Beyoncé, August 24, 2020
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Statistics as of August 24, 2020 at 11:09 PM EDT
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This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series about the 2019 song "Brown Skin Girl" as performed by Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter.
This post provides information about the official video for "Brown Skin Girl" and showcases the official music video of that song and that song's lyrics.
Biographical profiles and links to information about Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and WizKid are also included in this pancocojams post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/08/beyonce-blue-ivy-saint-jhn-wizkid-brown_25.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases the Beyoncé et al song "Brown Skin Girl" and presents a small number of comments from the discussion thread of that official YouTube. Most of these comments refer to colorism and the impact of this song/video on the self-esteem and group esteem of those commenters and other people of color.
Here's a definition of colorism from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorism: "prejudice or discrimination especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin."
This post provides information about the official video for "Brown Skin Girl" and showcases the official music video of that song and that song's lyrics.
Biographical profiles and links to information about Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and WizKid are also included in this pancocojams post.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/08/beyonce-blue-ivy-saint-jhn-wizkid-brown_25.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases the Beyoncé et al song "Brown Skin Girl" and presents a small number of comments from the discussion thread of that official YouTube. Most of these comments refer to colorism and the impact of this song/video on the self-esteem and group esteem of those commenters and other people of color.
Here's a definition of colorism from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorism: "prejudice or discrimination especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin."
The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural,
entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Beyoncé SAINt JHN, WizKid, and Blue Ivy Carter who
performed this song. Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all
those who are quoted in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/07/brown-skin-girls-throughout-world.html for a July 2019 pancocojams post about that song. That post, which showcases a sound file of that song, is entitled "Brown Skin Girls Throughout The World Comment About Beyoncé's Song "Brown Skin Girl"
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/07/brown-skin-girls-throughout-world.html for a July 2019 pancocojams post about that song. That post, which showcases a sound file of that song, is entitled "Brown Skin Girls Throughout The World Comment About Beyoncé's Song "Brown Skin Girl"
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THE SONG "BROWN SKIN GIRL"
Excerpt #1
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Skin_Girl
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" On the heels of her visual album Black Is King,
Beyoncé has shared the stunning video for “Brown Skin Girl.”
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LYRICS - BROWN SKIN GIRL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THE SONG "BROWN SKIN GIRL"
Excerpt #1
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Skin_Girl
" "Brown Skin Girl" (stylized in uppercase)
is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, Guyanese singer Saint Jhn and
Nigerian singer Wizkid, featuring Blue Ivy Carter from the 2019 album The Lion
King: The Gift[1][2] and featured in the 2020 film Black Is King.[3] The song
was sent to Top 40/Rhythmic radio on July 23, 2019 as the second single from
the soundtrack.[4][5] Billboard magazine ranked "Brown Skin Girl" as
the 68th best song of 2019, saying the song "bolsters Beyoncé's crusade
for cultural pride and female empowerment".[6] The song was the most
streamed female song of 2019 on Apple Music In Sub-Saharan Africa.[7]
[...]
[...]
Composition and lyrics
The song contains "spare, syncopated African
rhythms", while its lyrics deal with colorism faced by darker-complexioned
women: "Brown skin girl / ya skin just like pearls / Your back against the
world".[6] Billboard magazine called the lyrics "compelling",
noting how the song shout-outs pioneering brown girls such as Naomi Campbell,
Lupita Nyong'o, and Beyoncé's former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland.
[...]
Black Is King is an exclusive Disney Plus visual album and
film based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift, which premired on the
platform July 31, 2020. "Brown Skin Girl" has a music video within
the film, along with the songs "My Power" and "Mood 4 Eva,"
also from The Lion King: The Gift. All of the videos have been described as
"extravagances of elegance and soul". Many had cameos in the video
including Kelly Rowland, Naomi Campbell, Lupita Nyong'o among many others. The
song was included on the deluxe edition of The Lion King: The Gift, which
included all the songs included in the film.[17]"...
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Excerpt #2:
From https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonce-brown-skin-girl-black-is-king-1048780/"Beyoncé Drops ‘Brown Skin Girl’ Video Featuring Naomi Campbell, Lupita Nyong’o, Kelly Rowland" by Angie Martoccio, August 24, 2020
The track features her daughter Blue Ivy Carter, WizKid and
Saint Jhn. For the video — directed by Jenn Nkiru — they’re joined by Naomi
Campbell, actress Lupita Nyong’o and Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé’s fellow Destiny’s
Child.
The striking visual clocks in at just over six minutes,
featuring debutantes in elegant gowns. “Pose like a trophy when they Naomi
walking/She need an Oscar for that pretty dark skin,” Beyoncé sings. “Pretty
like Lupita when the cameras close in/Drip broke the levy when my Kelly’s Rowland.”
Beyoncé dropped the video on Good Morning America on
Monday, accompanied by a statement. “It was so important to me in ‘Brown Skin
Girl’ that we represented all different shades of brown,” she said. “We wanted
every character to be shot in a regal light — Jenn Nkiru came up with the black
debutantes. It was important that we are all in this together and we’re all
celebrating each other.” Added Nkiru: “My greatest inspiration comes from black
people, specifically black women.”
The 85-minute Black Is King arrived on Disney + last
month. Based on the music from The Lion King: the Gift (the soundtrack
to the 2019 remake of The Lion King), it marks Beyoncé’s third visual album,
following 2013’s Beyoncé and 2016’s Lemonade. Ahead of its
release, she dropped the video for “Already,” which features Major Lazer and
Shatta Wale."...
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LYRICS - BROWN SKIN GIRL
(Songwriters: Beyoncé; Carlos St. John; Ayodeli Balogun; Adio Marchant; Shawn Carter, Stay Barthe; Anathi Mnyango; Michael Uzoruwu; and Richard Isong) [as cited in this song's Wikipedia page and elsewhere]
INTRO (CHORUS): BLUE IVY CARTER, ST, JHN BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE VERSE 1: WIZ KID SHE SAY SHE THAT SHE REALLY GREW UP JUST LIKE ME DONʼT BELIEVE IN NOTHING BUT THE ALMIGHTY JUST A LITTLE JEANS AND THEN PURE WHITE TEE SHE NEVER DREAM FOR EVER BE NOBODY WIFEY SHE WHILEMINA PRETTY BUT SHE HEART IS A MAZE THE PLAY YA LIKE A VILLAIN CAUSE SHE CAUGHT IN A WAVE TONIGHT IʼM WALKING AWAY 9-5 MIND ON THE GRIND YA YA PRE: WIZ KID TONIGHT I MIGHT FALL IN LOVE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU HOLD ME IʼM GLAD THAT IʼM CALMING DOWN CAN LET NO ONE COME CONTROL ME KEEP DANCING AND CALL IT LOVE SHE FIGHTS IT BUT FALLING SLOWLY IF EVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT REMEMBER WHAT MAMA TOLD ME CHORUS: WIZ KID AND BEYONCÉ BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE VERSE 2: BEYONCÉ POSE LIKE A TROPHY WHEN THEY NAOMI WALKING SHE NEED A OSCAR FOR THAT PRETTY DARK SKIN PRETTY LIKE LUPITA WHEN THE CAMERAS CLOSE IN DRIP BROKE THE LEVY WHEN MY KELLY’S ROWLAND I THINK TONIGHT SHE MIGHT BRAID HER BRAIDS MELANIN TOO DARK TO THROW HER SHADE SHE WHINES HER BUSINESS AND WHINES HER WASTE GOLD LIKE 24K, OK
PRE: BEYONCÉ TONIGHT I MIGHT FALL IN LOVE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU HOLD ME IʼM GLAD THAT IʼM CALMING DOWN CAN LET NO ONE COME CONTROL ME KEEP DANCING AND CALL IT LOVE SHE FIGHTS IT BUT FALLING SLOWLY IF EVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT REMEMBER WHAT MAMA TOLD ME BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YA BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE BRIDGE: BEYONCÉ HAVE YOU LOOKED IN MIRROR LATELY WISH YOU COULD TRADE EYES WITH ME CAUSE THERE’S COMPLEXITIES IN COMPLEXION BUT YOUR YOUR SKIN IT GLOWS LIKE A DIAMOND PIGMENT LIKE THE EARTH YOU BE GIVING BIRTH TO EVERYTHING ALIVE BABY KNOW YOUR WORTH I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU FROM YOUR NAPPY CURLS TO EVERY SINGLE CURVE YOUR BODY NATURAL SAME SKIN THAT WAS BROKEN BE THE SAME SKIN TAKING OVER MOST THINGS OUT OF FOCUS VIEW WHEN YOU’RE IN THE ROOM THEY NOTICE YOU CAUSE YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL YEAH YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL THEM MEN THEY GON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND IN ALL OF YOUR GLORY YOUR SKIN IS NOT ONLY DARK IT SHINES AND IT TELLS YOUR STORY KEEP DANCING THEY CAN’T CONTROL YOU THEY WATCHING THEY ALL ADORE YOU IF EVER YOU ARE IN DOUBT REMEMBER WHAT MAMA TOLD CHORUS: BLUE IVY CARTER, ST, JHN BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS YOUR BACK AGAINST THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE BROWN SKIN GIRL YA SKIN JUST LIKE PEARLS THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD I NEVER TRADE YOU FOR ANYBODY ELSE -snip- This song is featured in Beyoncé's 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift.
**** BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES & LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG'S SINGERS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9
"Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/biːˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say; née Knowles; born September 4, 1981)[5] is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress and filmmaker"...
**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ivy
"Blue Ivy Carter (born January 7, 2012) is an American singer.... [She is] A daughter of musicians Beyoncé and Jay-Z"...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jhn
"Carlos St. John Phillips[1] (born August 26, 1986),[2][3] known professionally as Saint Jhn (stylized as SAINt JHN), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer."...
**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid
"Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), known professionally as Wizkid (sometimes stylized as WizKid), is a Nigerian singer and songwriter."...
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This concludes Part I of this two part pancocojams series on the official YouTube music video for Beyoncé et. al's song "Brown Skin Girl".
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Beyonce's "Brown Skin Girl" video features re-enacted scenes of Black (African American) debutantes.
ReplyDeleteHere's an excerpt from the article: "The Origins and Rich History of Black Debutante Balls" by Naima Cochrane, Oct 1, 2019 https://medium.com/cabcrenaissancecotillion/debutantes-and-cotillions-7e437cd1aac9
..."The cotillion is a formal social dance that began in the early 18th century Europe by French royalty. Later it became popular in England among families of nobility and white families in the United States of great wealth, especially in the South. In the early 20th century, some affluent black families adapted the tradition.
At the dance girls were introduced to society, primarily the family’s social and business network. The goal was to prepare the girls to find husbands. During a training period they practiced good behavior, learned dining etiquette, basic dance steps, and how to dress. The training, dance, and presentation transformed the girls into debutantes."...
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I have vague recollections of my older sister being a debutante in a cotillion in Atlantic City, New Jersey sometimes in the early 1960s. As we were definitely not an affluent Black family, she had to have been sponsored by someone else or some other people, perhaps because my grandfather was a leading figure in the county (Black) Baptist association.