Beyonce, at this point, is an African-American celebrity at the top of her game, when the matters of basic civil rights of African-Americans in the US are being spoken about, and when Meghan Markle is talking about not being treated well because of race. For 20 years, the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, witnessed Coachella, a space where festival-goers flock from all over the world.
But for 19 of those 20 years, the headliner at Coachella was never a black artiste. It had Beyonce at the helm of affairs, who turned her concerts two over two weekends into a cultural revolution of sorts. She schooled those who attended, in black identity and celebrated black expression. She made references to police shootings. Black pride was there earlier too, it just became more celebrated in subsequent years.
Her philanthropic works are also well-known. Her song Flawless was an attempt to tell people that not everything is to be done to get the attention of men. She has highlighted her thought process about women empowerment in other pieces — including in the album Lemonade.
The drums go hard. Why would you bother? It references sweet, metaphorical Skittles, and has a bright, poppy, candy-colored feel to it, only enhanced by the video, which takes place in a roller rink, a place people used to go. Cheating Lover if he would have been as successful without his partner, and quickly answering no. The recorded version is great as is the video with a twerking Serena Williams ; the live version from Homecoming with extended step routine is even better, and so is the recently released demo version.
But it was still a little surprising. Her throaty singing, along with the drums and electric guitar solo, which she doubles in a Mariah-esque upper register, make this one tops. Simple in its construction, the black and white video is just three women dancing in black leotards and platform Mary Janes.
This was our first taste of solo Bey, setting the tenor for the rest of her career. Like so many of her songs, the reconstructed, reharmonized live version is even better.
And, as the kids say, it goes. But this song is also part of that mission. Cole in the video version. The precipitously rising key changes at the end draw you in wondering just how high she can fly—turns out, all the way to the top. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. She's Queen Midas. Everything she touches turns to gold or, more accurately, platimum. Since she debuted with Destiny's Child in the '90s , she's sat atop the charts, crafting some of pop music's best love songs , breakup anthems , odes to friendship and karaoke secret-weapons Now, with a new album — the first since 's Lemonade — officially in the works , we've taken it upon ourselves to rank Queen Bey's best songs.
It's a fool's errand, but the difficulty of the task points to the abundance of classics in the legend's iconic career. For our purposes, we skipped the Destiny's Child era to focus as Bey as a soloist and a collaborator in a career spanning from her breakout Dangerously in Love to her essential Black is King.
Hail to the queen. As the crown jewel of I am Bey inverts and reclaims this titular woebegone heartbreak trope as only she can, mutating it into a defiant takedown of an unworthy lover. She didn't lose the best thing in her life — rather, he's the best loss imaginable. Good riddance! Released in commemoration of Juneteenth at a time when BLM protests were at a fever pitch, the song samples generously from across the Black musical diaspora, from trap to gospel, pan-African to electronica.
The result is at once deeply personal and universal, and Bey's deserved subsequent Grammy made her the most awarded singer and second-most awarded artist in Grammy history.
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