1 hour ago, Shelter said:

OTR was because of JAY. I think she was exhausted, that tour made no sense or the album either. We can't compare it though, she has had years to prepare for this tour, I do think she will bring it but maybe not as hard as she used to. We can't use Dubai as an example, that was thrown together. I'm expecting a massive spectacle, and I'm sure that is what will happen. Hopefully the energy is good. 

It was a financial decision made for their family. And a smart one since she was unable to tour in 2020 as probably planned 

I know a lot of us are hinting that she might be slowing down energy wise for RWT but wasn’t Madonna and hell even Tina Turner still giving it their all in their 40’s and 50’s. I don’t see why the same can’t be true for Bey. I don’t see why she wouldn’t be able to bring it like we’re used to from her. 
 

3 hours ago, Thinking Of You said:

She should’ve toured HOMECOMING to cities with large populations of Black people and advertised heavily with HBCUs.

 

We wanted to see that live.

 

2 hours ago, Lose My Breath said:

I'm not convinced she wasn't going to

I definitely thought this video below was a teaser for an HBCU performance tour sponsored by Adidas. (She could've at least used "Before I Let Go" in the background for the entire vid so this could double as a music video)

 

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17 minutes ago, suneclipse121 said:

I know a lot of us are hinting that she might be slowing down energy wise for RWT but wasn’t Madonna and hell even Tina Turner still giving it their all in their 40’s and 50’s. I don’t see why the same can’t be true for Bey. I don’t see why she wouldn’t be able to bring it like we’re used to from her. 
 

Madonna at 54 with more children than Bey 

 

13 minutes ago, trainsskyscrapers said:

 

I definitely thought this video below was a teaser for an HBCU performance tour sponsored by Adidas. (She could've at least used "Before I Let Go" in the background for the entire vid so this could double as a music video)

 

And she did nothing 

11 hours ago, XtunaStan said:

Not the XO slander in here

right?? XO slander is so 2014...

 

6 hours ago, Armani? said:

Do yall think Chloe & Beyonce will collab at some point?

no. not anytime soon. Bey hasn't even bothered to post about Chloe's album 

5 hours ago, dnboy1 said:

I think OTRII was kind of "mid" because she literally had just finished Beychella a couple months prior...and just had twins before that. Shorty was tired as hell.

She's had more than enough time to rest, I have no doubt that she'll give her 100%.

And it was recycled arrangements from Beychella, FWT and the first joint tour. 
 

Am I insane for hoping for I Am Tour level of energy?

4 minutes ago, Shone Ai said:

Am I insane for hoping for I Am Tour level of energy?

nah, this is RENAISSANCE.

52 minutes ago, Shone Ai said:

Madonna at 54 with more children than Bey 

 

Exactly!!! Madonna slayed  Bey has no excuses but to serve.

4 hours ago, Thinking Of You said:

She should’ve toured HOMECOMING to cities with large populations of Black people and advertised heavily with HBCUs.

 

We wanted to see that live.

!!!

1 hour ago, Shone Ai said:

Madonna at 54 with more children than Bey 

 

And this is why she is a Queen, she CLEARED this.

 

BUDGET!!!! 

1 hour ago, Shone Ai said:

And it was recycled arrangements from Beychella, FWT and the first joint tour. 
 

Am I insane for hoping for I Am Tour level of energy?

I blame jay for this. I think that was the first time I was like …huh at her arrangements and all that the tour just felt super uninspired outside of her wardrobe. Dubai was already a step up creatively I loved how she used the back up dancers the high level synchronization and her vocals there I think if she just dances more we will have our best Beyoncé tour by far 

2 hours ago, suneclipse121 said:

I know a lot of us are hinting that she might be slowing down energy wise for RWT but wasn’t Madonna and hell even Tina Turner still giving it their all in their 40’s and 50’s. I don’t see why the same can’t be true for Bey. I don’t see why she wouldn’t be able to bring it like we’re used to from her. 
 

Madonna was also at visible peak fitness, it's not all about aesthetics but lets see how Bey is looking when she decides to next be seen in public. All we know is that she kind of spent most of the era so far with quite a lot of weight on compared to her past eras, which surprised me because I would she would get fit to launch the album, film videos  etc. It kind of set the feeling that she was slowing down/not willing to push herself like she did in the past.

 

She may come out and slay like it's 2008 or she may come out as a very different kind of performer compared to her past self. I'm kind of expecting the latter. For me the most important is that the creativity and energy is there, I don't care for specific choreo or dance breaks 

 

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2 hours ago, Shone Ai said:

Madonna at 54 with more children than Bey 

 

The way Madonna has more Black children than Beyoncé 

Sometimes the best live experience don't translate that well on YouTube social media, you just have to be in the room to feel the energy and appreciate the music. This is why I'm not worried about her slowing down IF she does... Choreo is the least important part of an amazing tour 

Chlöe flopping becoming a Beyoncé problem...

 

I wonder what was Bey’s reaction to that lollipop video she posted a while back

8 hours ago, Monday Night Messiah said:

Jay really overstated the demand for another Watch the Throne. He's never going to replicate its success. It's just sad he dragged Bey along with it.

Let's be real, that EIL album was always going to flop. Jay was/is so out of his prime (and he didn't even NEED to be, but he chose to "retire" on his own). And Bey doesn't promote her own music despite it always wanting to do more (like we see with Cuff It). So it was always gonna be DOA. 

 

Kanye, coming off the high of MBDTF, was definitely the draw for Watch The Throne. 

 

That said, Bey and Jay do have great chemistry, both understand music and culture, so I will always big up their song collabs. Like CIL, Deja Vu, Upgrade U, DrIL, Mood are all >>>. Even Jay's little Paris freestyle on Partition went hard. But yeah, sharing a whole album concept was a bit MUCH... especially when the story is "my man my man my man my man" and "we're rich". 

 

 

Y'all are tripping if you think she would've toured Homecoming  That show is insane, it would be physically impossible for her to perform like that every other night for a few months.

 

She's always served high energy and choreo, dance breaks, but Homecomming was just next level. I was completely gagged when I watched it live, she just kept going and harder and harder and harder and didn't seem to stop. I get exhausted just watching it lmao, imagine what it felt like for her  She's never performed like that before, probably never will again. 
 

It was once in a lifetime performance, which is what makes it so special.

I heard Thique at a bar this weekend - and that is the sleeper hit on the album! 

8 minutes ago, AxelFox said:

Y'all are tripping if you think she would've toured Homecoming  That show is insane, it would be physically impossible for her to perform like that every other night for a few months.

 

She's always served high energy and choreo, dance breaks, but Homecomming was just next level. I was completely gagged when I watched it live, she just kept going and harder and harder and harder and didn't seem to stop. I get exhausted just watching it lmao, imagine what it felt like for her  She's never performed like that before, probably never will again. 
 

It was once in a lifetime performance, which is what makes it so special.

She literally performed half of the routines on OTR2. She could have done a scaled down HBCU tour. That would have been iconic 

14 minutes ago, Kassi said:

Let's be real, that EIL album was always going to flop. Jay was/is so out of his prime (and he didn't even NEED to be, but he chose to "retire" on his own). And Bey doesn't promote her own music despite it always wanting to do more (like we see with Cuff It). So it was always gonna be DOA. 

I still stream most songs on EIL to this day, but this is true.

 

EIL being a surprise drop, TIDAL exclusive for a few days, and it being a B+J love record when people were still not over Jay cheating and Lemonade... it wasn't what people were looking for at all. they were smart by releasing as "THE CARTERS."

Bey has a reputation to live up to and maintain she will get dragged if millions buy tickets to watch her stand around and let the dancers do everything lbr. She’s not even 50 people expect her to dance 

been crying over a man and Runnin' (Love Drought too ) has been hitting different 

 

this woman has a song for everything

49 minutes ago, simon said:

She literally performed half of the routines on OTR2. She could have done a scaled down HBCU tour. That would have been iconic 

Yes. HALF. With then being more spread out throughout the show and with plenty of Jay breaks too.
 

OTR2 is probably 30% of the intensity of Homecoming, not comparable at all.