If you've never been stung by the Beyhive—Beyoncé's swarm of devotees—count yourself lucky. It's an experience of shame and misery with a dash of life-threatening danger. An off-color joke I tweeted about a potential Jay Z and écnoyeB album elicited a call to arms from a hive leader: hundreds of replies, dozens of veiled threats, and teenage girls threatening to beat my ass.
Why don't other famous folks have fans like this? How about an Obamahive? Or better yet, Mr. President, just work with what's already out there: Put the most readily assembled transnational army to work. Trouble with bad guys radicalizing and recruiting via Twitter? Have your speechwriters compose tweets from ISIS about how Katy Perry is better than the Queen Bee. Problem solved.
—@FIVEFIFTHS
Trouble with bad guys radicalizing and recruiting via Twitter? Have your speechwriters compose tweets from ISIS about how Katy Perry is better than the Queen Bee. Problem solved.
If you've never been stung by the Beyhive—Beyoncé's swarm of devotees—count yourself lucky. It's an experience of shame and misery with a dash of life-threatening danger.
Trouble with bad guys radicalizing and recruiting via Twitter? Have your speechwriters compose tweets from ISIS about how Katy Perry is better than the Queen Bee. Problem solved.
I like how passionate Beyonce fans are, but they shouldn't be proud that people feel harassed or bullied if they voice their opinion about other artists.
I think the best fan base this year goes to either those crazy, devoted 5SOS or Fifth Harmony fans. They've been voting in droves to have them win "Best New Artist" awards at nearly every show. This kind of media attention has helped their artist gain some mainstream radio support (ex: 'She Looks So Perfect' or 'BO$$').