The internet is rife with rumours that Beyoncé, currently on tour with her husband Jay-Z, is pregnant.
Last week, fans became vocal about the songstress’ choice of tour outfits - many of which concealed her stomach, and one in particular that featured a heart over her lower abdomen.
Now the internet is all-but confident there’s at least one little bun baking in the oven, and, knowing the over-achieving Bey, there could very well be triplets.
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Whilst we aren’t ones to condone staring avidly at a persons' lower stomach, particularly during some of the most on-point vocal and dancing performances we've ever witnessed, there is some compelling evidence that Queen B is with child.
Firstly, the woman keeps touching that area.
If you cast your mind back to 2011, Beyoncé famously revealed her first pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards. As she finished her pitch-perfect ‘Love On Top’ the Houston native pulled apart her bejewelled jacket and rubbed a prominent, pregnant belly.
While her favoured method of pregnancy announcement (and birth) was Instagram last time, who knows whether she'll return to an on-stage reveal for baby number four?
Secondly, eagle-eyed fans propose the mother of Blue Ivy, Sir and Rumi has been dropping numerical hints. The former Destiny's Child member recently posed next to the number four, both her and her husbands favourite number, but also the amount of children they would end up having.
Praised for her ‘levels of petty’ it doesn’t seem impossible to imagine the 'Irreplaceable' singer leaving hints on social media.
However, not all signs lead to foetus.
One Twitter user pointed out a nearby beer in one of her recent snaps, though this is non-conclusive evidence. The beverage might not be hers, she might not have known, or she may have made the decision to drink moderately throughout her pregnancy.
Either way the internet is pretty shook, quite understandably.
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
