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Beyoncé is celebrating 'B'Day' with her first new song in two years, ‘Morning Dew (Donk)’
New track launches 60-day countdown to 'B'Day' 20th anniversary edition.
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'XO' opens with an audio sample from the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster before pivoting into a plea for intimacy against the clock. Co-written and co-produced by Ryan Tedder and Terius 'The-Dream' Nash, the track appeared on Beyoncé's self-titled fifth studio album and was released as a single in September 2013.
The lyrics detail a narrator's plea for a lasting and stable romance amidst the ups and downs of life. Beyoncé frames urgency as tenderness, the repeated refrain 'before they turn the lights out' threading through verses that acknowledge how little time anyone is guaranteed. The production balances radio-friendly sweep with intimacy, the kind of stadium-ready arrangement that still leaves room for the small gesture.
Critics generally acclaimed the track's intimate lyricism and accessible production. The opening sample drew criticism for its use of tragedy as introduction, though the song itself commits to a different register entirely: the everyday fragility of connection, the need to act before the moment passes.
"Xo" is a single by Beyoncé, released 16th December 2013. The track is 3:36 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 17 articles about Beyoncé.
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