The best analysis on Beyonce’s Drunk In Love lyrics

Thank god I’m not alone. Truth be told there had been whispers before, but at least now I have proof that I’m not alone in just not getting Beyoncé

Granted my sisters-in-arms are markedly older than I am (although just having recently stepped off a 14 hour flight we look remarkably similar) but I think their reading of the lyrics of Beyoncé’s latest hit  helps define everything I’m having trouble with. Except of course her dress but I’ll get to that later

Take a look

Nice lyrics when you look at it like that. Or when you don’t. But now I’m going to get serious.

When we hear songs with lyrics that may offend our delicate children’s ears we are quick to denounce the teeny bopper stars. We complain about the way Miley Cyrus dresses and pokes out her tongue, we slam people like Rihanna for taking off their gear and posting selfies of themselves in bed. But Beyoncé tells us that she is a feminist and so we seem to accept that she can behave in any way she wants because, well because FEMINIST.

But in truth her lyrics are not just explicit they may be deemed offensive.

Time.com reports

When Beyoncé and Jay Z opened the Grammy Awards ceremony … with a performance of their song “Drunk in Love,” it sparked an immediate conversation about CBS bleeping the song’s language and Bey’s chair-dancing skills but …, a far more in-depth debate has resurfaced about the song’s lyrics.

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Even before the Grammys brought the song extra publicity, a rep from a British radio station told E! that their radio edit of the song would cut the line in question because they didn’t want to “condone” domestic violence — but the headline-grabbing performance has brought the song back into the spotlight, particularly because Bey sang along with the Anna Mae line. The Guardian‘s post-Grammys take called the lyric “disturbing” and “distasteful”; at Bustle, they describe her complicity in the offending phrase as “gross misconduct.” At Colorlines, the lyric and the Grammys performance were interpreted as evidence that the star — who has been vocal about her feelings on gender equality — is less of a feminist than she might appear. (Nobody has put forth an argument that “Drunk in Love” is talking about domestic abuse at the Carter home; rather, the idea that an actual case of abuse could be used in a suggestive joke implies that Beyoncé either doesn’t think domestic violence is that big of a deal or, at best, she doesn’t give much thought to the consequences of her words.)

I’d love to hear Beyonce talk about these lyrics because while she may be penning articles on feminism, she’s not answering the people who want to know why she’s condoning domestic violence in her performances.

When Kim Kardashian (and yes, I agree Beyonce has talent that Kim doesn’t have) had a baby and then posted pics of her post baby body people went all Mother Grundy and cried with comments like “why show your body/ where’s your baby?” but Beyonce has a baby and trots around with very little on and those same people coo – “aw, she’s stunning she can dress however she wants because she is a feminist and it’s her choice”.

I don’t get it. I don’t see Beyonce as an icon to feminism, I don’t see her as a role model I would want my child to look up to. I just don’t get her at all.

I would love someone to explain to me with words not just adoration, what Beyonce has that makes her more appealing than any other dancing singer who strips off her kit and sings along with her  husband words like  “beat the box up like Mike in ’97”. (Box is a slang term for vagina and the reference to Mike is to Mike Tyson who is a convicted rapist )- maybe she just likes her sex rough. But maybe I don’t need to hear that anymore than I need to see Miley pleasuring herself, Rihanna getting it on in her bed or Beyonce herself wearing next to nothing while she promotes her music and her feminism.

Here’s the video of Beyonce performing her song Drunk In Love

What do you think?