September 20, 2024

Beyoncé is rumored to sing the theme song for “The Hunger Games: A Song of Birds and Snakes”.




Taking to social media, popular American tabloid, P.T, revealed the Gist. 


If I Were a Boy (2008)

As acoustic-guitar-driven, powerfully sung mainstream R&B power ballads go, If I Were a Boy is an impressively original example of type. Beneath its heartbroken lyrics about a failed relationship lurks a subtle, sad excoriation of what would now be called male privilege, the lyrics smartly switching between exploring the topic and suggesting how it might be altered.


The Closer I Get to You (feat Luther Vandross) (2003)


As far removed as you can get from the innovations of the Beyoncé album or Lemonade, The Closer I Get to You is a slick cover of a 1977 Roberta Flack-Donny Hathaway duet, with Luther Vandross filling the Hathaway role. It’s lovely: a great song, beautifully sung, with Beyoncé admirably uncowed by the presence of a soul titan.


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