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"   Photo: Getty  Minutes before midnight last night, Beyonc\u00E9 released a new album, BEYONC\u00C9, exclusively on iTunes. No one saw it coming\u2014 not even Rolling Stone, who reported just three days ago that the album wouldn&amp;#039;t come out until 2014. The album&amp;#039;s middle-of-the-night sneak attack is dominating the news, of course, but the format is, too, because BEYONC\u00C9&amp;#039;s not just an album. It&amp;#039;s a visual album, meaning there are 14 songs and 17 videos, the first of its kind. &amp;quot;I see music,&amp;quot; Beyonc\u00E9 said in a press release, explaining the format. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s more than just what I hear. When I&amp;#039;m connected to something, I immediately see a visual or a series of images that are tied to a feeling or an emotion, a memory from my childhood, thoughts about life, my dreams or my fantasies. And they&amp;#039;re all connected to the music.&amp;quot; Related: Beyonc\u00E9&amp;#039;s Best Red Carpet Looks So far, reactions have been positive, if a little concerned about the commercial aspect of the album. &amp;quot;...BEYONC\u00C9\u2013 by far her most experimental and multi-layered album \u2013 doesn&amp;#039;t really contain an obvious &amp;#039;Crazy In Love&amp;#039;-style banger,&amp;quot; Michael Cragg of the Guardian says. &amp;quot;Songs on the album jump and dive between genres and are woven together with everything from spoken word and trap raps to the coos of her daughter Blue Ivy and vintage Destiny&amp;#039;s Child footage. It&amp;#039;s a lot to consume...,&amp;quot; says Gerrick D. Kennedy of the L.A. Times. And ELLE.com&amp;#039;s own Ruthie Friedlander says the first track makes her &amp;quot;want to climb a mountain.&amp;quot; So.  Perhaps that&amp;#039;s why Beyonc\u00E9 wanted everyone to absorb the album all at once, and for now, only the entire album is available on iTunes. But who&amp;#039;s really going to wait until December 20 to buy it piece by piece, especially after watching this teaser of Beyonc\u00E9 with the album&amp;#039;s most adorable guest star, Blue Ivy Carter?                     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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