“In an era of Rihanna and Lady Gaga and Katy Perry and Kesha, where those people are making hit after hit after hit,” Mr. Caramanica observes, “Beyonce seems to be looking at them and saying, ‘Yeah, I’m good. I don’t need to do any of that. I’m Beyoncé, have you heard me sing? I’m going to do this.”
- by Jeremy Egner for The New York Times
