Anyone that knows me knows I’m a huge fan of King B. Heck I’ve even confessed to “bowing down” to her awesomeness on a few occasions. I love the woman. I wasn’t always a Beyonce stan, she grew on me over the years and it isn’t necessarily her music that made me fall hopelessly in love with her, but it was more what she represented for woman. That she can effortlessly garner global attention and still be kind and generous and fun and playful was the winning card for my romance with B. I used to watch my friends go on about her and I sang along to her songs, but I wasn’t really that into her until she started being the Beyonce who empowered woman, the Beyonce who didn’t have to explain herself to anyone, the Beyonce who wasn’t scandal ridden, carried herself with grace but could still get the party started and shut it down! I started paying more detailed attention to her; she inspired me beyond her music. I fell hard in the last few months – critics were trying to bring her down with the star-spangled banner ‘scandal’ and still she rised, other haters went on about her pregnancy not being legitimate and still she rised. With all this, what I loved best was how she stood firmly and gracefully, there was no bringing B down in my eyes and all who tried really looked ridiculous and petty... I was hopelessly, ridiculously devoted to B, not a day went by that I didn’t check in on her tumblr and raid the internet just to see what she was up to! I went through a serious ‘honeymoon phase’ with my King.
Alas, like all hot romances, I unexpectedly came tumbling down from my state of ‘Bphoria’ when I heard her latest “Bow down bitches” offering - Click to Listen . I got a feeling I couldn’t quite explain when I heard the song for the first time... I was disappointed, confused and annoyed. Firstly the beat is noisy and really irritating, most importantly the lyrics are just plain tacky. My heart was bruised for a while after hearing that song... I’m still not sure what exactly the idea is from a creative “she’s an artist expressing herself” perspective... and hearing that song made me less interested in hearing her next album, that I was so excited about. I’m still a huge fan and will probably eventually forget this and move on, but I will never understand what compelled her to write and release such a song... for the first time in a long time I feel like an explanation of this song would come in handy, even from the King herself.
She got lost in the moment of her awesomeness and lost the plot a bit with this one; I actually cringed on her behalf after hearing this song... she really didn’t have to.
