The Beyoncé Experience
Beyoncé is the epitome of a woman. She’s our generation’s Aretha, demanding respect, fiercely proud of her womanhood, her feminine independence and her body. You could even say she’s reinstalled a long forgotten perception of beauty in the media. After too many decades of flat chests, chicken legs and protruding bones on MTV, Beyoncé reminds us that that women are meant to be rounded, wide hipped and fleshy. She has become a sex symbol, wrapping herself proclaimed ‘bootylicious’ body in sheer and torn skin-tight outfits and her performances are high energy provocative, although she manages to keep it tasteful. Originally known as the front woman of popular 90s group Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé recently stepped out on her own as a solo artist, and she is now one of the most recognizable, well known and well paid artist in the R&B scene. Her debut album, Dangerously in Love (2003), sold over 317, 000 copies in its first week, and included the huge hit Crazy in Love, which spent eight weeks comfortably settled at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Beyoncé’s second album, B’day, was released in 2006 and was inspired by her starring role in Dreamgirls. And then in 2008, she released I am… Sasha Fierce. Sasha is apparently Beyoncé’s alter ego, the persona she takes out onto the stage. If I Were A Boy puts her in her boyfriends shoes. She’s Policeman Beyoncé, going for beers with the guys, putting the baddies behind bars and declaring how she’d treat her significant other if she were of male persuasion. It’s a thought inducing gender-switch track, and a surprisingly original concept for the diva. We’ve seen her in camouflaged army gear belting out, Survivor, we’ve seen her rooting for the Independent Women’, single mothers, career girls, and ultimately, other pop stars. Beyoncé is a power woman and, hell yes, her boyfriend should know he’s replaceable. And if he didn’t want to lose it, then he probably should a put a ring on it. Mhm!
She has sass and attitude and a feminist fury that makes the music work. The ultimate pop feminist, sending a message to teenage girls around the world that not only is it okay to embrace their femininity, but that they should be damn proud of it too.
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