Beyoncé’s Best Career Decision: Preservation & RENAISSANCE 

Sir, your thoughts on this is spot tf on. And while I always cited Lady GaGa is being the person that motivated Beyonce to switch things up, I’m currently learning how Rihanna was low key that game changing girl too. For some odd reason, I’m not sure Rihanna is fully aware of this. I think it’s bc she was authentically just being herself and slightly rebelling lol but as a result, she help create the next major shift in female pop! Well studied and articulate. I’m a new subscriber

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Bravery

Lack of self control isnt a good thing. No one should do "whatever they want to do".

@@Jasmine-mi6sh it literally is when you have established yourself as an Icon

@@oa20000 Nope. . Even Prince knew that he "couldn't do anything he wanted to". That's a lawless person who thinks that way

Umm, while I agree with this, the way you worded this thought comes off as if what Matthew did to get her to that point wasn’t just as crucial. Note, that traditional rollout the RU-vidr spoke of.. that was Matthew and very crucial to Beyonce pacing herself. It’s the very thing that Chole Bailey is missing and why she’s being currently shelved. It’s important to know I don’t support a patriarchal society but it’s a harsh fact that we live in one. Too much sex and female libration too soon will/can slow the female dominance down. Matthew knew this and legit pushed her daughter into the spaced *needed* for her to then .. ^grow up^ and do her own thing. The story of Beyonce the entertainer is one to genuinely be studied and Matthew is very much an important part of the journey.

Very great and valid point!

Imo it goes way back, I think she waited her whole life for this moment, guess she always wanted to pay tribute to her late uncle and the queer community but was waiting for the right moment.

The instrumental for Thique was at least 8 - 9 years old by the time Renaissance was released. She also said the tour was in development for 4 years. ACT II is now on its way (3/29/24) less than 2 years after ACT I, so this it’s safe to say the album and its acts were definitely in development for a hot minute. Anywho, I hope she releases a book (and all of the visuals) to accompany the album like she did with Lemonade.

Clock it, she made cowboy Carter after lemonade

Great observation, I agree.

The correct opinion!

With that in mind, it also reminds me of how many gay people will be hurt by many churhgoers with like those lines as well as "got friends that cried fountains." In a weird way, i think it's dedicated to both.

@@n2essence no I agree with this 100%

You are absolutely correct! The 4 album changed her trajectory and helped launch the Bey we have today.

Me too

Who is dua lipa lol

You mean Dula PEEO⁉️lmao

They literally overplayed that album

We dont care about her 😂 shes cool to look at and her fashion. But her music still needs few more steps and few more hits to make us care about her music talent

This video is about Beyoncé

Agreed and I honestly don’t think Beyonce took notes from Rihanna. Rihanna wasn’t even the originator of that edgy persona. Beyoncé has been doing the edgy thing long before Rihanna, Ring the Alarm is a precursor to a lot of Beyonces trap edgy sound. Same with Diva and those came out before Rihanna cemented her edgy image. Rihanna is just a product and team, that’s it.

Lol Rihanna would drop an album with a sound different to everyone's, which would subsequently become the new main/popular sound, and then drop a new album in about 10 months with a completely different sound, which would then become the new sound of pop. She did this for 7 years straight. Being hurt that Don said Rihanna influenced Beyonce doesn't change that.

@@kaymap3581 She really didn’t

@@kaymap3581rihanna albums are not that different from each other. He image changes for each album. You can’t listen to any Beyoncé album and even think they sound the same. Beyoncé the image never changes but her music has evolved.

Yall are liars. Rated R, LOUD and TTT are NOT the same sound, do not have the same music, feel or subject matter. You either never listened to Rihanna's albums or you're just lying if you're saying she has the same sound. Rihanna is the queen of versatility. Jcole said she has the midas touch, Ed said she can do anything and the common thread is the quality, Kanye said she's a real artist and creative. JUST COZ RIHANNA SUCCESSFULLY PULLS OF A DIFFERENT SOUND/GENRE, MAKES IT HER OWN AND EVERYONE FOLLOWS HER DOES NOT MEAN SHE'S DOING THE SAME THING. She's just that good.

@@loverrboyy2879 First I was a fan, since were both virgos 😂 and shes the only person whose concerts I attended and thought it was MAGICAL. But then, i felt like she played too much into this mysterious character so much so that it became boring, like give me some authenticity- how u reallyyy feel. And also the fans made it annoying with the last few years of hyping her so much that My virgo self didnt want to be hyped up about someone that everyone is hyped up about. Then I noticed a decline and people talking down on her and thought “ok now they see it”. THEN SHE DROPPED RENAISSANCE it was like a “fuck it moment” and she unleashed her inner self and gave us all the glimpses oh her intimate self that I was craving for and it was beautiful. Her authenticity, her rawness and even if she didnt write all of it- just her picking these specific lyrics and delivering them with such raw vulnerable emotions and taking ownership of her “yeah Im THE SHIT” rather than playing the “oh im just shy innocent good girl” presona was everything i needed and more. I dont care about someone seeing righteous or “good” and be a mean girl behind closed door. I just care about being authentic and owning who u are, good or “bad”. If u see urself as THAT BITCH: tell them! 😂

@@Lala-lw6piseems like you werent a fan of her because before lemonade she was very authentic and open with her fans… and she’s not playing into this mysterious character she just doesnt wanna publicly interact with the public anymore which is her right theres nothing wrong with a lil privacy. I will never see a valid reason as to why people think she’s overrated

Scalped

Saaame

Same

Ikr 😅

Haha. You got that far wow thank you

crying 😭 that's the new name now

I was just about to comment that and clock it 🤭

With ALL 5 members

@@supermarcomorningstar8610I’m honestly just good with the last trip. 5 is too much and she’s not as close with the other 2 girls than Kelly and Michelle

Send off? BEYONCÉ already said she's not retiring for anyone or anything lmao...... She definitely doesn't need to do a Destiny's child reunion because she's surpassed the group 18 years ago.....Bey is following the footsteps of Tina Turner and she's gonna be touring and releasing solo albums well into her 50s..she said on Harper's Bazaar that she loves music too much to stop and that creating projects is what she was born to do and that's where she finds inspiration joy and healing

Send off to where?? She’s at the peak of her career

People seem to forget B'Day is Beyonce's first visual album and you're right it still sounds fresh. One of my favourite albums from her.

@@rosakami1588 absolutely. I am Sasha fierce sounds so meh and dated but bday is timeless 😍

Ren does not have the same formula as her previous albums ….We actually don’t even know what type of promotion formula she is using

Maybe they haven’t finished editing. Seeing she was the girl in green in NY lol

Today is actually Beyoncé‘s birthday, did you make this video about her on purpose.

I feel like it's intentional. Because I remember between 2017and 2019 people trying to say that Beyoncé's music isn't that good if you take the visuals away. So I feel like the lack of visuals for over a month is a middle finger to that criticism.

@@deyoncew3311 Yup, I appreciate her for letting the music speaks for itself and for allowing (or forcing depending who you ask) the audience to live with the music. It gives us room to imagine visuals in our minds too. Beyoncé is very strategic and knows what the naysayers and haters are saying in the news, blogs and social media

I can’t remember if he was on a magazine article or A post somewhere but i remember she saying I want you to paint the picture with each song that’s why I’m not putting any visuals until later on this year I want people to enjoy album again a whole body of work.

The Queer Community created house music.

@@zarario4444 The Black community in Chicago.

Okayyy!!!???!!! 😂😂😂

Beyoncé learns from everyone…trust me!

Like.. what’s wrong with learning from others 😭

​@@noproblems3192yeah

At the end of the day we don’t know any of these celebrities. How would we know what their “true self” is? People constantly evolve.

@@lonspram3922 i mean that's the vibe she was showing through her music..

@@Userr3649 you make no sense. How would you know if the "vibe" she was giving off was her true self at the time? You do not know this woman bro LMAO

Lol that’s not true at all. I agree that rihanna appears to be herself throughout her music but Beyoncé that was 19 isn’t going to make the same music she is making now at 41. So if you look at her music choices from that gaze then ya I understand her choices. Rihanna isn’t a risk taker when it comes to making music Beyoncé is. Rihanna sticks to the same formula for her music and it’s general public friendly and Beyoncé music is evolving

@@jjw1920 you’re smart. I like that. Brilliant comment.

No she isn’t, she doesn’t write, she’s not a good performer or singer or musician, and hasn’t done anything ground breaking, not a great visuals artist, you have to be at least one of those to be considered a legend/icon, she just pumps out singles and did that successively to gain traction in a small period of time.

@@SR-zv5ue u got to look at both sides she is an icon due to her #1 in her edm era she does have memorable MV like beyonce hence why they both won Michael jackson video vanguard plus beyonce doesn't always write her songs too as well as many other artists

@@melissablake4425 I didn’t say Beyonce always writes her material but Beyonce doesn’t really need to because her ability to perform and vocal prowess makes up for her lack of writing skills. Rihanna doesn’t know how to write, perform, or sing well. All the previous icons had one to three of those things going for them. Janet, Madonna are incredible performers and always have amazing visuals. Michael great singer and performer and writer and can actually play instruments. Aretha Franklin talented vocalist. Mariah Carey talented vocalist and writer. Whitney the voice, extremely talented vocalist. The Beatles wrote their entire discography. You can’t say that about Rihanna. She hasn’t don’t anything ground breaking music wise. She has put out cheap hits within a small period to get her name recognition noticed instead of taking breaks. But she hasn’t made a music video that has been ground breaking or a music film, she hasn’t written any of her material. She hasn’t had a single performance that’s viewed as a masterpiece of a performance. Her music videos may have views and she may be streaming well but those can largely be fabricated. I don’t even like Taylor Swift as I find her music is dull and not experimental at all, and she’s only famous because she’s white and blond hair and blue eyed but even she writes her songs. Rihanna just doesn’t have that with her music. She just released a bunch of singles that her team ensured went #1 in a short period of time and that’s it. If you compare her to the other artists who have achieved more than 10 #1 there’s a clear difference in their artistry vs hers.

@@SR-zv5ue some of the things u said there were from a personal point of view which it is hard to argue with as Taylor swift did switch from pop to country which does shows experimental but anyways back to rihanna I do get the point ur tryna say that everything rihanna has done has already been done but describing her hits cheap isn't ideal as she has been in the game since 18 or possibly younger and to uphold her "cheap hits" for all these years and not drop a single/ album in a while whilsts still being one of the most streamed artist in her music career does speak for her self she is seen as icon in THIS generation (pop culture ) especially during the edm era yes beyonce is experimental but its like comparing oranges and apples and hence why each artist has their own style.

@@melissablake4425 Switching from any genre to pop is not ground breaking or experimental, it’s literally going mainstream. From a success perspective it makes sense for Taylor to go from country pop to pop if she was set on becoming a huge star, it’s not groundbreaking or experimental at all. It’s selling out. She wanted to have a wide audience and she got that from switching to pop. Also you of course disregarded all the points I made for what other icons are iconic for again perfomering, singing, visuals writing nothing of which Rihanna has achieved. She is largely considered a singles artists, none of her albums are culture shifting albums, none of her songs are either. She maintained relevancy because between 2007 to 2013 she released like 7 albums and kept releasing singles often as a featured artist, she was inescapable and that was at a time the music landscape was relying on RU-vid hits and streaming. She now is a billionaire due to her business ventures not her music and she has crafted a very marketable persona and is light skinned that’s it. If she had taken breaks in the beginning of her career she wouldn’t have been as big, she knew to get her name out there she had to just release a bunch of cheap singles and really promote them to get staying power. She played her cards right that’s it. If you look at pure sales her albums don’t sell well, and she again doesn’t have any iconic performances or music videos or visuals, she hasn’t shifted the culture music wise.

Her album anti only sold 460 units

Then why are you here?

It is 😂😂because it not nothing mainstream which is smart for Beyoncé but it might effect sales tho

@@tyboholley9879 I get the ‘not being mainstream’ part, but how does that mean reinventing one’s self?

She reinvented herself with Self-titled. Renaissance just maintained that.

Rihanna is like a #Tboz. When you hear her you know it's her. May not be the "strongest voice technically". But like tboz, her voice sold records. Made songs into hits. Makes ppl ears tingle in a great way. I always tell ppl you don't have to be a powerhouse vocalists to be a great singer. Look at Jennifer Hudson. Powerhouse vocalists. However I would listen to a Rihanna or TLC song led by Tboz on any given day over Jhud lol😅

@@true90skid I get where you're coming from. After all the music industry is about entertainment and like you said, you don't need to be a vocalist to be a great singer, i would day entertainer. However, i would not compare T-Boz to Rihanna because Rihanna, did tried to improve and she did. She has songs who are not easy to sing like most notably Love On The Brain.