jeudi 4 août 2016
Beyoncé's Lyricist Finally Speaks Out About "Becky With the Good Hair"
Beyoncé isn't an easy person to read. She rarely does interviews. And gives us sneak peeks into her glamorous life and travels on her Tumblr and Instagram pages. But when she dropped her Lemonade album with an accompanying HBO special in April, she gave us a few clues that life isn't always easy for her either. The internet erupted into speculations and rumors that some of the songs suggested Jay Z cheated on the Queen Bey.
There was one particular lyric in the song "Sorry" that caused the most drama. "They sneaking out the back door. He only want me when I'm not there. He better call Becky with the good hair," she belted.
Within hours of the song's debut, fashion designer Rachel Roy inserted herself into the situation by captioning a (now-deleted) Instagram: "Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens." This made Beyoncé's fans attack Rachel on social media, accusing her of being Becky.
Women of color also pointed out that the lyric had a deeper meaning about race and hair. We explain it all in detail here.
Months later, it still has not been confirmed that Lemonade is biographical, that Jay Z cheated, or that Rachel is Becky. Yet, we finally have a clue about the situation, thanks to an interview Entertainment Weekly did with Diana Gordon, the lyricist behind the song.
When asked what she thought about the public's reaction to the Becky phrase, she said: "I laughed, like this is so silly. Where are we living? I was like, 'What day in age from that lyric do you get all of this information?' Is it really telling you all that much, accusing people?"
Hear that? "Becky" may not have had all of these hidden meanings about infidelity and racial cues, as Diana questioned how deeply we read into her words. Still, her casual response sheds some light on the buzzed-about topic.
EW also asked Diana if she and Beyoncé ever discussed the response this lyric caused. "No," Diana said. "I don't think she expected it. I saw her at her Formation tour. She had a pajama party; we laughed, we danced, we hugged it out."
Diana went on: "But I didn't say much about it at the time because I wanted to give her space. The idea started in my mind but it's not mine anymore. It was very funny and amusing to me to watch it spread over the world. If it's not going to be me saying it, and the one person in the world who can say it is Beyoncé, I was f-ing happy. With Beyoncé, I feel like the songs we worked on were specifically for her."
Interpret that as you wish, internet!
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