For those who buy the video in unison, the story is very easy to pick up. The first song on the album, “Pretty Hurts” starts off slow, with a beauty pageant coordinator asking Beyoncé, “What’s your aspiration in life?” After Beyonce gives her (in my opinion rather bland) answer, the song kicks off to deliver its message.
One interesting aspect of this album is the myriad of messages placed throughout the songs, which would be emphasized during the videos in order to establish more of a story behind the songs. Hopefully I’ve built up enough ethos for this album by now, let’s take a look at the music itself.
All of these financial maneuvers really paid off, leading to almost $1 million in sales during the first week, making this Beyoncé’s most financially successful album by far. This album was also set to be released exclusively on ITunes for the first week. Well, that and the 17 videos accompanying the 14 songs. The production team behind this album aimed to let the music speak for itself. The album was released at midnight without any release date or preconceived release date. This album (as we probably all know by now) was released in a new fashion in an attempt to change the music industries view of over-advertising to build excitement over an upcoming album. I believe this quote is a perfect encapsulation for Beyoncé’s first album release in two and a half years. In time, it should be seen as a career highlight from a superstar - one of the hardest-working people in the business, a new mother, in total control, at her creative and commercial peak.Wow. It opens with an elegantly delivered "Let me sit this ass on you." When the album came out, the release itself dominated the chatter. Soul throwback ballad "Rocket" is a close second, another amusing mix of metaphorical and explicit come-ons. Best of all is "Blow," playfully risqué boogie loaded with instantly memorable lines - "I'm-a let you be the boss of me," for instance - and a slick tempo changeup. It concludes with McMahon's dismissal of her group, as if to say, "Yeah, but look at me now." There's also a whole lot of romance, heartache, and, most prominently, monogamous sex - in the kitchen, in a chauffeur-driven car, while drunk. Central track "***Flawless" opens with Ed McMahon's introduction of her preteen group on Star Search, incorporates the combative "Bow Down" and a portion of celebrated Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED talk on feminism, as well as a booming, quotable-packed victory lap. "Mine" and "Blue" involve vivid expressions regarding the turbulence and thrill of motherhood. There are deep references to Beyoncé's competitive showbiz upbringing and acknowledgments of her beloved Houston hometown. Beyoncé co-wrote and co-produced all of the songs with A-listers like Pharrell, Timbaland, James Fauntleroy, Hit-Boy, and the-Dream, as well as emerging Detroiters Detail and Key Wane and the previously unknown Boots. Easily her best album since B'day, it's among her most entertaining and sexually explicit work, yet it's substantive in every respect. And then, on December 13, while engaged in a world tour and when no one expected it, she released her fifth solo studio album with accompanying videos.
There were appearances on albums by Rowland, the-Dream, and husband Jay-Z, as well as a Soundcloud upload "Bow Down/I Been On," passionately debated for its aggression and vulgarity, and the more "ladylike" "Standing on the Sun," a clothing retailer tie-in.
A documentary, Life Is But a Dream, aired on HBO. The trio released "Nuclear," an excellent song disregarded for not being an anthem. She headlined the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, joined by Destiny's Child partners Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. The first 346 days of Beyoncé's 2013 were eventful enough.
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