Short Film; A Different Side To Beyonce (Yours & Mine)

Queen Bey has always been a very complex mysterious human being. She doesn't interview, she rather voice out through her music and art. Beyonce released A retrospective short film celebrating the one-year anniversary of the self-titled visual album, BEYONCÉ. In this film, she talks about the downside to fame.

In the video, she says:

"I sometimes wish I could just be anonymous and walk down the street just like everyone else. Before I was famous, I was the girl on the hill with the guitar. I was the girl that just wanted a beautiful view of the beach and now that I am famous it’s really, really difficult to do very simple things. I think it’s the hardest thing to give up, but my mother always taught me to be strong and never be a victim, never make excuses, never expect anyone else to provide for me; things that I know I can provide for myself. I have dreams and I feel like I have a power to actually make those dreams become a reality.

When you’re famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public. There’s nothing real about it. You can’t put your finger on who I am. I can’t put my finger on who I am. I am complicated. I grew up with a lot of conflict and traumas. I’ve been through a lot just like everyone else. My escape was always music and I am so lucky that that’s my job, but if I accomplished all these things and had no one to share with it would be worth nothing. You know you need something real in order for any of this stuff to
matter. You have to have something that is forever. Something that is invisible.

I was brought up seeing my mother trying to please and make everyone comfortable and I always felt like it was my job to fix the problem — a people pleaser. But I’m no longer afraid of conflict, and I don’t think of conflict as a bad thing because I know when you grow up, and you learn a few things, you are no longer afraid of letting go. You are no longer afraid of the unknown. You are no longer afraid of going certain places in your body; mind and soul that may make you feel uncomfortable. And it all starts with if you can look at yourself in the mirror and say I like that person, you know. If I hadn’t gone through some of the painful experiences in my life, I would not be me.

I feel like my body is borrowed and this life is temporary. I watched my friend’s body deteriorate, and to see someone pass on so gracefully, put everything into perspective. We do not value ourselves enough; especially young people don’t really appreciate how brilliant our bodies are. I’ve always been very, very specific and very choosey, about what I do with my body and who I want to share that with. People feel like they lose something when they get married, but it doesn’t have to be that way. There’s nothing more exciting about having a witness to your life.

I always consider myself a feminist, although I was afraid of that word because people put so much on it. When honestly, it’s very simple, it’s just a person who believes in equality for men and women. Men and women balance each other out and we have to get to a point where we are comfortable with appreciating each other. I have a lot of empathy for men and the pressures that they go through and the cultures that have been created, especially for African American men. I have the same empathy for women, and the pressures we go through. The woman has to provide so many things for their children. I consider myself a humanist.

You know everybody is not good at everything. You know it’s okay to depend on someone. It’s actually what we are supposed to do; we’re supposed to depend on each other. And when you find the person that you trust and you love and you feel is going to respect you and take all the sh-t you have, and turn it around and bring out the best in you — it feeds you. It is the most powerful thing you can ever feel in your life. Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy; you make you happy. And one thing that’s for sure… the love I have for music, for my husband, for my child is something that will last far beyond my life."

Watch the black and white 'Yours & Mines' film below!