Most of the time, beyonce tends to do her own thing.. The 4 era comes to mind when I think about this; everyone else seemed to jump on the dance-pop wave, while she decided to take the traditional/retro Rnb approach..same thing goes for Self-Titled with the release strategy and the layout for the album
How on earth is Beyoncé a trend follower? Someone, PLS enlighten me. What has she ever done that was following a trend? She's done dozens of things that became trends because of her. There's literally no denying that.
Everyone wants to sing like Beyonce.
Everyone wants to release their album like Beyonce.
Bey does not release generic EDM singles, she stays in her own R&B/urban lane.
It's clearly only the typical haters that want to say something negative. Notice they can't explain themselves.
-Rhythmic vocal delivery (rap singing) false
-Surprise releases - wasn't the first person
-All the blatant Irreplaceable knock offs - many songs were big and had similar patterns of irreplaceable
-Dual singe releases - false
-Bootylicious arguably started the 'licious' trend. - Destiny child not Bey