When it was released on April 23, 2016, Lemonade credited 72 writers—and earned a swift public backlash as a result. One person on Twitter wrote, "Is this the time of year where we call Beyoncé a musical genius even though she has 50 [to] 100 writers and producers for each album[?]" Another said, "Beyoncé has FIFTEEN writers on one of her songs. But she’s a genius, they say."
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This article provides a basis for an interesting discussion that's extremely relevant our field because no matter what concentration you're in, you'll always be working with someone. The idea and practice of hiring others to help you succeed in your end goals has been around for ages and I don't think should be frowned upon. There are plenty of artists, makers, and inventors that became famous with the help of others that worked for them, for example Michelangelo, as referenced by the article. Besides, when you're an artist, considered a genius, and your ideas are larger than life, you need a full team to execute the task and have the idea come to life. Plus, there are simply some things you aren't as good as. If your pipes are leaking, you'll probably call a plumber or come up with some dinky remedy. In terms of Beyonce, I believe she's getting false hatred for the act because so many artists do it. Even our politicians do it when they're having their speeches written for them. The article even refers to Kanye West's recent album which pulls the same act but didn't receive the disapproval for it. This makes me think that the issue only exists to serve as a scapegoat to allow people to throw some crap at Beyonce. An important quote I'd pull from this is: "...can actually encourage creativity itself by helping us find like-minded creatives to collaborate with." In this industry our success especially depends on communication and healthy collaboration with our coworkers and production team. All-in-all, it's hard to be perfect alone. Only through bashing minds together can a product reach it's full potential.
I have long been searching for the reason that the freshmen are locked away for a year in the fluorescent-lit hell hole that is Purnell Center for the Arts Room 304, commonly referred to as “33”. For two long, dark semesters, we stew in that dreaded room on the third floor. Although it, at times, seemed like torture, but in reality, we were building our relationships with each other and developing into ourselves. Being in 33 locked in our friendships and led us to gain better collaborative skills as well as mature into the people we are now. And, in turn, those experiences affected out work. Since it’s that time of the year, the Rube Goldberg Project would not have been possible without the collaboration and the experiences we had gained both during and after class in the freshmen studio. We had to depend on each other to complete the steps and communicate constantly to ensure that it worked. Forgive me for reminiscing, but I am very thankful that I got the chance to spend a year with my class and I believe that we all became better artists and people as a result – just like Beyoncé.
Anytime I see the word “you” and “never” in the same sentence, I feel like there’s a challenge to conquer afoot. So I read this and disagreed not with what the author was getting at, but the anecdotal Grammy’s story he used to exemplify it. He starts by talking about how fans were upset at beyonce’s loss of the grammy to adele and fans immediate lashing out at the fact that beyonce has so many contributors to her album. It is obviously true that genius’s are built by teams working as a unit, but the problem I see with this example is that the award would be under beyonce’s name. Beyonce would have the album of the year when it really should go to the people who built her brand, art, and album to life with her as the face. Adele in comparison played a much more integral role not just as the face but as contributor and the product was arguably just as good. So in the context of the artist or face of a team winning, Adele seemed more deserving in my opinion.
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