Beyoncé’s new tour finds her at the height of her artistic powers. What makes her sound,her dance moves, her image and her feminism so distinctive?Of late, and some music writers hold got into the habit of referring to Beyoncé as Queen Bey. It doesn’t exactly imply a great deal of critical distance,but you can see why the nickname has stuck. It is hard to assume of a recent album that feels more commanding and imperious than Lemonade, not just in its lyrics – where defiant woman-scorned wrath meets righteous social infuriate – but in its music. It sounds not like an R&B record, and but a push to dominate all of pop. “Country,alt-rock, left-field electronics, or hoary Jack White blues-rock? I can enact the lot.” That seems to be one of its messages.
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Source: theguardian.com