'Act ll: Cowboy Carter' review: Beyoncé's 'country' epic defies categorisation

Beyonce has always been country. Now she's firmly entered her yeehaw era with 'Cowboy Carter', the second act of her Renaissance project. — Photo: AFP

"Nothin’ really ends / For things to stay the same they have to change again," Beyoncé sings on Act ll: Cowboy Carter, the opening lines of the opening track, Ameriican Requiem.

"Them big ideas, yeah, are buried here / Amen."