2 minutes ago, Bicassie said:

I'm just happy no one is lashing Blue, it's underrated

SPILL, an underrated hymn! she kinda squeezed all the "beautiful song about my child" juice out with that one and didn't leave much for the twins i fear

• DIL – "Daddy"

• B'Day – "World Wide Woman"

• IASF – "Video Phone"

• 4 – "I Was Here"

• ST – "Heaven"

• Lem – "Sandcastles"

• TG – "Scar"

• Ren – "Church Girl"

• CC – "Jolene"

World Wide Woman requires a certain intellect and appreciation for camp to fully comprehend and appreciate

DOUBLE EWE DOUBLE EWE DOUBLE EWE

1 minute ago, Lovett said:

• DIL – "Daddy"

• B'Day – "World Wide Woman"

• IASF – "Video Phone"

• 4 – "I Was Here"

• ST – "Heaven"

• Lem – "Sandcastles"

• TG – "Scar"

• Ren – "Church Girl"

• CC – "Jolene"

are u ok?

Video Phone and Church Girl are hood classics sis

3 minutes ago, cloudbusting said:

i love Clitty Hurts but she's easily the weakest on self-titled #ThankYouSia

Rennie really just has a least-best song rather than weakest/worst tbh

Though formulaic and very of its time, Pretty Hurts is a gorgeous song!!! The Music Video is spectacular!!!! Nothing the haters say will make me lose an inch of love for PH. Ha Uh UH!

Just now, Bicassie said:

are u ok?

Video Phone and Church Girl are hood classics sis

I didn't say they were bad, just my least favourites on their respective albums.

"Church Girl" actually is bad though.

10 hours ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

Do u think we'll ever get a "highkey"-era from Bey again?

Everything has been so lowkey this decade. We get a bit of excitement 6-8 weeks prior to an album release with a single (BMS, Texas, DONK), maybe a fashion spread (in the case of Rennie + CC), the tracklist, the album and that's it.

Im craving a BIG era from her like Mayhem in the sense that Gaga was inescapable during the Mayhem run. She did interviews, she performed everywhere, she had MVs, she did all the big gigs, etc..

Bey used to serve that too at one point in her life and has refrained from doing that this decade. And while I understand the motivation and reasons, I cant deny that the fan in me truly craves a "vintage" and thus "highkey" era from Bey. And i wonder if we'll ever be lucky enough to get that again, or whether that ship has sailed forever.

no girl.

4 minutes ago, Lovett said:

• DIL – "Daddy"

• B'Day – "World Wide Woman"

• IASF – "Video Phone"

• 4 – "I Was Here"

• ST – "Heaven"

• Lem – "Sandcastles"

• TG – "Scar"

• Ren – "Church Girl"

• CC – "Jolene"

Respectable list except for

Bday - Irreplaceable is right there.

IASF - ????? Radio is right there sis.

Just now, Redporus said:

Though formulaic and very of its time, Pretty Hurts is a gorgeous song!!! The Music Video is spectacular!!!! Nothing the haters say will make me lose an inch of love for PH. Ha Uh UH!

it's kinda her Born This Way if you think about it (motivational self love pop anthem outclassed by stronger material on its parent album)

the heiffas saying jolene, when garbage like spaghetti exists

1 minute ago, Lovett said:

I didn't say they were bad, just my least favourites on their respective albums.

"Church Girl" actually is bad though.

mind u both are probably bey's faves on there

Just now, Redporus said:

Respectable list except for

Bday - Irreplaceable is right there.

IASF - ????? Radio is right there sis.

I have a soft spot for "Radio".

hating on SpaGODtti when it's one of the songs that best exemplifies her deconstruction and evolution of country influences with other genres is low vibrational behavior

Help i just realized I forgot to do IASF

Honestly throw the whole project away

6 hours ago, Cbreezy said:

Jaded as the Hive understandably is with her antics, I actually think the "BIG" era you mention is still a possibility. I just think it's her ace card for when her career starts to cool commercially.

Bey is in this unprecedented territory where she's skilfully managed to stretch out her cool and contemporary relevance for over 3 decades and avoided the nostalgia act trap so many greats settle into.

The pro is that she's arguably more "relevant" to pop culture than ever; the drawback (for us, as fans) is that she can do whatever she wants as a result and still be successful.

I've long had a hunch, though, that the second there's even a hint of a dip in her commercial clout, she'll play ball again.

And guess what? It will be super effective. Because marketing 101 for a premium product like Bey is: the less you give, the more they want. Her momentarily swooping down to play ball for an era or two will essentially hit harder because of how long it wasn't the case.

It wouldn't even need to be old-school Bey's "all-out" promo, either. But more of a premium-act rollout akin to what Adele did for her last two eras. Select award show performances, TV specials in key markets (or one all-reaching streamer special), a super-curated array of sit-down interviews (where nothing all that deep is disclosed beyond what she wants us to know), a week-long talk show performance takeover, and finally doing what we've long wanted: better use/flooding of social media.

I'm sure this would be supplemented with whatever visual "thing" she cooks up for the era, too.

Note how little of that actually requires her coming out of the house for long stretches or even travelling beyond LA?

Again, IMO, she's doing all her shenanigans now because she can. Let there even be the hint of another 4, speak less The Gift, EIL, and she'll reignite the promo run asap, albeit curated and on her own terms.

mama her streaming numbers are abysmal. she has cooled commercially.

taylor swift is still doing 1M+ first weeks, beyonce hasn't been close to 1M since lemonade ten years ago.

the fact of the matter is shes tired and wants to be a normal mom with a family since she gave up her childhood and life to do this for 30 years. shes winding down so she can eventually become sade or prince and only pop out every few years for a show or an appearance. i have zero doubt once she decides she's done we will NEVER see her

5 hours ago, misterboyjay said:

It is weird as a long time Beyoncé fan that so much of her career isn't readily available to watch anymore. She was always talking of her legacy and becoming an icon... that doesn't happen if people can't YouTube some iconic performances etc...

and thats CRAZY to me because its been known for years that she has a massive archive of everything she's ever done

mama wants to exit with her dignity still intact

she's not gonna be like cher,mimi & madonna

4 minutes ago, Lovett said:

I have a soft spot for "Radio".

When the album came out Radio was one of my faves I can't lie

Now that I've come to my senses….

14 minutes ago, Lovett said:

• DIL – "Daddy"

• B'Day – "World Wide Woman"

• IASF – "Video Phone"

• 4 – "I Was Here"

• ST – "Heaven"

• Lem – "Sandcastles"

• TG – "Scar"

• Ren – "Church Girl"

• CC – "Jolene"

tea

9 minutes ago, Allopatry said:

the heiffas saying jolene, when garbage like spaghetti exists

i never understood the hate for spaghetti

mama is rapping down boots. the breath control required to flow like she is on that song is craaaaazy

Even the inclusion of it in the GOATed RWT couldn't change the fact that Rather Die Young and especially its hook are just atrocious and an automatic skip.

1 minute ago, yonsé said:

i never understood the hate for spaghetti

mama is rapping down boots. the breath control required to flow like she is on that song is craaaaazy

the only thing she is doing is producing noise that almost renders me deaf

Girl these look like my 2009 Beyonce.com forum photoshop pics.

1 minute ago, Kalmanta said:

Even the inclusion of it in the GOATed RWT couldn't change the fact that Rather Die Young and especially its hook are just atrocious and an automatic skip.

See how the people come in here LYING on this good Wednesday? Musically, vocally and sonically Rather Die Young is an amazing song!!

I do sing it "Cuz I BLANK BANK Young than live my life without youuuuu, I'd rather BLANK BLANK at ALLLL"

Cuz those lyrics are giving self depreciating Bird Surpreme honey?!

9 minutes ago, yonsé said:

mama her streaming numbers are abysmal. she has cooled commercially.

taylor swift is still doing 1M+ first weeks, beyonce hasn't been close to 1M since lemonade ten years ago.

the fact of the matter is shes tired and wants to be a normal mom with a family since she gave up her childhood and life to do this for 30 years. shes winding down so she can eventually become sade or prince and only pop out every few years for a show or an appearance. i have zero doubt once she decides she's done we will NEVER see her

She was never close to a 1M debut besides perhaps Selftitled under normal circumstances. Comparing an urban centric artist to Taylor, who maybe has the most devoted fanbase ever known in the modern era, is foolish and everyone would look like an under performer next to her.