dixon, with production by Beyoncé and Pharrell Williams. The song arrives with a lyric video directed by Cliff Watts, a longtime Beyoncé collaborator. The video uses archival footage connected to the B’Day period, reinforcing the link between the new release and the album’s original era.
The 20th-anniversary reissue places renewed attention on one of the most important albums of Beyoncé’s early solo career. Released after Dangerously in Love, B’Day helped shape her image as a performer with a stronger visual identity, more defined choreography, and a sharper pop-R&B direction. Songs from that period, including “Déjà Vu,” “Ring the Alarm,” “Irreplaceable,” and “Get Me Bodied,” became central to her mid-2000s catalogue.
The new single does not appear to signal the beginning of a separate album campaign. Instead, Parkwood has positioned “Morning Dew (Donk)” as part of the B’Day anniversary project. Its release suggests that Beyoncé is revisiting the album not only through reissue, but also through unreleased or newly framed material connected to that period.
The anniversary edition of B’Day is expected to arrive on September 4, 2026.
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