Question: I asked Rookie readers on Twitter if they had questions for you, and someone wanted to know what you thought of Beyoncé’s new album. We could start there.
I will admit that I haven’t purchased it yet, so I haven’t seen all the videos in full, but I was just blown away by the creativity. I would cry if I had to make that much visual content for an album! Just on that level, it’s phenomenal. But it also just feels like the album that I have wanted to hear from Beyoncé for such a long time, and I’m so happy that it has happened. I liked what you guys said about her not being afraid to let her feminism evolve, and you can hear that in this record, which I think is so important and such a hard thing to bare. It feels really personal. It meant a lot to me—I was just like, ****, I’m so happy that this exists right now and also I’m so glad that no year-end lists matter anymore. [Laughs]
