Lady gaga in london, Beyoncé new album, Ru Paul’s drag race all stars season 7 finale, and the lionesses winning the Euros - gayest week ever- Deanna July 31, 2022 If self-titled was an ode to herself and ‘Lemonade’ a tribute to Black women, ‘RENAISSANCE’ focuses on the story of Black queer cultures, it seems her lens is only becoming more exploratory, digging into the kind of intersectional observations that we should all be looking to learn from. In the records liner notes, she pays tribute to Uncle Johnny, her ‘godmother’ who she described at the 2019 GLAAD Awards as “the most fabulous gay man I’ve ever met.” Uncle Johnny appears most explicitly on ‘Heated’ (“ Uncle Johnny made my dress!”), but it seems he did much more than that, showing her what it means to remember ballroom and house culture as something that was formed out of LGBTQIA+ necessity, a place to feel true to oneself without fear. It’s also an album that works hard to celebrate LGBTQIA+ culture, using its self-acknowledged privilege to elevate those who haven’t received the same level of respect.
Beyoncé has often been talked about as a vocal powerhouse, but on ‘RENAISSANCE’, she multiplies her skills in imaginative ways the braggy-ballroom hostess on ‘Pure/Honey’, the staccato southern sass of ‘Thique’, the butterfly-light soprano of ‘Alien Superstar.’ On some songs, she showcases several different vocal-characters with seamless transition, showing just how far her expression has expanded since the days of Sasha Fierce’s explicit alter-ego.īEYONCE DEADASS TOOK MY HAND AND IS DRAGGING ME TO EVERY CLUB- THIQUE July 29, 2022 It’s a house record yes, but the house is a sprawling mansion, a historical artefact in which each exhibit is lovingly handled and displayed. I'm literally an emotional mess like is this lady serious like I love her so much omg artist of my fucking life no one does it better no one builds on their artistry like her no one feeds us like her #RENAISSANCE /85umtAX3Ix- Bolu Babalola (pure) ?&? July 29, 2022ĭance music was what was teased, and it turns out that it was exactly what we got. Written as a cathartic escape during the pandemic, ‘RENAISSANCE’ is an album of high energy, a ballroom event where the category is most firmly Bey.
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