Ok, ok. So. I was really trying to hold off on posting about your beloved Beyoncé Gisele Knowles. However. In light of tonight's Super Bowl XLVII performance, I felt like I must.
But let me take it back.
So. When these photos from Beyoncé's GQ Magazine feature leaked, I felt a couple types of ways, but wanted to refrain from starting my new blog commenting on America's "Beysus", but I mean.. what's a blog if you don't get down to the goods, right?
My initial reaction was that I could not fathom that Beyoncé "MotherTheresaHolierThanThouMotherBeforeSheWasAMother" Knowles had stripped down to her undies and brought out her inner deamon, I mean sexy. I will appreciate an amazing figure when I see one, because I agree, she does look great. However. Being that this woman has prided her whole career on being wholesome and Heavenly, I was completely taken aback when I saw these photos.
Now. I have no problem with a mother of 6 or 4 or 1 feeling like she needs to get her groove back. However, I think Mrs. Knowles Carter went a little too hard with trying to prove that "she still got it." I do not feel as though she needed to resort to this level of exposure to be sexy because clearly she has been that. I think this realm is for the younger, more... edgy celebrities.
I won't get into the aspect of Photoshop and airbrushing in relation to these photos. (I sure need a side eye Emoji at this moment)
But back to edginess.. I am aware of Rihanna's GQ Magazine cover being slightly similar in nudity to that of the previously mentioned. Being that Rihanna's whole image is about giving very few fucks and exposing herself, I thought the shoot was very fitting. Seeing Beyoncé with the same naked theme a few months later, not so much.
Now, let me move on to how I feel about tonight.
There is a reason behind the image sizing. I am all about symmetry, but this, my friends, has purpose.
Since the world learned of B's halftime performance at Super Bowl XLVII, it clearly became the star of the whole game (Insert sarcasm, although there were jokes of saying there was a football game going on at the Beyoncé concert on this given Sunday) Given this pressured hype, I, even began to anticipate what this woman had prepared for us.
As the performance began, I was thinking plenty a things. What was she wearing? What songs was she going to perform? Was DC3 still performing and were they gracing us with their new song, "Nuclear"? Was her lace front laid with a deep side part or middle?
I did appreciate her stripping down to that leather one piece with the lacey looking trail covering her behind. I'm sure that is not from her House of Dereon collection.
After performing her first couple songs, I literally was like, "That's it?!" as did everyone else in my vicinity. After this point, I thought there was hardly any singing going on, as she clearly was trying to catch her breath from perfecting all that dancing. Once she began actually doing some singing, it was mostly some random adlibs and yelling, "Uh, put ya hands togetha!" every couple breaths (as my dear friend Tiff said to in our post performance squabble).
Now. Given that I was watching the performance in a crowded, noisy pub on my college campus, I could not hear the vocals as well as I would have liked, so seeing Kelly Rowland's fierce ass pop up off that platform gave me life. I thought she looked uh-mazing. Michelle had her lip gloss poppin' too! But um, I felt like that was no 'DC3 Reunion' as they appeared for 2 seconds and poof! Be gone. Then Beyoncé proceeds to continue with the attention grabbing, gyrating gestures as her fellow group members exit stage left.
I think from Halo and on she was trying it with all the hair swinging and more out of nowhere adlibs, but you know. She did that.
What did I think overall, you ask? Well, I think her performance was good, something to talk about because clearly, I am. Given the anticipated "concert" in the NO, I was expecting fire breathing dragons, all to receive the Geiko lizard. I say all this to say that.. I just did not find it to be.. spectacular. Her choreography was killer, but something was still missing for me. Maybe it was all that electricity she done sucked up.
I know, I know. You all hate me. That's just fine. I'm sure I'll be called hater because I am not a Beyoncé stan nor worship every press conference, pregnancy she stages, performance, or interview, but I do have an opinion. I think she is a good artist and an entertaining performer, but this performance, just did not do it for me.
El fin.
Except, wait.. I'm actually not done. Can I please say how I think it is somewhat blasphemous for a nation of Beyoncé lovers to call this woman 'Beysus'. And calling her king?! Why does her power, talent and authority have to be associated with the title of a man? Why not use that bit of strength to show that us as women can acquire such a title because we earned that right. Stick to 'Queen B'. Thanks.
