Reneé Rapp Shares Her ‘Daddy Lessons’ With Beyoncé Cover in Paris

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Renee Rapp - Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard/Getty Images
Renee Rapp - Credit: Gilbert Flores/Billboard/Getty Images

Reneé Rapp showed Paris how excited she is for Beyoncé’s country era on Tuesday by performing “Daddy Lessons,” Bey’s country song off of Lemonade, at L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix.

The crowd instantly recognized the song’s acoustic guitar boogie, hollering and singing along as Rapp crooned the opening lyrics: “Came into this world Daddy’s little girl/And Daddy made a soldier out of me.” She swiveled her body to the rhythm and leaned into the mic for some of the tune’s most soulful notes. In the middle, after singing the chorus, “My Daddy said shoot,” she encouraged the audience to “oooh” along with her. “OK, let’s hear the ‘Oooh-ohh-ooh,” she said, and they ran through it a few times before they all got it just right.

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Rapp is on something of a victory lap tour, dubbed Snow Hard Feelings, following the successes of the Mean Girls musical and her solo album, Snow Angel. Last month, she sang the album’s title song on Saturday Night Live, as well as “Not My Fault” with Megan Thee Stallion.

Beyoncé meanwhile announced a new album, Act II, during the Super Bowl LVIII. The first two singles from the record, “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” reflect a country vibe. Fans will have to wait until March 29 to hear Act II in its entirety and see how the rest of the songs sound.

Robert Randolph, who played guitar on “16 Carriages,” recently told Rolling Stone about the session, which featured Raphael Saadiq on bass and drums. “When we did the first session, I was like, ‘What are we doing?'” Randolph said. “Raphael said, ‘Here’s what Beyoncé has in her head. And you were hand-picked because you’re the only guy who could do this.’ Beyoncé already had an idea of what she wanted to do. She wanted to do something with some playing, with some country fire. She said she liked the way I make my instrument sound like a singer.” During the interview, Randolph said he expected to work on more songs for Act II.

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