Beyoncé releases new song 'Morning Dew (Donk)'

Beyoncé has released a new song, ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’, marking her first new solo material in two years.

The track arrived on July 4 via Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia Records. The release comes ahead of the forthcoming expanded edition of B’Day, which is set to land on September 4, exactly 20 years after the original album’s release on Beyoncé’s 25th birthday.

Written by Beyoncé alongside Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon, ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’ was also produced by Beyoncé and Pharrell. The song serves as a direct nod to the BeyHive, the name given to Beyoncé’s fanbase, ahead of the 20th anniversary.

The song will be included on the 20th anniversary edition of B’Day, and arrives alongside a lyric video directed by frequent Beyoncé collaborator Cliff Watts, featuring repurposed archival footage. Watts previously shot Beyoncé’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover around the time of her 25th birthday.

First released in 2006, B’Day debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and sold over 541,000 copies in its first week. The album featured singles including ‘Déjà Vu’, ‘Ring the Alarm’, ‘Irreplaceable’ and ‘Upgrade U’.

The new single follows Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour, which concluded in July 2025 and supported her eighth studio album of the same name. Cowboy Carter is the second instalment in a planned trilogy, following 2022’s Renaissance. The latter album’s accompanying world tour became the highest-grossing tour by a female artist.