Bow down bitches. Beyonce's taken over.

 I'd never paid much attention to the Queen Bey before. Sure, I liked the tracks she built in Destiny's Child and little dittys like 'Bootylicious', 'irreplacable' and 'Halo' but she never hit me as hard as she has with her new album 'The Visual'.

No one saw it coming. I've been told there were 80 songs recorded and I have heard a good 9. Don't judge. I'm taking it slow.

Every song has been given a video.
"I see music," Beyonce said in a video announcing the album, “It’s more than just what I hear.  When I’m connected to something, I immediately see a visual or a series of images that are tied to a feeling or an emotion, a memory from my childhood, thoughts about life, my dreams or my fantasies.  And they’re all connected to the music.”

Isn't she just gorgeous?!

After watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcN6Ke2V-rQ  Self Titled part 1 and 2 ('a mini art feature comprised of several parts to give a glimpse into the entire project')  I was astonished by her sensibility and down to earth groundedness that is hard to come by in performers these days. I see her as both a mother and an artist- a strong woman who can dance and sing and nurture and think and impress and be fabulous all in one go.

The first song from the Visual that hooked me was, ofcourse, Pretty Hurts.

Any woman whose any woman will relate in one way or another to this song- the feeling of competition and self worth being rocky and the idea of body and image consuming one's time and thoughts.

I waited and waited and eventually the video for Pretty Hurts was released and it was both shocking, sad and empowering.

 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebcsGuU55E

'Its the soul that needs the surgery'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIv1z6n3Xxo

The next song to grasp my attention was the sultry Yonce. That base line is sexy, the calm, sassy lyrics are snappy and the video is filled with leather, red lip stick and dancer limbs. Too catchy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzrSbfpZ8-g

Beyonce is not weak in either body or mind. She has IT. That special something that comes from the hardest of hard work. As she said in a Self Titled video 'I work harder than anyone I know.' I don't doubt it.

I have rediscovered a new role model.
 
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