Tag: Beyoncé
Pillaging Loot That’s Already Been Plundered: On Beyoncé Doing Madonna
“The loot we pillaged had been plundered.” It’s one of the most indelible lines from Jeremy Atherton Lin’s Gay Bar. An aphorism that speaks to [Read More…]
Who’s Afraid of Beyoncé Knowles? Everyone (And Diane Warren)
Diane Warren’s songwriting is what the modern, jaded type might refer to as “schlock.” Maudlin, antiquated shite about yearning and pining that doesn’t actually exist. [Read More…]
Monica Lewinsky Is Right to Shoot Her Shot at Asking Beyoncé for a Re-Record of “Partition”
Not long ago in some ways, 2013 was still a cultural moment when a person like Monica Lewinsky could continue to be mocked despite a [Read More…]
Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Calls For the Type of Action That Many Can’t Take
With an opening that is instantly identifiable to any 90s music scholar as Robin S.’ “Show Me Love” (which Charli XCX also recently took to [Read More…]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s Branded Love for Tiffany’s
It’s a delicate subject. Speaking “ill” of Beyoncé (but we must remember that even the “gods” are capable of frailty). Jay-Z, not so much. You [Read More…]
“Take the Box” is Amy Winehouse’s “Irreplaceable”
Before Beyoncé came along to claim Ne-Yo’s songwriting as her own on 2006’s “Irreplaceable,” Amy Winehouse was making a very similar (even if more “admitting [Read More…]
The Beyoncé Conundrum As Presented By “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Beyoncé is one of many icons that people have difficulty seeing as mortal (despite her dalliance with Sisqo). Her deification has only intensified over the [Read More…]
From Oreo to Dom Pérignon: Unclear How “Creative Freedom” Is “Power” If It’s Under the “Guidance” of a Brand
While some brands are more strangling than others when it comes to “getting in bed together,” Dom Pérignon is presumably “laid-back” (relatively speaking) with regard [Read More…]
The Line in the Sand Kanye Tried to Draw Between Beyoncé and Taylor in 2009 Has Officially Vanished
In 2009, as most know by now, an incident that set off a Capulet versus Montague-level “bad blood” feud occurred (in truth, maybe that was [Read More…]
There Still Remains No More Uncomfortable Moment in Recent Cinema History Than When Liza Minnelli Materialized in Sex and the City 2 to Sing “Single Ladies”
For whatever reason, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” remains one of Beyoncé’s biggest hits despite the fact that it is one of her [Read More…]
