First Look: Beyoncé, ‘Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)’
Get your Freakum dance on
Last Saturday we got our first look at Beyoncé‘s new music video for If I Were A Boy and today we get our first look at her other new music video for Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It). Each video has a very distinctly different message but they deffo show that Beyoncé is more than just a crooner or a dancer … she’s also a schizophrenic:
MTVBeyoncé has two new songs on the radio — and two new videos as well. Why two, you might ask? Because one of them is not really Beyoncé: It’s Sasha. As B hinted in a letter to fans earlier this month, she wants to show “the many sides” of herself, and she’s doing that via two completely different videos, even if they are both in black and white. One video is pure Sasha — her onstage persona — and the other is stripped-down Beyoncé. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” is an upbeat dance track, and as such, the video is about dancing. B is joined by two look-alike dancers, befitting her alter-ego theme. They click their heels, almost as if they’re tap dancing, to give the song some extra beats, but despite all the hip-and-leg shaking going on, they want you to look at their hands. More specifically, their ring fingers. And since Beyoncé didn’t even want an engagement ring, according to what she told Essence magazine, this is your first clue that this song is really from Sasha’s heart, not Beyoncé’s. The video for “If I Were a Boy,” the Beyoncé side of the two, however, is the more meaningful one — and it comes with a twist that requires repeat viewing. Beyoncé and her boyfriend say a few words (“intimacy,” “honesty,” “commitment”), and then they start saying the words together: “You.” “Me.” “Us.” … The message might hearken back to what Ciara sang when she and B were going through a tomboy phase in their video clips, but this time, Beyoncé makes you feel it. Without the video, you might not.
In case you missed watching If I Were A Boy the first time around, you can watch it online right here as well. After the jump, check out B‘s video for If I Were A Boy …
I dunno. Single Ladies is hot. Sasha or whoever the hell Beyoncé thinks she is, girl is tearin’ it up! If I Were A Boy is more artisitc, I think. I don’t know which one I like more … do you?
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I dont think its a rip off of Mexican Breakfast. It was definitely inspired by the choreography, but I think it was more of an homage than anything else. Her dancing always looks painful to me. that kind of movement is really hard on the back, as a dancer Id need a lot of warming up to do that choreography lol
Girl can dance…….I can’t think of many women in Hollywood who can dance like that..but wow..this girl can MOVE!
Ya’ see – if Britney made videos that were this amazing I would forgive her for being crazy and talentless!
HOT!!! I LOVE IT.
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and can I just say, watch the video and keep your eye on the darker toned dancer. She’s totally killing it.
i definetly like better her other single. it has meaning, and this one is jus a catchy song, ish..
also because of you i LOVE if i were a boy. i dont think i would have listened to it had u not mentioned it.
I love this video sooooo much, its so simple and the dance moves are amazing!! I like how its one scene and the camera pans around them. Was this taken in one shot? The video definitely made the song 100x better! GO beyonce!! BTW im not a beyonce fan, actually anti beyonce. GO BRITNEY!!!
I just blogged about this post. You know, we went through Tori’s mulitple personalities, I don’t think I can go through that again. Plus I compare that glove she wears in “Single Ladies” to the Witchblade. Maybe she’s doing a tap dance audition for the new movie version?
she is TOTALLY biting that funny ass youtube ‘walk it out’ video with those ladies from the sixties.
Erm, Beyonce rips from Kylie again!! The glove is a knock off the same type of cyborg glove Kylie is sporting in her latest tour. Kylie has been wearing the gloves since May 08 and were designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. See for yourself here:
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i love both of them!! beyonce is just hot in put a ring on it!!! she looks great! i’d like to dance until i get that body! lol!!!
Forgive me for this: Schizophrenia is not the same as multiple personality disorder. It’s so often casually used that way, but not the same. Do with that what you will. (My very sweet uncle has Schizophrenia, so I’m sensitive to it.)
Denstiny’s Child the way it always should have been.
Love it! So catchy and fun. The only thing I dislike is the robotic arm…
I think they used Bob Fosse choreography (Gwen Verdon) as an influence… Makes sense with the emphasis on the hands (Fosse’s signature). HOT VIDEO!
This isn’t my favorite Beyonce song nor is it a masterpiece but I love how her passion shows through with everything she puts out. She’s smart and definitely takes what she does seriously and is not lazy about it. It reminds me a lot of how Madonna approaches her career. It’s not a bad thing to be influenced by other artists like Fosse…so much of what we see is an interpretation of something else. But I think there’s a difference between imitation and inspiration. This is not imitation.
Thank you, FK, for pointing out that schiophrenia is NOT multiple personality disorder. Brandy, what exactly do you find so funny about a severe mental illness that devastates millions of lives?
Hey I was wondering who is that guy in Beyonce’s video “If I were a boy” ? he plays her love interest……HE IS FINE.LOL
Anybody know?
Im liking B’s moves! Damn she can dance good in those high heels.
How longe before some guy will be dressing up in shoes and posting it up on YouTube? A week or two?
its a bit like “get me bodied” don´t like it ,