Beyonce wanted this album not to only be about her. Formation is at the end because it's also about Black liberation and generational trauma. Most songs in the album touch on both subjects, and both subjects need an ending. All Night is to wrap up the love history, Formation is to wrap up the bigger theme.
She didn’t have horror as inspiration. She tapped into African American and African Traditional Religion symbols to signify community and healing of shared trauma within sisterhood and matriarchy like infidelity and adultery.
@14:29 as far as i understand it the black masking Indians in New Orleans pay tribute to the native americans that help them escape slavery. I think that scene represented taking up space, circling the table that only the plantation owners family would be sat at. Also to me the horror element in this film is the curse of infidelity in her bloodline being broken!
Thank you so much for your Beyoncé reactions! She is a once-in-a-lifetime artist and every millisecond of her work has so much intention, history, and purpose. There's an entire album breaking down this film shot-for-shot and line-by-line, it's called Dissect! Listening to it truly made me understand the genius behind this project. The episode on Love Drought is my favorite- the video is inspired by Igbo Landing, a site in Georgia where imported enslaved people in the 1800s landed and ended their lives by fleeing to the water instead of being forced into slavery in the US. Also, the men pictured in the Forward video are, for the most part, men and boys who were killed by police in the US (with some of the pictures being held by their family members). The whole project connects the shared and generational trauma of slavery to historical and continued infidelity among black couples in the US- part of her theory is that black men weren't taught to love themselves and it has continued the trauma.
6:01 the imaginary is suppose to represent the Igbo Landing. Igbo people captured during slavery drowned themselves in a creek rather than be forced into slavery in the US
🔥🔥🔥 React to her performance of "All night" live at tidal. You'll love it. And also react to her performance at the 2016 vmas, it's the best vma performance ever.
Loved this reaction! React to the gift album and behind the scenes of the gift black is king documentary. Gives you a back story how the gift was created and black is king❤
I just subscribed to you so idk.... but have you watched Black is King??? I'm a Lemonade stan but I can't even deny that BIK is so much better than Lemon.
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next film has to be black is king, i think is one of the most beautiful films i ever seen
Black Is King next 🙏🏽
I second this
Please Black is King next 😭
Beyonce wanted this album not to only be about her. Formation is at the end because it's also about Black liberation and generational trauma. Most songs in the album touch on both subjects, and both subjects need an ending. All Night is to wrap up the love history, Formation is to wrap up the bigger theme.
Came here to echo BLACK IS KING next!!!
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The film won a Peabody 🎉
The ballerina during Freedom passed away recently. Michaela DePrince. 🥀
She didn’t have horror as inspiration. She tapped into African American and African Traditional Religion symbols to signify community and healing of shared trauma within sisterhood and matriarchy like infidelity and adultery.
@14:29 as far as i understand it the black masking Indians in New Orleans pay tribute to the native americans that help them escape slavery. I think that scene represented taking up space, circling the table that only the plantation owners family would be sat at. Also to me the horror element in this film is the curse of infidelity in her bloodline being broken!
Crazy part lemonade didn’t get recognition it deserved! So disrespectful !
but the album was a masterpiece
You gotta do the live tidal performance of all night. Vocally it’s one of my fav live performances from Beyoncé😍
Thank you so much for your Beyoncé reactions! She is a once-in-a-lifetime artist and every millisecond of her work has so much intention, history, and purpose. There's an entire album breaking down this film shot-for-shot and line-by-line, it's called Dissect! Listening to it truly made me understand the genius behind this project. The episode on Love Drought is my favorite- the video is inspired by Igbo Landing, a site in Georgia where imported enslaved people in the 1800s landed and ended their lives by fleeing to the water instead of being forced into slavery in the US.
Also, the men pictured in the Forward video are, for the most part, men and boys who were killed by police in the US (with some of the pictures being held by their family members). The whole project connects the shared and generational trauma of slavery to historical and continued infidelity among black couples in the US- part of her theory is that black men weren't taught to love themselves and it has continued the trauma.
6:01 the imaginary is suppose to represent the Igbo Landing. Igbo people captured during slavery drowned themselves in a creek rather than be forced into slavery in the US
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React to her performance of "All night" live at tidal. You'll love it. And also react to her performance at the 2016 vmas, it's the best vma performance ever.
I second this!!! Please please please
This!!! So right!!
I'd top it off with her Freedom performance with Kendrick and the CMA award performance that gave us CC..
@fridahmungai8713 oh how I love the Beyhive!🐝❤️🔥
Yes she does indeed play piano 😍👏🏽
Pls do black is king next & the Renaissance movie ❤
The scripted words that are not sung are by poet Warsan Shire.
Idk what you're hearing, but she's definitely saying, "like you." 😂
Black is King next!!
Loved this reaction! React to the gift album and behind the scenes of the gift black is king documentary. Gives you a back story how the gift was created and black is king❤
yeaaah PLEASE DO BLACK IS KING NEXT!
Love the simplicity in your videos… you effortlessly entertaining❤❤
Black is King next please
GHOST BUSTERS?!?! KNEEGROW give me your phone!!
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Finally 🎉
I just subscribed to you so idk.... but have you watched Black is King??? I'm a Lemonade stan but I can't even deny that BIK is so much better than Lemon.
It's a whole movie in it's own.
It’s on the watchlist!
The film won a Peabody 🎉