Like many Americans, I pored over the video, read the lyrics online, read analyses of the song and the video, talked with others about what they were hearing and seeing. Indeed, it made an entire nation sit up and take notice. “Formation” – especially the video Beyoncé released the day before the Super Bowl – made me sit up and take notice.
She slays precisely because she contains vast multitudes. “I contain multitudes.” The same might very well be said of Beyoncé. Indeed, it seems that any genre is just too narrow to contain Beyoncé. Now I am not a big fan of hip hop or pop music or what the Grammys call urban contemporary music, but ever since Beyoncé’s performance of “Formation” at last year’s Super Bowl, I have been mightily intrigued by this powerhouse of a performer.įor Beyoncé’s songwriting and performance go well beyond hip-hop or pop music or urban contemporary or R&B. That’s the only word to describe her achievement on her most recent album, Lemonade. This week on StoryWeb: Beyoncé’s album Lemonade.
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