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Originally posted by madonnafan18
I am tired of artists these days just being lazy and just self-titling their album.
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I agree. I find it to be silly and it seems like just a marketing tool so they can talk about the album being "their most personal yet" and how they've "changed so much" and whatnot. I've said how I dislike this naming scheme at just about every recent self-titled album.
However, I do not find Beyoncé's use of it to have any of these connotations. I was disappointed that it was self-titled until I realized that any other title would not have really made sense. The whole strength of Beyonce's surprise release was that "BEYONCE HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT!" The name mattered little considering there was no hype or promotion for it, so a broad theme or album concept wasn't necessary. It was, as a visual album, it's own entity and the simplicity only managed to put more emphasis on the album itself.