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Beyoncé says she’s fought to protect Her Privacy in New Interview

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Updated on June 17, 2023

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Beyoncé has spoken about separating her personal and professional lives.

Her rise to pop cultural apex has been attributed to a variety of factors, including pushing boundaries with her music, breaking records, winning accolades, selling out arenas, a devoted fanbase, and – perhaps most intriguingly – the ability to keep control over her private life.

She began her career as a member of Destiny’s Child, one of the most successful girl groups of all time. Jay-Z is her husband, and they have three children: Blue Ivy, Rumi, and Sir Carter.

She has 79 Grammy nominations and has won 28 of the coveted prizes when all of her recorded acts are included.

“In this business, so much of your life does not belong to you unless you fight for it,” she remarked in a new interview as she was announced as the cover star of Harper’s BAZAAR’s September 2021 edition. “I’ve fought to protect my sanity and my privacy because the quality of my life depended on it.”

She added: “We live in a world with few boundaries and a lot of access. There are so many internet therapists, comment critics, and experts with no expertise. Our reality can be warped because it’s based on a personalized algorithm. It shows us whatever truths we are searching for, and that’s dangerous. We can create our own false reality when we’re not fed a balance of what’s truly going on in the world. It’s easy to forget that there’s still so much to discover outside of our phones. I’m grateful I have the ability to choose what I want to share. One day I decided I wanted to be like Sade and Prince. I wanted the focus to be on my music, because if my art isn’t strong enough or meaningful enough to keep people interested and inspired, then I’m in the wrong business. My music, my films, my art, my message — that should be enough. Throughout my career, I’ve been intentional about setting boundaries between my stage persona and my personal life, Beyoncé noted, adding that the boundaries go both ways. My family and friends often forget the side of me that is the beast in stilettos until they are watching me perform”.

Beyonce, who is also renowned for her Ivy Park sportswear line, rose to fame alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

Rowland and Williams remained her “best friends,” and she said that her former bandmates and her sister, singer Solange, were among her major influences.

In other parts of the conversation, Beyoncé talks about what she’s learned over the years as she approaches her 40th birthday in September, and what she’s learned from her loved ones in particular. Bey remembers an event in the early days of her career with Destiny’s Child when she got criticism for her weight. She credits her father, Matthew Knowles, with encouraging her to convert experiences into songs.

‘I remember when I started hearing people criticise me after I had put on some weight. I was 19. None of the sample clothes fit me. I was feeling a bit insecure from hearing some of the comments, and I woke up one day and refused to feel sorry for myself, so I wrote “Bootylicious.” It was the beginning of me using whatever life handed me and turning it into something empowering to other women and men who were struggling with the same thing.’