Tidal

As critics continue to doubt the long-term survival of music streaming service Tidal in a saturated market, Jay-Z took to Twitter on Sunday to defend Tidal.

Digital music downloads and online streaming sales have now overtaken sales of CDs and records for the first time, underscoring just how fundamentally the internet has changed the way we consume.

Beyonce’s new ballad has been quickly passed around media sites, social media sites, and SoundCloud.

Jay Z acknowledged the critiques that Tidal might only appeal to the minority of audiophiles among people: “We’re cool. They can be McDonald’s, we’ll be Shake Shack.”