She first started by commending Beyoncé’s artistry, saying: In October 2016, three years after the release of “***Flawless,” Adichie sat down with Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant and gave her first public comment on the song. She has been called “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”.
Bey clarifies her intentions on the album version, incorporating a section from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED圎uston Talk “We Should All Be Feminists.”Ĭhimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a writer from Nigeria.
The original single attracted criticism for what some people felt was Beyoncé’s counter-feminist stance in using the term “bitches”. Musically, Bey expands on a track she had released earlier in 2013, the Hit-Boy-produced “Bow Down / I Been On”. Perhaps the most culturally relevant track on Beyoncé, “Flawless” is largely responsible for pushing the word “feminism” back into the mainstream, and the ubiquitous “I woke up like this” is also the doing of this track. The hard-hitting eleventh track from Bey’s self-titled record, “Flawless” is among Beyoncé’s most experimental and influential records. I'm out that H-Town, comin', comin' down I'm comin' down, drippin' candy on the ground H-H-Town-Town, I'm comin' down Comin' down, drippin' candy on the ground Part II: ***Flawless We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller We say to girls: "You can have ambition, but not too much You should aim to be successful, but not too successful Otherwise, you will threaten the man" Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important ( C-Candy on the ground) Now, marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support ( Dum-da-dee-da) But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don't teach boys the same? ( Do-da-da, do-do, do-do-do-da) We raise girls to see each other as competitors Not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing ( Com-com-comin' down, drippin' candy on the ground) But for the attention of men We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are ( Dum-da-de-da) Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes ( Do-da-da, do-do, do-do-do-da) You wake up (Flawless), post up (Flawless) Riding 'round in it (Flawless), flossin' on that (Flawless) This diamond (Flawless), my diamond (Flawless) This rock (Flawless), my Roc (Flawless) I woke up like this, I woke up like this We flawless, ladies, tell 'em I woke up like this, I woke up like this We flawless, ladies, tell 'em Say, "I look so good tonight" Goddamn, goddamn Say, "I look so good tonight" Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn
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