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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Buzz Around Queen B

By Nicole Pollitt

To say this year’s Super Bowl Half Time Show was amazing would be understatement, when it both figuratively and literally shut the stadium down.  Beyonce, or Queen B, as her fans have named her, had quite the year in 2012 and has shown us she’s not finished quite yet. Prior to her highly talked about half time show, Beyonce released a number one album, which resulted in 7 hit singles, won the Billboard's Millennium Award, scored the cover of GQ, sang at the Presidential Inauguration and gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, named Blue Ivy. So what could this superstar mommy have left to show us?
February 16th, Beyonce once again captured our attention but this time in a way we’ve never seen her before. Life Is But a Dream, a 90-minute documentary, produced by Beyonce herself, aired on HBO and shows the mom and superstar as a businesswoman, private moments with her husband and family and even segments from her personal video diary. Beyonce who is know for being incredibly private when it comes to her life, opens up about some of the biggest struggles in her career and life as well as some of the most life changing moments. We hear about what it was like to fire her father as her manager, how she took control of her own career, how her husband Jay-Z has inspired her and how her outlook on life has changed after becoming a mother. Throughout the film there is sense of vulnerability shown by the singer and it’s a feeling that the viewer can relate to.
“Stop pretending that I have it all together. If I’m scared, be scared. Allow it. Release it. Move on,” she says to herself, in one of her diary segments.
 We feel her pain and her excitement but most of all we feel inspired. It’s as though we’ve learned a little bit more about life as she shares little pieces of wisdom with us.
After emotionally exposing herself to us all, what’s next for Queen B? A Vogue cover, a world tour, and hopefully  a few more years of music.Who run's the world? Well, as of now it's clearly this Queen B.

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