Beyonce
has revealed why she featured Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie in
one of her songs in her new album. She explained to UK Mirror how she
got to know about Chimamanda and why she featured her. She also talked
about her husband, daughter, fans, and how she is striving for growth,
love, happiness and fun.
“I was going through videos on feminity
on Youtube, when I came across this video of this incredible Nigerian
author, Chimamanda Adichie.
“Everything she said is exactly how I feel. My message in this album was finding the beauty in imperfection,” she said.
“I
had this image of this trophy and me accepting these awards and kind of
training myself to be a champion and at the end of the day when you go
through all of these things, is it worth it? I mean, you get this trophy
and you’re like, ‘I basically starved, I have neglected all the people
that I love, I’ve conformed to what everybody else thinks I should be
and I have this trophy. What does that mean?
“The trophy
represents all of the sacrifices I made as a kid, all the time I lost
being on the road in the studios as a child and I just want to throw
that s**t up!”
She also spoke about her daughter, Blue Ivy and hubby Jay Z, and what she’s up to lately.
“I
have a lot of awards and I have a lot of these things that are amazing
and I worked my ass off, I worked harder than probably everybody I know
to get those things, but nothing feels like my child singing ‘mummy’.”
On striving for love, happiness and fun, she said;
“No,
nothing feels like when I look my husband in the eyes, nothing feels
like when I’m respected, when I get on the stage and I see I’m changing
peoples lives. Those are the things that matter and at this point in my
life that’s what I’m striving for – growth, love, happiness, fun.”
She also gave one final piece of advice to her fans, “Enjoy your life – its short. That’s the message!” she added.
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