![]() Adichie (and other feminists) never intended? Could Beyonce’s example of remix pop culture present a flawed (pun intended) view of feminism, or at the very least one that Ms. However, to their defense, who wants to miss out on any potential earnings of a successful song? In relation to Beyonce’s “Flawless” song, the question isn’t one of copyright infringement, but of faulty interpretation (being a strong, feminist woman vs. Many artists see this as copyright infringement of their work (if not used by permission), despite the exposure that the remixed version of their work may bring them. Remixing involves taking a piece of another culture, song, movie, speech, etc and mixing it in with a song. Ironically, many musicians, including Beyonce, are taking part in this phenomenon. The music industry specifically has thrown out a lot of backlash for those participants and users of the remix culture. Although the song gives credit to Chimamanda and her speech, there has been no word on what her opinion of Beyonce’s use of her speech is. She embraces feminism and equality for women (and everyone else for that matter) full force. She uses title feminist boldly and does not understand why people in today’s society are often refer to it in a negative context. She’s a Nigerian author and female activist, who has been recognized for her literary works well before Beyonce’s “Flawless” was even thought of. Adichie originally gave during her talk, “We Should All Be Feminists”. The snippets of the Star Search TV show and most importantly the speech from Chimamanda highlight remix culture and exactly how it’s being used in pop culture today.īeyonce’s song “Flawless” was originally titled “Bow Down” and features the harsh lyrics “….Don’t forget/Respect that/Bow down bitches/H-Town vicious”. The song also features an old audio clip from an episode from Star Search, in which Girls Tyme (a precursor to Beyonce’s former group, Destiny’s Child) competed. Her featured section is actually a collection of unaltered snippets from her TEDx speech that she gave in April 2013, speaking about feminism and its misconceptions. However, Chimamanda is not featured in the sense that she was in the studio with Beyonce recording her part of the song. “Flawless” features Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as well. ![]() One of the album’s songs, “Flawless”, was touted as a bonus track on the album. She sent fans into a downloading frenzy, as the actual hard copy of the CD was not available until a few weeks later. I thought: I am a writer and I have been for some time and I refuse to perform in this charade that is now apparently expected of me: ‘Thanks to Beyoncé, my life will never be the same again.’ That’s why it didn’t speak about it much.On Friday, December 13, 2013, singer Beyonce released her self-titled album strictly on iTunes. I thought: are books really that unimportant to you? Another thing I hated was that I read everywhere: now people finally know her, thanks to Beyoncé, or: she must be very grateful. Literally every major newspaper in the world wanted to speak with me about Beyoncé. “I think she’s lovely and I am convinced that she has nothing but the best intentions,” she told the publication. “…But I was shocked about how many requests for an interview I received when that song was released. In an interview with Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, she opened up about the aftermath of “***Flawless,” the song she gave Beyonce permission to use a sample of the speech on. ![]() And while the prize-winning author-Adichie’s notable works include Americanah and Half a Yellow Sun-appreciated the discussion starter, there was just a tinge of disappointment that certain people would have only stumbled across the speech, feminism and her through the pop star. ![]()
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