Mechanical pencil Mechanical pencil A mechanical pencil (US English) or propelling pencil (UK English), also clutch pencil, is a pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable solid pigment core called a "lead" . The lead, often made of graphite, is not bonded to the outer casing, and can be mechanically extended as its point is worn away. Other names include microtip pencil, automatic pencil, drafting pencil, technical pencil, click pencil, pump pen, pump pencil, leadholder, pen pencil (Indian English), and lead pencil (Bangladeshi and American English). Mechanical pencils are used to provide lines of constant width without sharpening in technical drawing and
Lead single with the release of "Formation" in 2016, which served as the lead single to her sixth studio album. The song, accompanied by its music video, was uploaded to Tidal without previous announcement by Beyoncé. Lead single A lead single is usually the first single to be released from a studio album, by a musician or a band, before the album itself is released. During the era of the phonograph record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less commercial appeal on a single