Groove Magazine International Issue 3 Issue 3 | Page 11

FLAWLESS

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Run the World (Girls)

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Single Ladies
(Put A Ring On It)

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Diva

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One of, if not Beyonce's most egotistical songs whereby
she firms her status that in who she is and everything that
she does is "flawless"! She admonishesher followers for
being followers and commanding their respect. She
highlights that to be where she is, she has worked hard
and it has very little to do with her being married to a hip
hop mogul. She guests Nigerian poet-writer, Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie who goes deep on the inadequacy culture
provides women and girls of any age fated to subservient
roles, as to not upset the man in any given equation. In
other words this song is about being an unapologetic
female who can contribute to society as much as a male
can and you can look in the mirror in the morning and know
the image staring back at you is flawless, and it will have no
irony or self-deprecation attached, because you own it just
as Beyoncé does. The remix of the same song featuring top
female emcee, Nicki Minaj, is ballsy and lyrically boosts
any woman's ego to stand up confidently and call her "Flawless"!

Beyoncé is the queen of girl-power anthems and with
a life like hers she truly epitomizes the girl who runs
the world. This song is her manifesto on work-related
pay equality and acceptance in the male gaze, She is
the top selling female artist of our time, she is married t
o one of music's most powerful men, she rubs shoulders
and is friends with some of the most influential people
in the world including the President and First Lady of the
United States Of America and media mogul, Oprah
Winfrey. With powerful lyrics and amazing choreography,
Queen Bey makes being a girl on top looks so easy.
Beyoncé represents everything a woman should be
allowed to become, leveling the challenges women face
in being accepted or treated with dignity.

Written by Beyonce herself and The Dream just
after her 2008 nuptials to husband Jay Z, this song
was befitting to say that if the man "likes it" then
there is one thing to do... "put a ring on it".The notion
of telling your man to “put a ring on it” is not some
girlish squeal of nuptial bliss in Beyoncé’s world, it’s
an ultimatum; pick me or don’t. By showcasing
marriage as a bond rather than entrapment, both
men and women alike took notice of the higher status
that an engagement ring holds over couples and
society at large

What is a diva? According to the B-ctionary, a diva is a
female version of a "hustler". Beyoncé underscores a
repositioning of equality for her skills up against any artist
– male or female she can take them all on. Demanding
respect has never sounded so gloriously boss. Beyoncé
really delivers on her royal status as Queen B here and
should be a calling card for any woman who’s attempting
to break down barriers in life due to the impractical
challenges women face receiving the same notice as their
male counterparts, let alone getting recognised whatsoever.