Beyoncé suffered the worst song debut of her career. Her surprise single, “MORNING DEW (DONK),” debuted at No. 102 on the Spotify chart with 437,000 streams. “DONK” is Beyoncé’s first new song to drop in 2 years.
The song surprised her fans who weren’t expecting new music from the 44-year-old pop singer.
‘MORNING DEW (DONK)’ by Beyoncé has FLOPPED debuting at #102 on the US Spotify chart with 437k streams ???
A family that flops together stays together? pic.twitter.com/KmDgvrt8Ct
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It isn’t clear who the song is targeted to, but the BBL subject matter and the sound of clapping cheeks weren’t well-received.
“Morning Dew” (stylized in all caps) was released on July 4 as the first song from the 20th anniversary of her second studio album B’Day. A demo of the same song, recorded for her 2013 self-titled album Beyoncé, previously leaked online in 2023 and went viral on TikTok in 2024.
A little morning dew
There’s a river inside that flows from our love
You can tap in but don’t, don’t tap out, oh
It’s a slip in the slide, that front to back love
Right there, baby, don’t tap out, tap out
“DONK” was written by Pharrell Williams, The-Dream, and Beyoncé for Bey’s fifth studio album Beyoncé, but the song was left off the album.
“DONK” marks the 60-day countdown to the 20th anniversary of her album B’Day, which was originally released in 2006. The anniversary album follows rapper Jay-Z’s much-hyped 30th anniversary of his debut classic album, Reasonable Doubt, which only sold 30,000 copies in its first week.
Beyoncé – MORNING DEW (DONK)
SR rated: 2/5 Roses
