Beyoncé’s Met Gala 2026 dress sparked fan theories about her upcoming album, ‘Act III.’ The skeleton design was similar to a 2003 look that could be a hint about the ‘Cowboy Carter’ follow-up. Beyoncé told ‘Vogue’ May 4 that her dress was a salute to all bodies: “Juicy, curvy, thin, [just] celebrating whatever God gave you.” Yet her bedazzled bones moment—designed by Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing—also had a hidden connection to a specific concert look from the beginning of her solo career. At the 2003 Nelson Mandela AIDS awareness concert, the 35-time Grammy award winner—who attended the 2026 Met Gala alongside daughter Blue Ivy Carter, 14 and husband Jay-Z—wore a nude mesh dress with crystal ribcage detailing, that time by Roberto Cavalli. One eagle-eyed fan account posted a side-by-side comparison of the two dresses on Instagram, writing, "The dress Beyoncé is wearing at the 2026 Met Gala strongly reminds me of the one she wore during the ‘Dangerously In Love’ Tour." Because of the 2003 nod, fans speculated that the ‘Dreamgirls’ performer’s next highly anticipated album might be a return to her R&B era. However, Beyoncé lovers have long suspected ‘Act III’ would be the singer’s first rock album, following the genre-jumping of ‘Act I: Renaissance’ (disco) and ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’ (country). Full Story: https://www.eonline.com/news/1431700/met-gala-2026-beyonces-skeleton-look-sparks-act-iii-theories
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