Beyoncé is the Queen Bey in triumphant MetLife live performance

Precisely one yr to the day after Beyoncé launched her Grammy-winning “Renaissance” album, the Queen B arrived in all her royal splendor for the primary of two sold-out exhibits at MetLife Stadium.  

It accomplished the New York takeover of Mr. and Mrs. Carter after Jay-Z’s “E book of HOV” exhibit opened on the Brooklyn Museum a few weeks in the past

Twenty years after that they had one of many all-time songs of summer time with Bey’s first solo smash, “Loopy in Love,” Bonnie and Clyde are nonetheless working this city. 

However not like the final time Beyonce performed MetLife — throughout their joint “On the Run II” tour in 2018 — this one is all about B.

Arriving in a cloud of smoke — regally resplendent in a black and white robe, white opera gloves and diamond chandelier earrings — she regarded as if she was able to carry out at yet one more presidential set up, not the “Renaissance” World Tour.

 And opening with “Dangerously in Love”—the title observe of her debut solo album launched 20 years in the past—she flexed a few of the melismatic, Mariah-esque thrives that had been extra prevalent in her early profession whereas chants of “Beyoncé” would barely let her end the track.

Then she went into “Flaws and All,” a fan-favorite deep reduce from the deluxe model of her “B’Day” album.

And when she sang “I’m a peasant by some requirements/However in your eyes I’m a queen,” she smiled as she acknowledged that she was now the type of music royalty that’s her technology’s reply to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

However within the first of six acts—that includes solely ballads equivalent to “1 + 1”,  “I Care” and a stunning, gutsy cowl of the Mary J. Blige traditional “I’m Going Down—it was virtually as if Beyoncé was opening for herself. As a result of, actually, who else may do it?

And earlier than all of the dancing and razzle-dazzle, she reminded you that she was a singer initially, regardless of “Renaissance” not all the time being the type of conventional vocal showcase that earlier initiatives have been. 

However the live performance actually began with its second act, kicking off with “Renaissance” opener “I’m That Woman.”

Rocking a fuchsia pretend fur over her silver sequined bodysuit, she managed to look cool even within the humidity of one of many hottest nights of the yr.

It was a complete vibe change — and right here “Renaissance” actually got here to life.

As a result of no movies had been launched for “Renaissance,” the anticipation—and thriller—was on excessive for what precisely the visible vibe could be. And it was one thing like “Barbarella” meets “Stable Gold”— a disco sci-fi fantasy.

And with a military of dancers in good formation with their boss chick, the get together was on.

“Cozy” — one of many songs that finest captures the homosexual underground membership vibe that impressed “Renaissance”—deepened the groove with rumbling drums and voguing strikes.

And when she sang that she was “considered one of one” on “Alien Famous person,” such a boast was hardly bragging when you’ll be able to again it up as she will be able to.

I imply, who else however Beyonce—trying like Diva Barbie in all sparkly pink—may have all of MetLife doing a line dance to “Cuff It”?

When she sang “We gon’ f—okay up the evening,” that mission had clearly been achieved.

And it spoke to the facility of Beyoncé that, whereas she did virtually all of “Renaissance,” she skipped a few of her largest solo hits—together with “Child Boy,” “Irreplaceable” and, most surprisingly, “Single Women (Put a Ring on It)”—and also you didn’t even miss them.