The
first half of 2016 has started out as the come back year for several artist
including Beyoncé, Drake,
Fantasia, and Maxwell just to name a few. To jump start the year Beyoncé’
released her latest first single “Formation” that started a lot of commotion. The
“Formation” video was
released the day before the Super Bowl 50 game. During the Super Bowl 50 half time show, she made
a guest appearance along side Bruno Mars plus Cold Play and she gave a stunning
performance that was dedicated to the memory of the Black Panthers. The
performance and video stirred a lot of commotion due to Beyoncé going back to
her roots and bringing light to a lot of the injustice that has been increasing
surrounding African American men and women in America. This only fueled even
more anticipation for her latest visual album release “Lemonade” on April 23.
The album visual was very personal and was presumed by many as dirty laundry
being aired out to the world. Every song
on the album charted the hits list, but the one that had everybody attention
was the single “Sorry”.
The song clearly threw a flag on infidelity with lines stating “I ain’t thinking about you; Sorry, I ain’t sorry” and the infamous
line “he better call Becky with the good hair” which alleges that
maybe JAY-Z cheated with a white girl. This of course had the beehive going
crazy and ripping one individual to shreds who was suspected of the Queen B’s
pain. But since the release of the album
Beyoncé nor Jay-Z has truly acknowledge if there was really any truth to the
accusation that the albums seem to display. On the other hand, a couple of the
songwriters who worked on “Sorry” and “Love Drought” have recently come to the
light to acknowledge that the songs had nothing to do with Beyoncé’s relationship
at all. On Aug 2. Diana Gordon, the lead writer of the song “Sorry”, cleared
the air in an Entertainment
Weekly interview stating that the line “Becky
with the good hair” is not about
anyone in particular. Another songwriter Ingrid, a childhood
friend of Beyoncé, who is signed to her Parkwood Entertainment Label, co-wrote
“Love Drought”, also did an interview. She explained that the song was written
about Beyoncé’s label, due to them lying to her about song submissions. One
thing that always holds true to lyrics in a song is the meaning behind the writer’s
initial emotions. A song written with real emotion will always produce a hit.
