Beyoncé is back!  She just released two new singles to radio stations on Wednesday (October 8) and annouced that her new album "I Am..." will be in stores on November 18.  With the dual single release, she hopes to conquer two markets at once.  "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is the club anthem and the other is a ballad called "If I Were a Boy" — two songs that represent two different sides of the singer.

In a letter to fans last week, Beyoncé explains the new album to her fans, saying this album would be introspective, risky and that she would share the different sides of her more than ever before.

Beyoncé's letter to her fans:

Beyoncé also graces the cover of this month's Essence magazine and gets more intimate than ever in talking about her marriage.  "I feel that, especially now, with the Internet and paparazzi and camera phones, it's so difficult to maintain mystery," she told Essence. "And that's so important. Even in a relationship, I feel like not being that accessible is really important. If you think about Prince or Michael Jackson, or any superstars, you couldn't see them when they got off their planes or when they got out of the pool and didn't comb their hair. It's great that people see we're not perfect. But it's almost impossible to have superstars now, because people will never get enough. And it's not even about my music. It's about all the things that people imagine about me in their minds. But I can't satisfy everyone. I know that Jay and I probably do inspire people. And I appreciate people feeling proud. But this is the only way I've been able to stay sane, so why would I start talking now?  [Not speaking] controls your brand," she continued. "It controls what you want to put out there and kind of forces people to talk about what you want them to talk about."  Sounds like her husband Jay Z has been coaching her well.  But during the interview it seemed Beyoncé finally started to let her guard down and began giving little details about her marriage.  "We decide everything," she told the magazine. "My word is my word. What Jay and I have is real. It's not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It's real."  

As she began to get even more candid she said, "You're gonna get me in trouble."  Beyoncé tells the magazine that the wedding was very small and intimate, explaining she's not a "traditional" woman and having "her day" wasn't as important to her.  She explained that being a star, "It's been my day so many days already," that she didn't need the extravagant affair.  She also said that she opted not to get an engagement ring because "people put too much emphasis on that. It's just material, and it's just silly to me."

She declined to talk about how, or if, Jay Z proposed, she just simply said, "We've been together a long time. We always knew it would happen."  Recently, Hova was asked about kids and he expressed a desire to have kids, when the Essence asked Beyoncé she revealed that they do plan to have kids and it might even happen as soon as after this next album.  

Beyonce on the cover of this month's Essence Magazine