After sticking to her tendency to ditch the traditional release rigmarole, dropping “Formation” and the tracks politically charged music video with little or no warning, whispers circulating the internet suggest Beyoncé’s new album is set for release this April.

Rumours surfacing on music website Hits Daily Double, say the singer is "close to making a new worldwide, multi-album deal with Sony Music," adding that, "the final release under the current deal is now set for April," in line with the start of the singers Formation World Tour set to kick off April 27th.

Adding fire to the flames is Beyoncé’s stylist (who claims to have heard the album) and the producer of Drunk in Love and 7/11 Noel ‘Detail’ Fisher, who teased fans in the comments of an Instagram post by saying new music with Beyoncé is “coming.” The reports furthermore go on to suggest that we may be in store for not one, but two new albums with a new Jay Z and Beyoncé project also rumoured.

With “Formation” potentially marking a turn towards a more sociopolitical agenda for the musician, the song’s video and Beyoncé’s defiant reclamation of blackness hasn’t avoided criticism completely, spurring on police boycotts at upcoming concerts and embarassingly poorly attended anti-Beyoncé rallies.