Beyonce is on the brand new issue of Complex magazine and it is Hot!!!!.
Beyonce opens up about the competition, working with Kanye, Frank Ocean, and her husband and his music… I appreciate that she built her foundation with him in private first (bc people have so much to say) and years later, she is just now starting to admit she even knows the guy! LOL…
“I am very comfortable in the throne I’ve been building for the past 15 years.” Say that Bey, as you should be…
Speaking on Frank Ocean after hearing him for the first time
“Jay had a CD playing in the car one Sunday when we were driving to Brooklyn. I noticed his tone, his arrangements, and his storytelling. I immediately reached out to him—literally the next morning. I asked him to fly to New York and work on my record.”
And her admiration of her husband’s talent
“Jay’s music is more than music. His lyrics have fathered generations. All that he has overcome gives millions so much hope. There are moments when I see his lips moving and I can see lyrics floating above his head and I think, ‘Wow! How did I get so lucky to be able to witness this level of genius so closely?’”
How she deals with bad days
“I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. People who complain really get on my nerves. When I’m not feeling my best I ask myself, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’ I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.”
On why she went with this On her new eclectic sound for 4 ( And I absolutely love $ by the way)
Figuring out a way to get R&B back on the radio is challenging. Everything sounds the same on the radio. With 4 I tried to mix R&B from the ’70s and the ’90s with rock ‘n’ roll and a lot of horns to create something new and exciting. I wanted musical changes, bridges, vibrata, live instrumentation, and classic songwriting.”
Check out Complex for her full interview and more pics. And peep the behind the scenes video of Mrs. Knowles Carter working it out at the cover shoot:
Beyonce was also on Access Hollywood—- keeping us entertained and making us more captivated by dropping little pieces of insight into her world…
See what she says about having babies..– Don’t want to watch it?, OK- Forty, that’s a good one. Before I hit the age of 40, I’d love to have some children. I would love to direct, continue to learn videos and maybe by then a film, a short film… I love documentaries.
I just hope that I’m happy and into my children and well-adjusted and still making music, if that makes me happy at that time.”
luv the behind the scenes