Single
Artist: Beyoncé and Madonna
Digital release: August 2022
Original source: Beyoncé’s Break My Soul
Madonna connection: Samples and reworks elements of Vogue
Label: Parkwood Entertainment / Columbia
Notes: Coverage at the time highlighted the remix’s use of Vogue and its updated roll-call honouring Black female artists and ballroom culture.
Break My Soul — The Queens Remix is a major pop-cultural crossover, pairing Beyoncé with Madonna through the unmistakable architecture of Vogue. The remix folds ballroom lineage, Black female artistry and pop royalty into one extended celebration, turning a contemporary Beyoncé anthem into a direct conversation with Madonna’s 1990 classic.
This is best treated as a featured remix crossover rather than a Madonna-led single. Even so, The Queens Remix is archive gold: a moment where Madonna’s own ballroom-influenced classic is pulled into Beyoncé’s Renaissance era and reframed as part of a broader lineage of dance, survival and command.
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