Beyoncé has an uncle named Jonny. Her seventh studio album, Renaissance, was heavily influenced by Jonny. "He was my godmother, the first person to expose me to this music and culture." Jonny, a gay man, had died of complications from AIDS.
"Renaissance" is the most anticipated album in European and American music circles this year. Beyoncé isn't playing the sudden release anymore. She has already proven herself capable of setting the rules of the game with Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016). "Renaissance" has a six-week warm-up period before its release, with Bootlegs out two days before its official release on July 29. Although there is a mistake, it does not affect the interest.
Beyoncé dedicated the album to Jonny and the queer culture he embraces. From Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga and Beyonce to the present, the European and American superstars standing at the top of the pyramid are almost all influenced by this subculture, the difference is only in the degree of depth.
After watching the American drama "Pose", you can intuitively feel what it is. In the 1970s and 1980s, some marginalized people (race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) gathered together to form a family, living as a family, dancing and fighting. These people are either abandoned by their families or voluntarily leave their families. For example, they are like people in primitive society who were expelled from their destiny because they did not obey the tribal rules, did not marry, and did not have children. Once upon a time, this outlying lone bird was doomed to not live long.
During the day, they work as ordinary workers. The lights at night are a sign of transformation. No matter what method you use, you must wear the freshest and most exotic clothes, and compete in creativity, dance and team spirit in the exclusive club as a family. All three are indispensable, and only those who are superior can win, and win the honor that is unknown to the society and that only they regard as treasures.
When Madonna led the queer team on her famous Blond Ambition tour in 1990, the oddballs, and herself, were much controversial. And today, even if it's not Beyoncé, a female singer of much inferior status, can say "thanks to queer culture" without any burden.
There is another characteristic of this culture. It advocates absolute control and absolute pride over one's own body. Although it is maverick, unlike the spirit of rock and roll, it does not challenge the social order very much. In particular, it celebrates the spirit of community and the courage to fight for life. Beyoncé reiterates this point on this album: we can all be excited all day without drugs. They are harmless artists who use their own bodies to create fashion, dance, and expand the gene pool of mainstream culture.
Uncle Jonny's favorite house music originated in Chicago in the 1980s, named after DJ Frankie Knuckles who always played the dance music at his club, The Warehouse. Although dancing is harmless, at that time in Europe and the United States, the underground Rave Party (Rave Party) that brought together LGBTQ groups was political. Especially in the UK, young people known as "Generation X" (now they are also old) do not want the future and are ready to answer the call. As soon as you get the word that the rave party is about to start (often announced just before the start, spread by word of mouth), set off immediately to an abandoned warehouse, factory, club, or wilderness.
Rave parties play electronic music without lyrics, slogans, or clear ideas. People of different classes, nationalities, and genders huddle together to dance, often lasting 24 hours a day. Abandon the shackles of thinking and just dance. The purpose of dancing is to become a human again.
Since her debut, Beyoncé has been dedicated to showcasing the power and beauty of black women (despite her biracial nature). However, starting from "Lemonade" and the documentary "Homecoming" (2019), she consciously reduced her anger at the unfair fate of black people, and instead showed the joy, tolerance, and immediate liberation of the body without worrying about the black gene.
"Homecoming" filmed her finale performance at the Coachella Music Festival that year, and the momentum was huge. More than 200 people from musicians to dancers used an all-black lineup, and more than half of them were women. Beyoncé turned the stage into a living sample of African culture, with a strong emphasis on the individual in addition to the lineup and themes. More than 200 people were on the stage, and all of them had their shining moments. She was willing to give the artists their moments of freedom and solitude, with both the slender male dancers with their limbs twisted like circus performers and the plump female dancers who seemed to be unprofessional. They are images that are rarely seen at large concerts. The shots are generous, giving these people enough time to make an impression on their figures and faces as well. That's why Beyoncé is enduring, known as "Queen Bey" and always cool. She knows that a person always has highs and lows, and it is inevitable that they will be abandoned by the trend. So she creates trends and guarantees that she will stay trendy for a long time.
There are few European and American superstars of the same level as Beyoncé who can still be as strong as her after 20 or 30 years of fame. The more Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna came later, the harder it was to try new fields. The first two have passed away, and Madonna, who is still alive, only received collective praise from the media on her 60th birthday, recalling her advanced consciousness and courageous charm, but the evaluation of the new work shows that she has been conclusive.
There is a lyric in "Renaissance": "You are cool, but I am cooler than you." Only very few people can afford the adjective "cool". The cool thing about Beyonce is her years of super self-discipline, never to transform herself into another person. She doesn't have to change her skin color like Jackson. She shows off her body to the fullest, and people don't judge her with narrow standards of fat, thinness and skin color.
The album cover features Beyonce almost naked on a luminous silver horse, with long blond hair reaching to her hips, Barbie pink lips, and only jewels all over her body. No matter how the aesthetic changes, there is always a part of our genes that appreciates such beauty—stronger and plumper than ordinary women, like the legendary Amazonian female warrior, ready to fight at any time.
When there is no need to fight, she is the goddess of music and dance. Gods can enlighten, threaten, bring disaster, or benefit mankind, or they can occasionally shut up and turn the world into a dance floor, paying homage to all dance music with a "Renaissance".
Her description of the album is: "The first of a trilogy. A safe, unbiased space...no perfectionism, no overthinking."
Safe spaces are created by the fringes of Chicago, Detroit, New York City. Beyoncé went through many scenes, completely giving up lyrical slow songs here, and devoted himself to the unfettered joy of summer. She is like a DJ who sings herself, mixing multiple styles into one song. Sixteen songs are linked end to end, with no obvious beginning and end. One song leaps gently into another, with endless ripples. The funk rhythm of "Cuff It" is seamlessly connected to rapper Beam's "Energy"; the gospel of "Church Girl" has not yet dissipated, and she has begun to show her rap skills; "Pure/Honey" Slip into the colorful glow of the disco.
Dance music is driven by rhythm, with each beat firmly occupying the mind of the moment. It is the deposition of history, and every inch of skin pays tribute to the predecessors. There are more than 10,000 tributes in "Renaissance", which include sampling, production, vocalization and help from all walks of life. It has an innate community spirit, where every plant and tree have roots, and everyone is involved.
It's a de-manifestation album, with only the gleaming "Karens turned terrorists" Its theme is black pleasure, and the pleasure of the body is greater than the sky.
In her 25-year career, Beyoncé has never displayed this level of hunger. This is the extravagance of art, because as early as in the society of advanced primates, sex and politics have been inseparable, and love is a very later thing. Beyonce in "Renaissance" seems to be yearning all the time. It would be cool if you could get out of the shackles and make sex just about the body, not politics.
In the Internet age, social isolation mainly isolates the body, and mental communication is not hindered. It can be used as a global experiment to test what happens in the short and long term when people cannot meet and communicate with each other. result? A lot of things that were bothering you before were ignored.
The most basic needs have become urgent, and 4/4 is the best carrier of needs. The epidemic has made the dance floor lonely for a long time, so dance music has become popular in the past three years. Female singers, in particular, have released hot and charming EDM albums, allowing people to enjoy alternative dancing joys at home.
The title of the first single "Break My Soul": "I just fell in love, I just quit my job", is a good use as this year's theme song. Unemployment and inflation are up and down, that's in the news. Before the fire burns out, hurry up to fall in love and quit the job that "keeps me up at night".
This attitude of no tomorrow is the core of queer culture. Threatened by the incurable AIDS at birth, all queer people have the realization that their lives will soon be over. The scary thing about AIDS is that it destroys the skin and makes people ugly in the end. Queer people love beauty so much, so every dance party goes all out to show the most beautiful body, like Beyoncé wearing the moonlight (in Swarovski crystals) on her body.
One thing I don't understand, where is the imperfection of this album (beyonce said it herself)? I believe that in the ears of most people, it is a complex and extremely rich work that represents the highest technical level in the industry. Beyoncé's singing is fine to every note, his technique is varied, and he is extremely ironic. At the end of "Heated", there is also a street, rough and ruthless that she has never had.
In terms of content, "Renaissance" is all in line with the trend of today's European and American entertainment circles, and no one is offensive. Compared with the open hearted "Lemonade", the artistic personality expressed here is the one on the dance floor, not the one in the shadows.
Imperfect because of the desire to show it? Well, if only we were all imperfect members of this planet.
"Renaissance" is the most anticipated album in European and American music circles this year. Beyoncé isn't playing the sudden release anymore. She has already proven herself capable of setting the rules of the game with Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016). "Renaissance" has a six-week warm-up period before its release, with Bootlegs out two days before its official release on July 29. Although there is a mistake, it does not affect the interest.
Beyonce's new album "Renaissance"
Jonny's favorite is house music. There are ever-changing worlds in the four beats of "dong dong dong dong". He is the best friend of Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles-Lawson (Tina Knowles-Lawson), who is also her housekeeper, costume designer, dance partner and other positions, two children Beyonce and Solange (Solange) nanny, music and fashion enlightener. Jonny's greatest strength: He's never sorry for his looks, his sexuality, his taste, his presence. He justifiably thought he was beautiful.Beyoncé dedicated the album to Jonny and the queer culture he embraces. From Madonna, Prince, Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga and Beyonce to the present, the European and American superstars standing at the top of the pyramid are almost all influenced by this subculture, the difference is only in the degree of depth.
After watching the American drama "Pose", you can intuitively feel what it is. In the 1970s and 1980s, some marginalized people (race, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) gathered together to form a family, living as a family, dancing and fighting. These people are either abandoned by their families or voluntarily leave their families. For example, they are like people in primitive society who were expelled from their destiny because they did not obey the tribal rules, did not marry, and did not have children. Once upon a time, this outlying lone bird was doomed to not live long.
During the day, they work as ordinary workers. The lights at night are a sign of transformation. No matter what method you use, you must wear the freshest and most exotic clothes, and compete in creativity, dance and team spirit in the exclusive club as a family. All three are indispensable, and only those who are superior can win, and win the honor that is unknown to the society and that only they regard as treasures.
When Madonna led the queer team on her famous Blond Ambition tour in 1990, the oddballs, and herself, were much controversial. And today, even if it's not Beyoncé, a female singer of much inferior status, can say "thanks to queer culture" without any burden.
There is another characteristic of this culture. It advocates absolute control and absolute pride over one's own body. Although it is maverick, unlike the spirit of rock and roll, it does not challenge the social order very much. In particular, it celebrates the spirit of community and the courage to fight for life. Beyoncé reiterates this point on this album: we can all be excited all day without drugs. They are harmless artists who use their own bodies to create fashion, dance, and expand the gene pool of mainstream culture.
Uncle Jonny's favorite house music originated in Chicago in the 1980s, named after DJ Frankie Knuckles who always played the dance music at his club, The Warehouse. Although dancing is harmless, at that time in Europe and the United States, the underground Rave Party (Rave Party) that brought together LGBTQ groups was political. Especially in the UK, young people known as "Generation X" (now they are also old) do not want the future and are ready to answer the call. As soon as you get the word that the rave party is about to start (often announced just before the start, spread by word of mouth), set off immediately to an abandoned warehouse, factory, club, or wilderness.
Rave parties play electronic music without lyrics, slogans, or clear ideas. People of different classes, nationalities, and genders huddle together to dance, often lasting 24 hours a day. Abandon the shackles of thinking and just dance. The purpose of dancing is to become a human again.
Beyonce's new album "Renaissance"
One of the hopes that a lot of people had in "Renaissance" was for Beyonce to make some sort of manifesto. They want to know what Beyonce would say in today's environment. The last "Lemonade" was a long song for Black Women's Lives. At a time when the Jay-Z cheating incident was hot, Beyoncé wrote this hot experience into the album, talking about doubts, injuries, anger and forgiveness. What matters is not how she explained the final forgiveness, but how she dared to defy the public's expectations and not cut off Jay-Z with a sharp knife. Beyoncé does not succumb to the stereotype of "female power" and is not kidnapped by the public eye. She shows that female warriors can have bonds, and that gun-loving Texans can defend their homes and freedoms as well as their marriages. Female warriors also have the right to hesitate.Since her debut, Beyoncé has been dedicated to showcasing the power and beauty of black women (despite her biracial nature). However, starting from "Lemonade" and the documentary "Homecoming" (2019), she consciously reduced her anger at the unfair fate of black people, and instead showed the joy, tolerance, and immediate liberation of the body without worrying about the black gene.
"Homecoming" filmed her finale performance at the Coachella Music Festival that year, and the momentum was huge. More than 200 people from musicians to dancers used an all-black lineup, and more than half of them were women. Beyoncé turned the stage into a living sample of African culture, with a strong emphasis on the individual in addition to the lineup and themes. More than 200 people were on the stage, and all of them had their shining moments. She was willing to give the artists their moments of freedom and solitude, with both the slender male dancers with their limbs twisted like circus performers and the plump female dancers who seemed to be unprofessional. They are images that are rarely seen at large concerts. The shots are generous, giving these people enough time to make an impression on their figures and faces as well. That's why Beyoncé is enduring, known as "Queen Bey" and always cool. She knows that a person always has highs and lows, and it is inevitable that they will be abandoned by the trend. So she creates trends and guarantees that she will stay trendy for a long time.
There are few European and American superstars of the same level as Beyoncé who can still be as strong as her after 20 or 30 years of fame. The more Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna came later, the harder it was to try new fields. The first two have passed away, and Madonna, who is still alive, only received collective praise from the media on her 60th birthday, recalling her advanced consciousness and courageous charm, but the evaluation of the new work shows that she has been conclusive.
There is a lyric in "Renaissance": "You are cool, but I am cooler than you." Only very few people can afford the adjective "cool". The cool thing about Beyonce is her years of super self-discipline, never to transform herself into another person. She doesn't have to change her skin color like Jackson. She shows off her body to the fullest, and people don't judge her with narrow standards of fat, thinness and skin color.
The album cover features Beyonce almost naked on a luminous silver horse, with long blond hair reaching to her hips, Barbie pink lips, and only jewels all over her body. No matter how the aesthetic changes, there is always a part of our genes that appreciates such beauty—stronger and plumper than ordinary women, like the legendary Amazonian female warrior, ready to fight at any time.
When there is no need to fight, she is the goddess of music and dance. Gods can enlighten, threaten, bring disaster, or benefit mankind, or they can occasionally shut up and turn the world into a dance floor, paying homage to all dance music with a "Renaissance".
Her description of the album is: "The first of a trilogy. A safe, unbiased space...no perfectionism, no overthinking."
Safe spaces are created by the fringes of Chicago, Detroit, New York City. Beyoncé went through many scenes, completely giving up lyrical slow songs here, and devoted himself to the unfettered joy of summer. She is like a DJ who sings herself, mixing multiple styles into one song. Sixteen songs are linked end to end, with no obvious beginning and end. One song leaps gently into another, with endless ripples. The funk rhythm of "Cuff It" is seamlessly connected to rapper Beam's "Energy"; the gospel of "Church Girl" has not yet dissipated, and she has begun to show her rap skills; "Pure/Honey" Slip into the colorful glow of the disco.
Dance music is driven by rhythm, with each beat firmly occupying the mind of the moment. It is the deposition of history, and every inch of skin pays tribute to the predecessors. There are more than 10,000 tributes in "Renaissance", which include sampling, production, vocalization and help from all walks of life. It has an innate community spirit, where every plant and tree have roots, and everyone is involved.
It's a de-manifestation album, with only the gleaming "Karens turned terrorists" Its theme is black pleasure, and the pleasure of the body is greater than the sky.
In her 25-year career, Beyoncé has never displayed this level of hunger. This is the extravagance of art, because as early as in the society of advanced primates, sex and politics have been inseparable, and love is a very later thing. Beyonce in "Renaissance" seems to be yearning all the time. It would be cool if you could get out of the shackles and make sex just about the body, not politics.
In the Internet age, social isolation mainly isolates the body, and mental communication is not hindered. It can be used as a global experiment to test what happens in the short and long term when people cannot meet and communicate with each other. result? A lot of things that were bothering you before were ignored.
The most basic needs have become urgent, and 4/4 is the best carrier of needs. The epidemic has made the dance floor lonely for a long time, so dance music has become popular in the past three years. Female singers, in particular, have released hot and charming EDM albums, allowing people to enjoy alternative dancing joys at home.
The title of the first single "Break My Soul": "I just fell in love, I just quit my job", is a good use as this year's theme song. Unemployment and inflation are up and down, that's in the news. Before the fire burns out, hurry up to fall in love and quit the job that "keeps me up at night".
This attitude of no tomorrow is the core of queer culture. Threatened by the incurable AIDS at birth, all queer people have the realization that their lives will soon be over. The scary thing about AIDS is that it destroys the skin and makes people ugly in the end. Queer people love beauty so much, so every dance party goes all out to show the most beautiful body, like Beyoncé wearing the moonlight (in Swarovski crystals) on her body.
One thing I don't understand, where is the imperfection of this album (beyonce said it herself)? I believe that in the ears of most people, it is a complex and extremely rich work that represents the highest technical level in the industry. Beyoncé's singing is fine to every note, his technique is varied, and he is extremely ironic. At the end of "Heated", there is also a street, rough and ruthless that she has never had.
In terms of content, "Renaissance" is all in line with the trend of today's European and American entertainment circles, and no one is offensive. Compared with the open hearted "Lemonade", the artistic personality expressed here is the one on the dance floor, not the one in the shadows.
Imperfect because of the desire to show it? Well, if only we were all imperfect members of this planet.
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