ROSALÍA gives praise to Beyoncé at her Houston concert:
“You’re so lucky because Beyoncé is from here. Bey is incredible. She’s such a creative force.”
They were saying she faked her age back then. They've dropped that narrative now, not because it's completely absurd, but because it contradicts "Jay-Z groomed Beyoncé "narrative😭
She’s right. The art should simply speak for itself. Unfortunately, the “relatability era” (past 15 years) has deeplyy tainted the industry. 💡The average listener no longer wanted to support the artist with the otherworldly talent they felt they could never attain, but rather the artist they could see themselves in. The songs they can easily sing along to. The voices that feel accessible instead of aspirational.
And then there’s another uncomfortable layer to it all: if listeners feel you are not someone they would personally befriend or relate to in real life, they often won’t consume your art fairly to begin with. It’s bizarre how much personal projection shapes artistic reception.
Past the eras of Whitney, Céline, MJ, Prince, Bowie, and artists of that caliber, the industry slowly began platforming more surface-level artistry while sidelining truly exceptional talent. The public became so conditioned to average artistry that many no longer know how to properly decipher raw vocal ability, artistry, musicianship, or star power.
People will often champion an artist with an average singing voice over someone with a once-in-a-generation instrument simply because they “connect” with them more personally. There’s a level of willful ignorance that has overtaken the average listener’s ear. You can absolutely prefer one artist while still honestly acknowledging that another is vocally superior without feeling threatened by it. Yet many cannot.
Beyoncé disappearing from the public eye and only reappearing when releasing art is honestly a genius move in an era driven by overexposure, parasocial attachment and senseless bias. It forces the focus back onto the work itself. She's a true artist.
stop pretending to be all rational and objective here. You know exactly what you're doing, and you're fully aware of the consequences these posts will bring. You are literally profiting off cyberbullying, misogyny, and racism
And you’ll find that when they try to compare the global popularity of pop girls, the difference in engagement between posts with Beyoncé and those without is huge.and People from all over the world come running to tell you that she is so unknown 😭
there was a similar post last week, also with hundreds of quotes and millions of views, and those repetitive posts like "is Beyoncé bigger than Michael Jackson?" always bring endless engagement. like "no beyoncé no clout "is real and Hating on Beyoncé is clearly profitable here
next week it will be "We listen we don't jugde(beyoncé efition)" and stan Twitter will recycle the same tweets that saying she is not that famous blah blah blah
I remember a couple of years ago, a ex-coworker around the same age as me (20-something, conventionally attractive white woman) said to a group of us while we were talking about Beyoncé, “Beyoncé intimidates me.” And she was genuinely concerned by that feeling. Everyone went silent.
I immediately had a flashback to grad school when another white classmate once told me that I intimidated her too when she first met me, yet she couldn’t explain why. My ex-serial people-pleaser self was internally distraught at the time. 😭 (I was the only Black male in the class at the time. Everyone else was white, Hispanic, or Asian.)
Years later, it all suddenly clicked. So many people cannot fully grasp Beyoncé because she represents a level of Black excellence, confidence, discipline, beauty, power and cultural impact that society never taught them how to comfortably process without centering themselves.
Instead of simply celebrating excellence, they experience it as intimidation. What they are often reacting to is not Beyoncé herself, but the insecurities and biases reflected back at them through her very presence.💡
this prove their outrage was performative. Only Beyoncé's name guarantees engagement. Her 30year career has simultaneously amassed a massive army of diehard fans and haters.
Rih w/ Dubai, Billie w/ Israel, I need hive to accept that there’s never going to be a Bey level backlash unless it’s Beyoncé. She’s the one who magazines will pay them to disparage, she’s the one racist leftists can drag without being called out on, they don’t care otherwise
@jahanjay2@soobshive Because she is an extremely successful Black woman without a tragic backstory, and her untouchable image makes a lot of people feel insecure
That's exactly why I never take those "unpopular opinion: Rihanna is better than Beyoncé"takes seriously. Deep down, they know this girl has no talent, but just to humble Beyoncé, they have to pretend didn't know it...until today...