A year after releasing her self-titled fifth album, Beyoncé has released an 11-minute powerful short film, entitled “Yours and Mine,” sharing several pearls of wisdom on fame, feminism and marriage.
The film, narrated by the 33-year-old entertainer, features scenes from the music videos she released alongside the album.
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Appearing without makeup and extra fluff, the “Drunk in Love” singer complains about the price of fame. “I sometimes wish I could be anonymous walking down the street like everyone else,” she says. “Now that I’m famous it’s really, really difficult to do very simple things.”
She add that fame strips an individual of their human characteristics and renders them the “property of the public.” “There’s nothing real about it,” she adds.
Beyoncé and husband Jay Z have endured a plethora of damaging headlines about their alleged rocky marriage. The rumors began to run rampant after video of Jay Z, 45, and Solange Knowles’ elevator altercation surfaced.
“It’s okay to depend on someone,” Beyoncé says about marriage. “It’s actually what we’re supposed to do. We’re supposed to depend on each other. And when you find the person that you trust and you love and you feel is going to respect you and take all the sh-t you have and turn it around and bring out the best in you, it feeds you. It is the most powerful thing you can ever feel in your life.”
She also unpacks the word “feminism,” which has been heavily discussed in 2014. “I always considered myself a feminist, although I was always afraid of that word, because people put so much on it when honestly, it’s very simple,” she explained.
However, she notes herself as a humanist who sympathizes with men, especially African-American men. “I have a lot of empathy for men and the pressures that they go through and the culture that have been created especially for African-American men,” she said. “I have the same empathy for women and the pressure we go through — the woman has to provide so many things for their children. I consider myself a humanist.”
