9 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

could she be re-imagining Jolene in a way she did with Vogue? instead of a pretty white woman, she could be singing about a dark-skinned woman like she does with COZY and BLACK SKIN GIRL, in an empowering way. she replaced the names of all the white people from Vogue with African-American female musicians in Queens Remix. she could replace Jolene in a same way, but not make it about a woman that could take her man, but could take any man. that way, she could just change/twist the lyrics, but the song would mostly stay the same 

6 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said:

did i just out myself as the BROWN SKIN GIRL hater? 

 

 

Spoiler

SPIRIT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BROWN SKIN GIRL

 

Edited March 12, 20242 yr by Jon Snow

7 hours ago, Space&Time said:

There was some messy tea that I think is plausible regarding Dreamgirls and how Bday was birthed. Beyonce was cast as Deena early on, and considering her star power and although contrary to the essence of the story the producers were going to center Beyoncé as the star.  (In the 90’s there were efforts to make a Dream Girls film and Whitney Houston wanted to play Deena cause of the glamour but even she wanted to sing AIATY to have the big moment 😂). Later, they casted Jhud and things changed and it was clear she was going to be the breakout. Beyoncé did Listen in the film to compensate and get her “moment” as promised to her, and she got top Billing as the Lead actress. Any Beyhive who lived through that era had to deal with the annoying comparisons of who did best and who sang best in the film from the general public. When production wrapped and before the film was released Beyoncé proactively wanted to do some control on the narrative that she had a weak voice, and recorded Bday with the most rambunctious vocals possible. Bday being released in the late summer helped mitigate some of the inevitable foolishness when the movie came out at Christmas time. In interviews Beyoncé said being Deena, inspired her to make Bday, and in a very coded way, she didn’t lie.

Thanks for this! bday is my fave Beyonce era so I love this insider info. This is so smart. Beyoncé really is in control of her own narrative. I remember people were complaining that she was screaming on Deja Vu and then of course Ring the Alarm and wondering why. She was really SANGING ala 4 on Bday. Bday is like a precursor of 4 vocally, ST visually, Renaissance and Lemonade, and continuation of Destiny Fulfilled written like a musical just like that album. Bday is like The Gift too in that could easily be  an inspired by the  movie / compilation .

it’s the perfect /consummate Beyonce album and era 

 

Streaming IASF right now, thoughts if this was the entire IASF album with these singles in this order?

 

Single Ladies

Halo

Radio

Broken Hearted Girl

Sweet Dreams

Smash Into You

Diva

If I Were A Boy

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, Nippy'sReceipts said:

Thanks for this! bday is my fave Beyonce era so I love this insider info. This is so smart. Beyoncé really is in control of her own narrative. I remember people were complaining that she was screaming on Deja Vu and then of course Ring the Alarm and wondering why. She was really SANGING ala 4 on Bday. Bday is like a precursor of 4 vocally, ST visually, Renaissance and Lemonade, and continuation of Destiny Fulfilled written like a musical just like that album. Bday is like The Gift too in that could easily be  an inspired by the  movie / compilation .

it’s the perfect /consummate Beyonce album and era 

 

The DVD that came with BDay also goes into detail, she used to do interviews about the album, let me try to find it.

 

It's this full thing since I remember the outfit, I have the DVD, she talks about the album process and how people didnt take the album seriously due to the 2-week turnaround. I also remember reading her saying she had songs lined up because the funk sound was inspiring her a lot after working with Jamie/Eddie (Jamie won an Oscar for Ray around this era) and Deena of course. 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

Streaming IASF right now, thoughts if this was the entire IASF album with these singles in this order?

 

Single Ladies

Halo

Radio

Broken Hearted Girl

Sweet Dreams

Smash Into You

Diva

If I Were A Boy

 

 

 

the WDYLM erasure… boot

 

Raise your hand if you still have this BET exclusive DVD 

 

6 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

The DVD that came with BDay also goes into detail, she used to do interviews about the album, let me try to find it.

 

It's this full thing since I remember the outfit, I have the DVD, she talks about the album process and how people didnt take the album seriously due to the 2-week turnaround. I also remember reading her saying she had songs lined up because the funk sound was inspiring her a lot after working with Jamie/Eddie (Jamie won an Oscar for Ray around this era) and Deena of course. 

 

 

 

 

this has had me giggling for days 

22 hours ago, QueenB said:

Not sure if this is me being delusional, but I feel like if parkwood were good at their jobs we would be having 1 million+ first week sales for every album after self-titled

They are the best at their job, for the most part for production, media, music. That maybe because they only have 2 artist and one of them foots the bill. I feel like they slack, each and every time, with promotion and marketing. In this day & time, an artist name doesn't carry in every aspect of being an A list music mogul anymore. With everything being at our fingertips, with a touch of a screen, promo and  marketing are essential in keeping an audience attention. Parkwood, be it Bey or employees, have not registered that it's still important, despite the years of work shes put in.

 

It's actually a shame because once her music started to take an artistic stand against the popular for the pure, everyone was coming at her, all at once, negatively. I did enjoyed the controlled interviews during "BEYONNCÉ" and "The Mrs. Carter Show" eras, even the cute lil Superbowl interview before "FORMATION" performance. But, I feel as tho coming at her unborn child is a major part of the reason, and I thought about this, actually, watching Jay do some great interviews here & there. I thought the personal post and vids about the tour movies, hell, the personal scenes from the movie and the Verizon ad, done perfectly, would be a step in the right in the right direction of promotion and connecting with the fans and reaching out to the gp, but. . .we'll see moving forward because it seems like we're still stagnant. 

33 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

Streaming IASF right now, thoughts if this was the entire IASF album with these singles in this order?

 

Single Ladies

Halo

Radio

Broken Hearted Girl

Sweet Dreams

Smash Into You

Diva

If I Were A Boy

 

 

 

Gimme Disappear and Ego as well and I’m in.

 

radio is not worth the push as a single, I fear. 

WDYLM being on IASF and not B'day just doesn't feel right. For years I misremembered it the opposite. 

Still nothing??? This is unbelievable 

Omg it’s COMING!! 

I‘m actually getting more excited with each passing day, there’s no doubt she has something special and unexpected in store for us. 

4 minutes ago, Brikenbur said:

Omg it’s COMING!! 

Are you sure? Lol

 

7 minutes ago, Brikenbur said:

Omg it’s COMING!! 

 

I wish I could go to sleep and tell my watch to wake me up when sth Bey-related happens...

THE>>>>RTW>>>>BMS>>>>

 

the shop has changed back to the layout with the other font

 

maybe something is coming  

1 minute ago, Redporus said:

THE>>>>RTW>>>>BMS>>>>

 

I REBUKE YOU

8 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said:

the shop has changed back to the layout with the other font

 

maybe something is coming  

Also I was redirected to eu.shop.beyonce.com and that is something new I guess

I ended up paying over 100€ for the alternative Renaissance vinyl between shipping and customs, so if the launch european shop was a reason for the delay I’m more than happy. 

58 minutes ago, Kalmanta said:

I‘m actually getting more excited with each passing day, there’s no doubt she has something special and unexpected in store for us. 

She just opened up new merch shops in different countries. European and UK

 

We're getting somewhere I fear!