Beyoncé’s Renaissance

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today on Post Reports, culture writer Helena Andrews-Dyer breaks down our current Beyoncé moment: After breaking the record for Grammy wins and ahead of her upcoming world tour, we talk about why Beyoncé is more relevant than ever.

Beyoncé is having a moment. She just broke the record for winning more Grammys than any other artist, and her fans are clamoring for tickets to her Renaissance concert tour. But institutions like the Grammys are still not giving her the highest award: Album of the Year. Culture writer Helena Andrews-Dyer explains why Beyoncé (and this moment) matter, even if you're not a fan.

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0:00.0	Hey, Helena, do you remember the Beyonce moment that you and I had a few years ago?
0:06.6	Yes, for Beccella.
0:08.3	Helena Andrews' dire rights about pop culture for the post.
0:13.2	Kusha, you ready?
0:15.2	Let's go get on.
0:18.8	It's when it came out on Netflix.
0:21.2	Right.
0:22.2	And homecoming?
0:23.2	Yes.
0:24.2	When homecoming came out on Netflix, we're like, where are we going to watch this?
0:27.2	Who has a big enough TV?
0:28.2	And we ended up going to a hotel.
0:31.2	And watching it.
0:32.2	And we had a wonderful time in this hotel suite.
0:35.2	Those are eight of us.
0:37.2	Yeah, we're like dancing in the hotel room in the middle of the week, screaming, screaming
0:42.6	at this show on Netflix.
0:44.8	It wasn't even in person.
0:46.2	No, no.
0:47.2	I mean, and yet it was wildly exciting.
0:51.3	And that's the thing about Beyonce.
0:53.8	Like, it doesn't matter.
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