Post by Burke on Jan 12, 2013 11:25:11 GMT -5
Some 25 years from now, Beyoncé will be sitting in front of a mirror debating summoning the Android Huntsman 3000 to do away with the girl who’s threatening her position as the fairest in the land. Being chosen the sexiest woman of the 21st century when we’re just some 13 years in, could turn out to be a bit of a burden.
But GQ magazine clearly doesn’t care about that as witnessed by the fascinating new cover story, which offers a rare glimpse into the workings of Beyoncé and leads us to understand that even Beyoncé hasn’t quite come to terms with Beyoncé: "I now know that, yes, I am powerful. I'm more powerful than my mind can even digest and understand."
Writer Amy Wallace was granted an audience with the singer/entrepreneur/Grammy winner/millionaire/wife of Jay-Z and learned that Beyoncé keeps a vault full of everything Beyoncé: “. . . a temperature-controlled digital-storage facility that contains virtually every existing photograph of her, starting with the very first frames taken of Destiny's Child, the ’90s girl group she once fronted; every interview she's ever done; every video of every show she's ever performed; every diary entry she's ever recorded while looking into the unblinking eye of her laptop.”
Speaking of Destiny’s Child, Thursday Beyoncé announced that there’s new music coming; a new song which will be on the greatest-hits album, Love Songs. As well, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams are rumoured to be joining Beyoncé at the Super Bowl half-time show.
But, more about the vault: “Beyoncé's inner sanctum also contains thousands of hours of private footage, compiled by a ‘visual director’ Beyoncé employs who has shot practically her every waking moment, up to 16 hours a day, since 2005.” Do they film her pooping? Picking boogers? Having sexytime?
Some of all that footage will be put to use in the upcoming HBO documentary, Beyoncé: Life Is But A Dream, which is about Beyoncé and — surprise — directed by Beyoncé.
Despite agreeing to pose for GQ in a manner and dress specifically engineered for a particular type of male gaze (the kind, presumably, that enjoys activities such as the Super Bowl), she says, "I truly believe that women should be financially independent from their men. And let's face it, money gives men the power to run the show. It gives men the power to define value. They define what's sexy. And men define what's feminine. It's ridiculous."
