The teaser for Beyonce’s eagerly anticipated self-directed documentary has already come and gone. Now the full trailer has arrived.
The behind-the-curtains glimpse shows the 31-year-old being put through her paces in a dance rehearsal, facing down a a paparazzi gauntlet, working with her team before a show, a shot of the singer’s baby bump — pre-Blue Ivy’s birth — while a confessional voice over from Bey muses on life, fame, fear, and how to keep up with her own formidable career.
At one point she says:
“I always battle with how much do I reveal about myself. How do I stay current? How do I stay soulful? I felt like I had been so commercially successful, it wasn’t enough. It’s something really stressful about having to keep up with that.”
Later adding:
“So I set my goal, and my goal was independence.”
Finally at the end of the 1:30 clip, the Houston native concludes:
“Power’s not given to you, you have to take it. You’re playing a hard game, a much bigger show — and that’s what life is.”
The release is called Life Is But A Dream , and it possibly was a dream to film as the singer can’t have been short of footage to choose from. In the latest issue of GQ magazine , the “hottest chick in the game” revealed she keeps a digital diary of her life in an official Beyonce archive .
If you’re thinking the “Single Ladies” songstress is everywhere at the moment, you’d be right.
Recent revelations that the singer will perform a medley with Destiny’s Child alums Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams during her halftime Super Bowl set, were bumped by yesterday’s unveiling of the R&B trio’s new single “Nuclear.”
Produced by Pharrell Williams, the gentle but addictive mid-tempo is the only fresh song on Destiny Child’s forthcoming compilation album Love Songs , which drops on January 29.
The busy mother also told GQ that she is prepping a new solo album with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Dream, and Pharrell. NME confidently reports that Beyonce will also debut a cut from the still-in-the-works record at the Super Bowl on February 3.
Keeping up? That makes one of us. HBO will air the Life Is But A Dream documentary on Saturday, February 16 at 9/8c.
