Beyoncé’s Mother Cried After Hearing Her New Song with Isley Brothers

*The Isley Brothers teamed with Beyoncé on a new version of their 1975 track “Make Me Say It Again Girl,” which is now streaming after premiering Tuesday on iHeartRadio. 

The Isley Brothers said in a new interview with Billboard that Bey’s mother, Tina Lawson, played a major role in making the collaboration happen, PEOPLE reports. 

“She has a love for the Isley Brothers and her daughter grew up listening to this type of music,” Kandy, Ronald’s wife and manager, told Billboard.

“She worked on this just about the whole last year in between recording her own album, doing her vocals for this while she was in the Hamptons,” said Ronald. “Nobody in the world would let the first single of our album come out at the same time [as their new album]. That’s how important this work is.”

READ MORE: Tina Lawson Gushes About Beyoncé’s New ‘Renaissance’ Album

Ronald said Ms. Tina became emotional when she heard the song. 

“Beyoncé’s mother texted us to say how much they were crying over the record when Beyoncé played it for them. Me, Kandy and her sister were together when we first heard it and they were crying,” he explained. “Then Ernie [Isley] and his wife came over and there was crying again. We hadn’t done any crying over a record in years.”

“All we can say is that God’s hands was on this whole project,” Kandy said in the Billboard interview. “Between Beyoncé’s undeniable talent and [producer/engineer] Tony Maserati’s superb job at blending her and Ronald’s voices — he made it sound like she was right there with Ronald in the same room.”

You can listen to the track via the YouTube player above.

Ms. Tina previously explained to reporters at the HollyRod’s Foundation 2022 DesignCare Gala that Queen Bey “put two years of love” into her new “Renaissance” album. 

“Many, many nights [she spent] all night working. I can’t wait for the world to hear it,” Lawson said ahead of the album’s release, according to The Blast. 

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