Beyoncé pulled up to Atlanta on Thursday, July 10, for the first of four Cowboy Carter tour stops, and she had the BeyHive completely shook! After removing ’16 Carriages’ from recent setlists, Queen Bey brought it back with a vengeance, gagging fans with a new prop. In viral clips flooding the internet, Beyoncé soars above the crowd on a robotic gold horse. No word yet on if this horse is replacing the infamous car prop for good, but ATL fans were LIVING for the song’s triumphant return. Here’s what happened.
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Beyoncé basically said, “Cadillac who?” and brought the house down in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena! She resurrected ’16 Carriages’ with a futuristic gold horse prop that had fans screaming. Rising above the crowd, Bey delivered those soul-stirring notes, and this time things went exactly to plan. The new prop also perfectly matched the country aesthetic of the tour. With three more ATL shows to go, online chatter is already underway, with people wondering if this is a permanent change to the tour.
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Social Media Reacts To Beyoncé’s New Prop
The Roomies sounded off with their thoughts in the comments section. Here’s what some of them had to say…
@aldrenmccullar wrote, “One thing about Beyoncé, she gone find alternate solutions and go harder!! Y’all gone get this floating in the air!!! Lol 🔥👏🏽✊🏽”
@1jhead wrote, “One of the best performers of our time! The amount of time, practice and money that goes into her sets are crazy. 🔥🔥🔥”
@thatscourtneey_ wrote, “ow the hell they make that horse that quick 😂🙌🏾😭”
@doriancartel wrote, “She said “ LETS MAKE IT MORE DANGEROUS” 😂😂😂”
@messymyles wrote, “The money you have to have to get this done in a short amount of time.. OH THE WEALTH.. I hate being poor.”
@cre8tivei wrote, “Even Better TBH!!! 🐎 🐎🐎…Just keep this energy in VEGAS, Maw!!! 😌”
@brandon_rob wrote, “One thing about Bey, she will always have a back up plan!!”
@attractiv3.kii wrote, “It should’ve been a horse from the beginning 😭😭”
@diantemarigny wrote, “ow tf her hair still blowing lol a fan flying with her too?”
What Previously Happened At Her Houston Show
On June 28 at NRG Stadium, Beyoncé was slaying ’16 Carriages’ in her red car prop, floating above the crowd. But whew, it went left… literally! The car tilted sideways midair, leaving Queen Bey dangling. Cool as ever, though her breath was a little shaky, she shouted,
“Stop, stop, stop!” while the crew lowered her to safety. Fans gasped, but Bey waved and smiled like it was nothing. “If ever I fall, I know y’all will catch me,” she told the crowd, per ABC News. Parkwood Entertainment called it a “technical mishap,” but whew, somebody’s probably dusting off their LinkedIn! That scare led to ’16 Carriages’ being briefly cut from setlists.
In a statement, Parkwood Entertainment wrote, “Tonight in Houston, at NRG Stadium, a technical mishap caused the flying car, a prop Beyonce uses to circle the stadium, and see her fans up close, to tilt. She was quickly lowered and no one was injured. The show continued without incident.”
