The Queen has arrived.
Beyoncé made her first appearance at the Met Gala in 10 years — and she showed up looking like royalty. The legendary singer arrived in a fully bejeweled gown designed to look like a skeleton, paired with a matched jeweled headpiece and a large feather shawl.
Beyoncé is more than just a Met Gala guest: She co-chaired this year’s event alongside Anna Wintour, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. The singer turned the gala into a family affair, walking the red carpet with her husband, Jay-Z, and eldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. Blue Ivy is notably one of the youngest people in attendance at the event; since 2018, the Met Gala has implemented an 18+ rule for its attendees, though it looks like they made an exception for the co-chair’s daughter, who is just 13 years old. Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy stopped for photos on the red carpet together, posing as a family unit.
Making what was already a momentous occasion even bigger, Beyoncé gave a rare interview with red carpet host La La Anthony.
“This is the moment that everybody’s been waiting for,” Anthony said in introducing Queen Bey, before asking the singer how it felt to be back at the gala for the first time since 2016.
“It feels surreal because my daughter’s here,” Beyoncé replied. “She looks so beautiful. It’s incredible to be able to share it with her.”
Beyoncé shared that what she’s most excited for is being able to see the gala through her daughter’s eyes, and for being able to relax. She also shared what excites her most about her beautiful look.
“I’m wearing Olivier Rousteing, who is someone that has been so loyal to me, and I’ve done so many incredible, iconic looks with him,” the star said of the designer, who served as the creative director for Balmain for 14 years before leaving the fashion house in 2025. “So it’s really about representing him.”
Anthony and Beyoncé also expressed their excitement to celebrate diverse bodies — a large part of The Met Costume Institute’s spring exhibition theme of “Costume Art.”
“The different juicy, curvy, thin, tall, whatever. Just celebrating whatever God gave you,” Beyoncé said.
With Beyoncé’s appearance at this year’s Met Gala, many online are speculating that she may use the event as an opportunity to announce Act III, the rumored capper to an expected album trilogy that started with Renaissance and Cowboy Carter. However, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too high: The singer’s longtime publicist responded to an X post by a fan account speculating that the Met Gala will launch the singer’s Act III era by saying, “This is unequivocally false!!” At the time of publication, Beyoncé herself has not yet shared anything about the album.
