The reach on this thread
Just congratulate her and go listen to your fave.
Threads like this are the reason, people think the Beyhive is defensive and sensitive. They have to defend their faves 100 times a day because everyday there are 100 passive aggressive attack threads towards Beyoncé.
And no, she's not the queen of hyping her albums.
In February, to promote her HBO documentary and they didn't even talk about her album.
This album didn't get any promo leading to its release and some can't wrap their minds around that
Why are y'all acting so offended at the idea of Beyoncé having hype? Having hype is a massive compliment! It means people are interested in you and your work.
And don't even try it with saying her most recent album had no hype, it may have had no hype the second before release but as soon as it hit iTunes the hype exploded, I personally get more hyped over waking up one morning and seeing a superstar has secretly released an album on iTunes rather than watching one promote it on every tv show for weeks. If Beyoncé had promoted for weeks I would've yawned at her album, but her releasing it like she did almost made me buy it.
Ermmmm, because the OP is talking about hype prior to the release.
But yes, Beyoncé gained a lot of interest right after her release & that's a good thing! But to downplay & say "Oh she's only selling so much in December because of a performance in February!" is idiotic.