Which Beyoncé song led her 2022 album Renaissance as its first single?

“Break My Soul” was the first single from Beyoncé’s 2022 album Renaissance.

Released on June 20, 2022, the song introduced the project’s house, dance, and club-oriented direction. It incorporates elements of Robin S.’s 1993 hit “Show Me Love” and The-Dream’s “Explode,” while also drawing on the vocal legacy of Big Freedia.

“Break My Soul” became Beyoncé’s eighth solo number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. It also gave Jay-Z another songwriting credit connected with a chart-topping Beyoncé hit.

Renaissance was released on July 29, 2022, as the first act of a planned trilogy. Later songs from the album, including “Cuff It,” became major hits, but “Break My Soul” was the campaign’s lead single and the first public signal of the album’s dance-floor focus.