Showing off her incredible figure, Beyonce posed in a slew of rustic looks,

Showing off her incredible figure, Beyonce posed in a slew of rustic looks,

I wanted to go back to real instruments, and I used very old ones. I didn’t want some layers of instruments like strings, especially guitars, and organs perfectly in tune. I kept some songs raw and leaned into folk.

All the sounds were so organic and human, everyday things like the wind, snaps and even the sound of birds and chickens, the sounds of nature.’

My process is that I typically have to experiment,’ Beyoncé said. ‘I enjoy being open to have the freedom to get all aspects of things I love out and so I worked on many songs. I recorded probably 100 songs.

‘Once that is done, I am able to put the puzzle together and realize the consistencies and the common themes, and then create a solid body of work.’