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Never let it be said that singer/actress Beyoncé, supposedly 27, needs help with her self esteem. (Her sister Solange also has a high sense of self worth, but at least Beyonce seems to have earned hers.)
Marie Claire has excerpts from Beyonce’s interview in their upcoming issue and she’s pretty straightforward about how she’s reached her level of success. She’s hard-working and she thinks she’s earned it, damnit.
She’s been quoted in the past as saying there’s a time limit on being a pop star. ‘Being a pop star, yes,’ she responds. ‘Being a legend, an icon, absolutely not. And, at this point, that’s what I’m trying to do. I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.’
By her own admission, Beyoncé is very ‘reserved’ off-stage. ‘I’ve created an alter ego [she refers to her on-stage persona as ‘Sasha’]: things I do when performing I would never do normally. I reveal things about myself that I wouldn’t do in an interview. I have out-of-body experiences [on stage]. If I cut my leg, if I fall, I don’t even feel it. I’m so fearless, I’m not aware of my face or my body.’ So, when she sang, “I can have another you in a minute. Matter fact, he’ll be here in a minute”, in hit song Irreplaceable, was she referring to Jay-Z? ‘I’m sure people think I wrote it about [Jay-Z] or something, but… the obvious person is not the person at all.’
‘B’, as she’s called at home, will also admit to being a workaholic. There’s an as-yet untitled new album due out in November; then there’s her movie career, in particular Cadillac Records, co-starring Adrien Brody, which tells the story of Chicago label Chess Records. Her character, the Grammy-winning blues legend Etta James, battled a decade-long heroin addiction. ‘I’ve been saying for a long time that I wanted to do something dark. People are going to be very shocked. It’s the complete opposite of me. It was very emotionally draining. I was exhausted.
[From Marie Claire via WeSmirch]
Beyonce does talk the talk when it comes to acknowledging her success, saying she proud of her opportunities and saying she thinks of herself as a trailblazer:
Does she feel she’s paved the way for more African-American women to achieve huge success? ‘I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies. And I do think that I’m opening doors for more black women, just like Halle [Berry] and Diana Ross opened doors for me.’
[From Marie Claire]
You see, newbies like Rihanna cannot touch Beyonce because she’s more than they’ll ever be. She’s supernatural, she’s iconic, she’s not even Beyonce. She’s like this whole other person that changes based on her mood. Beyonce claims not to feel it or care when she has a mishap on stage, but she did tell concert-goers last year not to post footage of her falling down a flight of stairs during a performance. Maybe Beyonce doesn’t know Sasha that well and she’s really just a brave performer who has hangups and gets embarrassed like a normal performer is prone to do. She shouldn’t be so detached from her other personalities.
Beyonce is shown on 2/10/08 at the Grammy Awards. Credit: PRPhotos
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19 Responses to “Beyonce says she wants to be ‘iconic,’ calls herself ‘fearless’”
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at least Beyonce IS talented, and i don’t feel like projectile vomiting… like every time i see Tyra!
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Iconic, ironic, moronic.
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I’m so tired of this Prima Donna. Iconic my ASS. She isn’t even that talented. I’m tired of her, and her whole stuck-up scene.
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You don’t become an icon by wanting it.
It all sounds a bit schizo to me too…..I hope Sasha will sit down with Beyonce over a coffee and talk this through.
Being a self-centered bitch doesn’t do anyone a favour. -
she is blessed with beauty, vocals, dancing ability and stage presence though. JEALOUS….just a bit…okay kinda a lot. Anyway….back to my iconic 9-5….just joking, Ima keep surfing,.
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I’d call her over-exposed and over-done, m’self
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I think she’s fabulous. You know you’re an icon when the drag queens in NYC and Vegas start doing you in their acts. Beyonce has made it. Recognize!
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Even with the schizophrenia (sp?), Beyonce is utterly boring.
And this is a girl who, when she was allegedly around the age of 20, compared herself to Diana Ross.
Humility *is* a virtue, dammit.
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that dress makes her left boob look ginormous!
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“Humility *is* a virtue, dammit.”
True. true. I don’t much like her, she comes off as so full of herself but I gotta say, she IS talented and a great performer. Iconic? - dunno. Time will tell.
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She can sing but her voice is shrill as hell and she relies on shouting way too much. Her dancing is mainly about shaking her hair, on a technical level she’s not so much. As an actress, her eyes are deader than the cast of THE HILLS.
If it weren’t for her father, Joe Simps - I mean, Papa Knowles, she would have been a one hit wonder and vanished. And drag queens do her because she has man legs so it’s easy.
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So fearless she hasn’t changed her style in the last eight years. Whatever.
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alter ego? With a name? Crazy bitch.
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Hard to be iconic when you’re never in the public eye . . .
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oh please, all you haters can go to hell…b is sweet, very hardworking and humble about the success that she has earned up to now… i get the fact that she does not want to be called a popstar because it is not enough for a woman who is ambtious as her..she is not saying call her iconic now you idiots, the iconic title is what she wants and is aming for it.. she will work towards getting it like she did to get the popstar title..i love her and her fabulous thighs.. why dnt u stop trashing someone who catually works to get something in lala land and go and get your bloody thighs as toned as hers
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She tries too hard..
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rubbish….tired of being a pop star my foot….ill tell you what she is really tired of….Rihanna lol Go Caribbean!
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Iconic my ass for who, fake white blond hair, potrayal of sex gimmic images, music garbage, ashamed of being black, no proper education and no intellect. No young black girl can relate to her. What doors did Halle Berry open for black women she is so vain and lacks knowledge. If she wants to talks about opening doors she must talk about people like Janet Jackson, has she forgotten that if it was not for Lauryn Hill she would not have won those 5 grammys she did not deserve.
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Lol. Yes, she definitely shouldn’t be so detached from her other personalities, she’s in desperate need of those other brain parts the “B-personality” is clearly missing.
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