Beyonce Informative Speech

For nearly twenty years, Beyoncé has lived her life in the public eye yet she has always kept her cool, been submissive, and rather quiet when it came to her personal endeavors however after releasing the film “Lemonade”, we are able to see her in a vulnerable light. In Jeremy Helliger’s article: “Dear Beyhive: Stop Whining. Beyoncé Still Hasn’t Earned Her Album Of The Year Grammy” he addresses the idea that although Beyoncé was able to encourage black women to be proud and free, she also she missed the mark by adding raunchy, over the top content to her vulnerability.

The ethos of the lyrics within the album and companion video itself would be that Beyoncé has not been known for giving out false information to her audience before. To also tag onto that Beyoncé and Jay-Z both came out with the same exact story about the situation so there is not really an argument to be made. The fact that she is also telling a story about her own experience would make it difficult to say she is not trustworthy while doing so. Same goes for the video attached to the album she displayed more evidence for what she was singing about which gave us a visual on

Beyonce incorporates race in her lyrics, especially in “Formation.” She utilizes her platform to spread African American love, and to preach on the beautiful aspects of her race. This is evident throughout the whole entire song, but one place it is prominent is in the line “I like my baby hair, with baby hair and afros, I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils.” Beyonce has successfully spread affection and love to the Black physical feature stereotypes that are given negative annotations in today’s world. With these specific lyrics she brings empowerment to Black women.

Some of the first lyrics in the song are “ Mama said, “You’re a pretty girl, what’s in your head, it doesn’t matter. Brush your hair, fix your teeth. What you wear is all that matters.” The chorus of the song contradicts this. Beyoncé talks about how difficult it is for women in today’s society because they feel the need to be perfect in order to fit a certain standard. These lyrics suggest that people should not only focus on beauty because that is not all that matters. The beauty that matter comes from within. She says that in order to be fixed, “It’s the soul that needs the

On September 4, 1981, Mathew and Tina Knowles brought a daughter into this world; and little did they know that she would be famous worldwide in the years to come. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is a singer and actress from Houston, Texas. Her unique name comes from her mother's maiden name, Beyincé. Alongside Beyoncé is her younger sister Solange, who is also a singer and actress. In 2008, she married long-time friend, Shawn Carter; more widely known by his stage name, Jay-Z. A few years later at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, after finishing her performance of her single “Love On Top”, Beyonce dropped the microphone and unbuttoned her jacket to reveal her baby bump- officially announcing that the Carter's were expecting their first child.

Lil’ Kim is the self-made success story of a woman who worked hard to make a career for herself, but who also fits into the objectified sex symbol most hip hop feminists’ ridicule. Kim became one of the most distinctive female voices in the late 1990s, and was pop culture’s most notorious hip-hop queen of rap music. She made use of some of the most powerful tools black women in hip hop have to combat the stereotype of black feminine sexuality. Black women are seen as hypersexual, Jezebels, who will use the power of sex to get what they want. Since the beginning of her career she kept the image of being a “Queen-Bee”, a sex symbol that combines her music, along with the words and images she raps, to resemble a hip hop feminist.

This includes standards of beauty, empowerment, culture, and the shared parts of our history. The message that Beyonce is trying to convey to us is that there are real issues going on that are constantly being ignored. She is also stating that if no one else will voice their opinions on these issues then she will. As I analyzed the position that I received was discrimination to African American culuture, police brutality, tragedy, and cultural pride. I agree with the message behind this video/song. For many years cultural issues have been ignored and failed to be solved due to political

Beyoncé Knowles, a well-known singer, songwriter uses two of her songs: “Freedom” and “Formation” to tell the story of herself. “Freedom” is the beginning of her story where she is searching for freedom and equality showing that there is still much inequality and injustice for African Americans in America today. The song slowly transitions to a more positive tone when she seems to have made something beneficial out of her difficult situation. “Formation,” however, has a completely different tone. While she does address negative situations from the past at the beginning of the song, she quickly transitions to a more positive tone full of pride in where she came from, who she has become, and what she has overcome. Together, the two songs

One of the most important things when it comes to music is the meaning behind the words, and Beyoncé’s lyrics are truly great. From her song “Flawless” she says, “Because I am female I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices. Always keeping in mind that Marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support. But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage. And we don’t teach boys the same” (India). This whole song is inspiration, these lyrics especially, she rising up and stating that girls and boys shall be equal. Another song where she shows her determination and strength is “Grown Woman” where she says, “I know the world and I know who I am. It’s ‘bout time I show it” (India). One last song that shows Beyoncé’s independence is “Me myself and I” where she says, “It took me some time. But now I am strong. Because I realized I got Me myself and I” (India). These lyrics are examples of Beyoncé’s power, her inspiration to thousands of young girls. Lastly, some of Beyoncé’s greatest songs include; Halo, Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable, Best Thing I Never Had, Single Ladies, and Drunk in

The entirety of the song “Pretty Hurts” is an attack on the negative body image, showing how Beyoncé Knowles feels that the media is giving a strong impression to women and girls telling them to change themselves. Beyoncé Knowles has long been a face of feminism. As one of the most famous and powerful women in the world, she has used her fame to boost awareness about issues she feels passionately about. One of the issues she is most known for is her stance on women’s rights, and a prime example of her using her music to get a message across can be seen in the song “Pretty Hurts”. Within the first few seconds of the song’s accompanying music video we images of women with curlers in their hair, sucking in their stomachs, and tugging the skin off their bones in obvious frustration with their bodies.

She does this by keeping up control over her own creative product. On the other hand, does Beyoncé re-inscribe her own particular oppression to male sexual dreams or does she utilize her agency to enable herself and other young ladies by being holder of her domain? Is Beyoncé being constrained to a narrow public persona and seen one dimensionally as the sexual symbol of today or does she have the opportunity to be a more complex subject? On the off chance that pop culture and the music business objectify women, by what means can women and artists, for example, Beyoncé take part in culture production in an important manner without further mistreatment? Is there an approach to recover black women’s representation in pop culture to be an option that is other than a

This song has a lot of emotion behind it. I believe that when Beyoncé sings this song, she is sending off a message to the families of those who lost their lives during 9/11. She is singing from the victim’s point of view saying to remember me for the positive impact I have made in the world and how I strived to make the world a better place. She is singing to tell us that no matter how rich, successful, or famous you may be, always live your life to the fullest because you never know when it

You all know Beyoncé from being powerful, fierce, and also from a few of her hit songs "Single Ladies" and "If I Were A Boy." You might also know her because she is married to another brilliant singer, Jay-Z. But one thing you might not know about her is that she doesn't only make Grammy winning records, but she stands up for what she believes in. She's an icon to tons of girls, a feminist, and a huge role model to me.

So guys, make her feel that strength. Beyonce has still a lot to say to guys. Go get a listen to her music and you’ll find yourself armed with words to remember to blossom your relationship with your other

While on her previous albums, Beyoncé was trying to empower all women, on Lemonade, Beyoncé speaks directly to black women. “As Jacqui Germain astutely noted on feministing.com, ‘Beyonce using the specific cultural marker of ‘Becky,’ [a social trope for white womanhood] in Lemonade is less a question of who’s excluding whom and why, and more so just us watching Beyonce be the ... multi-layered Black woman’” (Thompson, C., 2016). It was through this album that Beyoncé changed how the public thought of her. She was no longer afraid to not fully share what she wanted to say about current culture, and finally talked straight to black women to raise them up. It was also through this album that Beyoncé changed her image. Before her sixth album, Beyoncé definitely had feminist songs, but with Lemonade, she used rage to share her message, a message telling women that even after getting married, a man may not always be right for