AxelFox Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said: how could you watch the tour film and think she's creatively bankrupt? maybe the vision just didn't come out right, and instead of spending more time/money trying to make it perfect, she chose to focus on the tour instead. bey has already done 3 (4 including bday) visual albums. from a creative and strategic standpoint, its actually healthy to move on from that format. bey has said before she doesn't like to repeat herself too many times. the impact and success of her visual projects is evident due to how many people have copied them. she achieved what she wanted to in that area Well I didn't watch it cause it's only coming out on the 21st in my flop ass country But regardless, I think the two mediums are quite different. I like what you are saying and agree to an extent but my point still stands. She didn't need make another visual film for her album; matter of fact I don't think most of us expected that when the album was announced. It's herself that put it out into the world that a 'visual component will come at a later date' and released that ITG teaser which pretty much confirms there's a larger project behind (she wouldn't do 30 different sets and outfits for ITG alone lbr). So it's her that decided to 'repeat herself' in the first place, but that doesn't really make a lot of sense to me because there's only so much you can do with this music video format. It's an artform that inherently repeats itself and there's nothing wrong with that, it's the artistry that goes behind it that keeps it exciting and thrilling after so many decades since its debut. So yes, the idea of her not being happy with the work she's done for at least a couple of stand alone music videos is quite worrying to me and would rather believe the reason of them not being out is anything else but that. 1
Lose My Breath Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 I just can't imagine the visuals didn't turn out, I mean Nadia Lee Cohen is brilliant, Beyonce is brilliant, there were a ton of cameos, Arca worked on some of it, Andrew is wonderful, and the clips we have seen are wonderful. I think there was supposed to originally be a documentary of making the album/visuals packaged with the visuals similarl to the tour film, and unfortunately no one bit. We have some evidence, early in the release of Rennie, several people mentioned things that could allude to a documentary like the original interview from the guys from Virgos Groove (that was scrubbed), and the interview with The Dream, paired with the article from the guy about her shopping the visuals around. Who knows if we will ever see them. 5 1
PrettyHurts Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, AxelFox said: Well I didn't watch it cause it's only coming out on the 21st in my flop ass country But regardless, I think the two mediums are quite different. I like what you are saying and agree to an extent but my point still stands. She didn't need make another visual film for her album; matter of fact I don't think most of us expected that when the album was announced. It's herself that put it out into the world that a 'visual component will come at a later date' and released that ITG teaser which pretty much confirms there's a larger project behind (she wouldn't do 30 different sets and outfits for ITG alone lbr). So it's her that decided to 'repeat herself' in the first place, but that doesn't really make a lot of sense to me because there's only so much you can do with this music video format. It's an artform that inherently repeats itself and there's nothing wrong with that, it's the artistry that goes behind it that keeps it exciting and thrilling after so many decades since its debut. So yes, the idea of her not being happy with the work she's done for at least a couple of stand alone music videos is quite worrying to me and would rather believe the reason of them not being out is anything else but that. maybe it took her trying to repeat the process another time to learn this. she might have felt she needed to do a visual album simply because she's good at it and everyone expects it, without thinking about if it was the smartest or healthiest decision
Mitsouko Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said: maybe it took her trying to repeat the process another time to learn this. she might have felt she needed to do a visual album simply because she's good at it and everyone expects it, without thinking about if it was the smartest or healthiest decision Then don't allude to them by name on the tour, especially not by mocking us and telling us to get our fork and spoon ready for the crumbs (shampoo, perfume, olive oil) you feel like offering instead. And don't sell merchandise alluding to them, again a mockery of our confusion and disappointment. Miss Press Releasé who claims to have invented the visual album format can type up another one about how she uninvented it and changed the game again. She wanna be aloof only until it's time to troll us and we're not gonna take this anymore. 1 1
Lose My Breath Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said: maybe it took her trying to repeat the process another time to learn this. she might have felt she needed to do a visual album simply because she's good at it and everyone expects it, without thinking about if it was the smartest or healthiest decision OR address it that way in the film/docu she just released. She could've easily had a 5 minute blurb about the interludes, and included that the visuals didn't work out. 9
PrettyHurts Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Lose My Breath said: OR address it that way in the film/docu she just released. She could've easily had a 5 minute blurb about the interludes, and included that the visuals didn't work out. why do yall need answers to EVERYTHING like she's our employee i'm very "bey needs to be held accountable for poor management!" hive, but I don't understand these feelings after seeing the film and how much effort went into the tour as well as making the film....why should she have to explain what happened w visuals after sharing so much? the film is a huge present to fans after not giving a tour film for so long and depriving us of visuals. i'm very happy with it Edited December 4, 2023 by PrettyHurts 2 1
carameldelight Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 So what exactly did the netflix deal entail? Was it only for Homecoming? If she had a deal with them then why would she shop around for other streamers? Maybe Netflix felt slighted after black is king. Either way the optics don't really look good for her and Parkwood. It appears as if so many people put in hours and dedication for their work to not be recognized AND studios/companies no longer willing to deal with high cost demands based off current numbers with her releases.
ScorpiosGroove Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 53 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said: why can;t y;all accept that maybe plans changed or she didn't like the outcome things happen simply bc you can’t officially announce something, do a written press release, release trailers and tease them multiple times over a year and then scrap it. that’s not something that just "happens" and is inexcusable in every way, shape or form. the “just accept things changed” angle can not work for me or anyone else here simply bc how would you feel if she announced Ren with a snippet, and then just never released, acknowledged or mentioned it ever again ? you wouldn’t, just accept it. that would be pure insanity. this is the exact same thing Bey isn’t some independent, clumsy newcomer and stuff like this CAN NOT happen, certainly not at her caliber and i know i may be a little dramatic but she honestly deserves to be sued for this & if she truly scrapped the visuals i hope it’ll haunt her till the end of time 1 5
Lose My Breath Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 1 minute ago, PrettyHurts said: why do yall need answers to EVERYTHING like she's our employee i'm very "bey needs to be held accountable for poor management!" hive, but I don't understand these feelings after seeing the film and how much effort went into the tour as well as making the film....why should she have to explain what happened w visuals after sharing so much? the film is a huge present to fans after not giving a tour film for so long and depriving us of visuals. i'm very happy with it Because they said they were coming, multiple times, for 1.5 years. We didn't make them up, there was even a press release, a trailer, it's addressed IN THE TOUR 2 5
PrettyHurts Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 Just now, ScorpiosGroove said: simply bc you can’t officially announce something, do a written press release, release trailers and tease them multiple times over a year and then scrap it you can she did plans can change. projects can be scrapped. life goes on. beyonce went through A LOT mentally and physically to put the tour together. just appreciate her process and her effort. her goals have changed and she is proud of what she accomplished with this era. 1 1
PrettyHurts Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Lose My Breath said: Because they said they were coming, multiple times, for 1.5 years. We didn't make them up, there was even a press release, a trailer, it's addressed IN THE TOUR and she changed her mind. what are we going to do about it? 1
giRLbye. Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 i hope beyonce just puts them on youtube & just be done. the whiners obsessed with these music videos are exhausting. 1 1
AxelFox Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said: why do yall need answers to EVERYTHING like she's our employee i'm very "bey needs to be held accountable for poor management!" hive, but I don't understand these feelings after seeing the film and how much effort went into the tour as well as making the film....why should she have to explain what happened w visuals after sharing so much? the film is a huge present to fans after not giving a tour film for so long and depriving us of visuals. i'm very happy with it They're not mutually exclusive. We can be very happy with the tour movie (as I presume most of us are) and still want to see at least some music videos for the songs. It's not like we demand her go make an entire visual album because we ask so, but simply release something that we know she has already done and that she announced would be coming out. 1
ScorpiosGroove Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 Just now, PrettyHurts said: you can she did plans can change. projects can be scrapped. doesn’t mean we’ll accept it. and you can be sure that people will ask for the visuals for the rest of Bey’s career, as they should. y’all thought asking for the FWT dvd was annoying ? this will be the same x10 4
ScorpiosGroove Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 i hope beyonce just puts them on netflix & just be done. the whiners obsessed with hating on these music videos are exhausting. 1
giRLbye. Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 watching "Homecoming" today & then Mrs Carter Show... RWT's younger sister & my other favorite tour.
Shone Ai Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 2 hours ago, ScorpiosGroove said: so after attending the paris premiere, one thing about french hive we WILL show up & show out for mother, that’s why we’re the only ones she reposted in her story, not everybody has that anyway, i’ve never seen so many people in a theater, the queue alone was so long and so many hot, well dressed people in there whew. i kinda hated everyone standing up every time a new song came on, like this isn’t a pilates course but it did add a lot energy wise so i didn’t mind it much after all. it was really amazing (the sound could’ve been louder tho cause there were times where i heard the audience more than Bey nnn) she really picked out the best moment, every little detail was carefully chosen and it was masterfully done fr. i expected way too many cuts, transitions and filters but it was just done so well, she really stepped it up bad. her best concert, tour and film all in one, hands down. like I’m sorry Homecoming but you’re kinda dogshit compared to this the energy when everyone danced and sang during the ITG/Cozy/AS section was just off the charts like WOW. everyone cheered for Blue & Rumi and all the funny things they/Bey said or did. When Jay came on everybody boo’d him, twice (as they should). when Yvette came on there were light boo’s coupled with confused silence, people really do NOT know that woman now on to some nitpicking : i couldn’t focus on the mixing/production bc the girls were LOUD but i’m sure they put the horns all the way in the back during the second cozy chorus, aka you barely hear them which is kinda electric chair worthy cause it’s literally THE best thing about cozy’s live arrangement ?? same for the horns at the end of BMS, you barely hear them… I hope that won’t be the case in the live album cause if there’s one thing Bey really knows how to do it’s including horns in her live recordings. like that’s really her thing and her thing only. I also kinda hated how they changed AHAP’s structure to include Kendrick, it doesn’t work for me but whatever, i’m glad they included his verse nonetheless. at least she kept the CIL F5 thank god. now i really don’t wanna complain cause we see and hear so little of her bts these days that it’s a blessing to see stuff like her recording Heated’s outro while lying on a coach (kiii), the scrapped stage concepts (so many thoughts on those alone like omg), her eating fastfood like a normal human etc, like all of it was amazing to see BUT, in the context of the movie/era/tour, i feel like a lot of the documentary footage was kinda useless or at least a bit redundant (as a stan at least, i guess for casual fans it was more than enough). like @Shone Ai mentioned, were was the explanation for the concept ? why the futuristic robot aesthetic ? why was the setlist the way it was ? why was there no footage of her and Des explaining the final stage ? why did they work 4 years on this and how did it all come together ? i expected more in depth explanations about that part, not her thanking a bunch of people we all know inspired and opened the doors for her, but oh well. all in all the film’s a masterpiece, easily her best ever and i’m more than happy we finally got a tour film and a (hopefully) future live album While the doc part was put together very well, it wasn’t really that interesting cuz it was bunch of stuff I knew as a fan, you know? 2
Mitsouko Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 The only reason I think the visuals must be coming at some point is because she and everyone around her must know that it would be terrible for her career and status to set this precedent. She has the greatest creative team in industry history. They've got to know that never releasing another frame of the visuals will turn important potential collaborators off for good. 1 1 1
PrettyHurts Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Mitsouko said: The only reason I think the visuals must be coming at some point is because she and everyone around her must know that it would be terrible for her career status to set this precedent. no visuals for ren will be terrible for her career status? you guys are really serving delulu stans. the album, tour, and film were all successful without them. her career will remain unchanged if she never speaks about them again 1 1
Kristie Kuwa Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said: no visuals for ren will be terrible for her career status? you guys are really serving delulu stans. the album, tour, and film were all successful without them. her career will remain unchanged if she never speaks about them again I think people are referring more to the the fact that the collaborators on the project would feel gutted and that would impact future projects cause word of mouth would be "you can't count on Beyonce doing anything with ur hard-worked product cause she might just one day think they are not cute enough" 4 1
Mitsouko Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 12 hours ago, PrettyHurts said: no visuals for ren will be terrible for her career status? you guys are really serving delulu stans. the album, tour, and film were all successful without them. her career will remain unchanged if she never speaks about them again Well yes. What reputable house is going have their seamstresses spend hundreds of hours hand-embroidering a one of a kind costume for it never to be seen? What editor(s) will spend months editing frame by frame a film that may very well go unreleased? It's not just about them getting paid at the end of the day. Beyonce knows her own value; so do other people know theirs. This stuff has a ripple effect, a domino effect. Stuff like this comes back around. People have fumbled this way before. Beyonce will always be richer than God and will always have a huge fanbase but if within the industry she's seen as flighty, impulsive, and unreliable, it'll be bad for her. She's never going to "lose it all" but much of the establishment is already ambivalent about her to say the least; hopefully she's being careful about how she spends other people's time and ability. 1 3 1
yonsé Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 5 hours ago, AxelFox said: I mean.. 'you are the visuals baby' being in the movie and on t-shirts is pretty telling. Disrespectful and in poor taste, but pretty telling. Also when she told us to watch the formation tour in our heads. Same exact verbiage. Same rude ass t shirts 2 1
yonsé Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, swissman said: Was it just me or did those post-its on the dressing room mirror say something like NEW IDEA I'M NOT MAKING A MOVIE MY IDEAS WILL LIVE IN ME (or something like that)? Wasn't that a reference to no visuals? For now at least? I posted it on the last page
giRLbye. Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 17 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said: I think people are referring more to the the fact that the collaborators on the project would feel gutted and that would impact future projects cause word of mouth would be "you can't count on Beyonce doing anything with ur hard-worked product cause she might just one day think they are not cute enough" these people are part of the business....many people work on projects that don't get greenlit all the time. as long as they got their check for their services...they are fine. this is the nature of the actual business....not fake industry stan execs.
yonsé Posted December 4, 2023 Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, PrettyHurts said: how could you watch the tour film and think she's creatively bankrupt? maybe the vision just didn't come out right, and instead of spending more time/money trying to make it perfect, she chose to focus on the tour instead. bey has already done 3 (4 including bday) visual albums. from a creative and strategic standpoint, its actually healthy to move on from that format. bey has said before she doesn't like to repeat herself too many times. the impact and success of her visual projects is evident due to how many people have copied them. she achieved what she wanted to in that area I would agree with this take if she didn’t scrap music videos altogether. We don’t even get a break my soul vid? Like EIL was probably going to be a visual album as well, based on how much they filmed with Melina, and only a little bit of that became the tour backdrops for OTR II, just like this scenario. But she at LEAST gave us a music video. Why tease a whole visual and not give us at least a taste? It’s lowkey cruel 3
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