Beyoncé & Rihanna: No One Man Can Have All That Power (But Two Women Can)
Beyoncé, tagged as a guest performer at the Super Bowl, overshadowed two mainstream male acts during the halftime show, with a powerful performance hinging upon a political message. With one song/video, for new single “Formation,” Beyoncé took control of the conversation—a necessary conversation of being Black, now, in America—on the biggest stage in the world.
But that’s only one conversation Beyoncé started with “Formation.” She also continued steering the subject toward the shifting power dynamic in a relationship, specifically when it comes to romantic intimacy. “When he fuck me good I take his ass to Red Lobster, ‘cause I slay,” she spit-sings on the second half of the song. The line became one of the most socialized, and meme-able, lines from “Formation.”
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