Wednesday at midnight marked a homecoming forBeyonce Knowles-Carter.
This came with the added surprise ofa liveHomecomingalbumof her set.
It was also a homecoming of culture.
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Jay-Z and aDestiny’s Child reunionhighlighted what became known as Beychella, but in theHomecomingdoc, Knowles goes deeper.
Here are the biggest takeaways from the more than 2-hour-long film.
“And the amount of swag is just limitless,” she adds.
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It’s just so much damn swag."
The HBCU concept
Every live performance from Knowles has a clear concept.
There is something incredibly important about the HBCU experience that must be celebrated and protected."
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“My body went through more than what I knew it could,” she recalls.
“I was 218 pounds the day I gave birth.
My family is my sanctuary, my weakness, and my strength.
They are my tribe, and it was important that we all felt like family.”
“There were days that I thought, you know, I’d never be the same.
I had to rebuild my body from cut muscles.
It took me a while to feel confident enough to freak it and give it my own personality.”
“It’s not like before when I could rehearse 15 hours straight.
It’s just so beautiful that children do that to you.”
“Every patch was hand-sewn.
Every tiny detail had an intention.”
What do they represent?
What is the silhouette?
What is gonna look the most graphic?
How do we look united but how do we have these different characters that stand out?"
“I see you,” she says.
“How did you do that so fast?
She has on my outfit, y’all.”
That someone was trans performer Miss Shalae.
“I had the yellow outfit when she had on the pink,” Shalae toldOutmagazine.
“She totally would have been freaked out.”
