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I say Beyoncé made people uncomfortable because her performance in Lemonade wasn't just a curation of the blueswoman aesthetic but an active reckoning with it as it manifested in southern spaces.
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Blueswomen in the south traveled and wandered and did not censor their existence. Shug Avery, Bessie Smith, Rosetta Tharpe and other blueswomen performers used their voices to sonically and lyrically expound upon their personal trauma and strife as a collective call-to-arms for black women. Regina Bradley: I think what made folks uncomfortable was the fact that she was pulling from not only a blues tradition, but a southern black woman blues tradition. She's a white woman and she felt rejected looking at this video. But I loved what she was doing and I didn't begin my read on that work with this feeling of rejection. That's who's gonna watch my show." But in this moment, confronted with this many black girls on camera - and thank you Kahlil Joseph for honoring us in this way, to create this kind of visual altar to black girls, and black girl femmes - you know, in that moment, you can't locate yourself? I wasn't looking for myself in Hannibal, a story about FBI agents or cannibals, because I have no desire to be either. And I thought, I bet when she was creating her scripts and her art she wasn't telling NBC, "This is going to be a show for cannibals.
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I saw someone who was a writer for Hannibal, the very dark TV show about cannibalism, and I saw her tweet out that she didn't think this album was for her, but she still was intrigued. The Two-Way Beyoncé Surprises The World Again With New Visual Album 'Lemonade' The video version of this album reflects the private lives of a certain group of women who share a set of memories and experiences the arc of its narrative will be harrowingly close to home for all of us. But what Beyoncé's got us talking about now is what we women are really always talking about, under our breath, late night on the phone, after the kids are down, over coffee, at the bar, in tears, irrespective of anybody's album drop: our worth. No doubt our opinions are in some places monetized and our vocalization of them surely buoys the price of Lemonade on up to $17.99. Who among us (and if you're here reading this, you're one of us) made it through this weekend without a conversation, typed or yelled, about her intent, her intonation, her read, her past, her bat, Serena, Tina, Etta, Warsan, Pipilotti, Zendaya? Whether you love her, hate her, or stay strong in your neutrality, our exchanges are kind of the point. Beyoncé released her sixth album, Lemonade, on Saturday night via HBO and Tidal.Ī Beyoncé album release is now a communal experience.