The official high quality cover for the February issue of GQ magazine with Beyonce on the cover has been unveiled & as many have seen she is serving up some curves for the entire world to see. The issue is titled GQ's 100 Sexiest Women of the 21st Century & Bey's entire cover story has been released for all who love her to enjoy. In the interview she dishes on her fifth studio album where she says she has done collaboration with The-Dream, Pharrel Williams, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake. She goes on to describe the sound of the project saying that "there's a bit of D'Angelo, some 60's doo-wop. And Aretha & Diana Ross." To get the Bey Hive excited it was revealed that along with the new album a world tour will follow & the actual album will be unveiled sometime in March of 2013.
Read some excerpts below.
On her collaborators: “I’ve been working with Pharrell and Timbaland and Justin Timberlake and Dream. We all started in the ’90s, when R&B was the most important genre, and we all kind of want that back: the feeling that music gave us.”
On songwriting: “I used to start with lyrics and then I’d find tracks—often it was something I had in my head, and it just so happened to go with the melody. Now I write with other writers. It starts with the title or the concept of what I’m trying to say, and then I’ll go into the booth and sing my idea. Then we work together to layer on.”
On the album’s influences: “Mostly R&B. I always have my Prince and rock/soul influences. There’s a bit of D’Angelo, some ’60s doo-wop. And Aretha and Diana Ross.”
On her inspirations: “Even the silliest little thing that you hear on the radio, it comes from something deeper. ‘Bootylicious’ was funny, but it came from people saying that I had gained weight and me being like, ‘I’m a southern woman, and this is how southern women are.’ My motivation is always to express something or to heal from something or to laugh and rejoice about something.”
Peep the full interview HERE.
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