Beyonce Essay

California High. My mom quickly followed with her usual, “How was your day at school?” “Good. How was work?” “Amazing. Guess who came in to get their hair done for tonight’s concert?” I think, tonight’s concert...“Beyonce?! She came in and got her hair done? By you?” I am absolutely in love with Beyonce. I was kind of upset when I couldn’t afford to make it to tonight’s concert. I need somewhere else to work other than Star's Cleaners and Coffee House. “Yes, ma’am!” She said, noticing the sad…

The Pop and Hip-Hop music industry has long been dominated by two powerhouse black females. With their extravagant musical performances, outstanding vocals and inspiring quotes from their lyrics and interviews, Beyoncé Knowles and Nicki Minaj share a similar idea that women can be powerful and sexy. These two performers are icons of beauty, elegance and fierceness. Through their work they constantly project their beliefs in women power in their respective industries. Nicki Minaj is one of the…

by Beyoncé, illustrates many representations of blackness due to its focus on black feminism and black culture. It exposes the feelings centered around the issues that the black community has endured in the past as well as current issues faced today. It represents the identity of black women and unapologetically represents Beyoncé’s pride in being black and a woman. As I work to unpack this video, I want to focus on the representation of black female bodies, as well as the ways that Beyoncé uses…

none have seemed to have done it quite like Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. The pop icon released her album, Lemonade, in April of 2016, which lyrically and visually shows themes of different social issues such as racism and the treatment of women. Beyoncé combines the two together and explicitly discusses the injustices faced among African-American women, which can be heard and seen in the visuals during songs like “Don’t Hurt Yourself” and “Freedom”. Beyoncé takes her personal life, expands it, and…

consistent ridicule and humor, Saturday Night Live attempts to shed light on current societal topics in hopes of influencing a change. On February 14, 2016, in their forty-first season, Saturday Night Live aired an episode with a skit titled “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black.” Rob Klein and Bryan H. Tucker wrote this skin in order to shed light on recent discrimination and racism in the American society. The skit makes fun of the white community in America and is attacking their racism towards black…

For many years now, Beyoncé has been thought of as the queen of pop and hip hop music. Since her split from her former girl group, Destiney’s Child in 2003, Beyoncé has been releasing songs that speak to female empowerment, feminism, and issues of race. Her song Formation, along with the corresponding music video, debuted on February 6th, 2016. Many have considered Formation to be an anthem of 2016, speaking about the issues of race that are often glossed over in pop culture. Formation uses…

Electoral College votes were in the favor of Republican candidate Donald Trump. Once that information was released, panic ensued for many people, but this is not the only moment of panic that has occurred this year. In February, the one and only, Beyoncé Knowles, released her new single, “Formation”, which stirred up the pot of moral panic in the music industry. Her new hit single was filled with messages of pride as she willfully sings about her her identity and how she is very proud of it. …

Girls run the world! That is what Beyoncé Knowles-Carter proposed in her 2011 single “Run the World (Girls)”. A music video, starring Beyoncé as the leader of a band of women, confronting and conquering a rival band of men, was released alongside the song. Since its release, the video has garnered over 280 million views and received critical praise for its inspiring message (Wieselman). While it is true that Beyoncé’s song delivers an unapologetic message of women empowerment, this message…

Additionally, the song 's lyrics deal with the consequences of society 's high standards of beauty, and in "Pretty Hurts" eating disorders are depicted as one of the subjected results. This can be seen in several scenes on the video such as when Beyoncé goes to the toilet to provoke her own vomit or when one of the female characters eats cotton to satisfy her…

proceeded to chop down the tree, and forcefully removed the seeds. They had murdered The Tree of Life. White Oprah returned to headquarters. "I have the seeds." she reported to her leader, White Beyoncé. "That’s all I'm looking for." White Beyoncé turns around, taking the seeds from White Oprah. White Beyoncé was a good leader, but she had one hamartia, she was crazy in love with the idea of love. She was tired of being a single lady, and wanted nothing more than for someone to put a ring on…