Beyoncé’s ‘Break My Soul’ is a sign the Great Resignation 'has seeped into the zeitgeist,' says labor economist

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The Great Resignation is part of the zeitgeist. If you need proof, just ask Beyoncé.

The superstar singer's new single, «Break My Soul,» which was released Monday night, taps into the worker malaise that has helped fuel a record number of Americans to quit their jobs. It's the first song from her seventh studio album, Renaissance, set to drop on July 29.

Beyoncé's ode to releasing your job is the latest cultural reference to the Great Resignation labor trend that began in spring 2021, around the time the U.S. economy was re-opening more broadly after its pandemic-era lull.

Since then, Americans have used social media site TikTok to quit their jobs publicly, in so-called "Quit-Toks." In a popular Reddit forum, users have shared stories about quitting and resignation text messages to bosses.

«It's been interesting the extent to which the phenomenon has seeped into the zeitgeist,» Nick Bunker, an economist at job site Indeed, said of the Great Resignation.

Beyoncé's track «is one instance of a broader public awareness or discussion about people quitting their jobs, which is reflective of what's happening in the labor market and society,» Bunker said.

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«Break My Soul» ranked No. 1 on the iTunes top 100 songs chart on Tuesday, according to PopVortex.

In the song's first verse, the Queen Bey riffs on employee burnout over a driving house beat:

"And I just quit my job / I'm gonna find new drive / Damn they work me so damn hard / Work by nine / Then off past five / And they work my nerves / That's why I cannot sleep at night."

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