Wednesday, October 6, 2010

If I were a Boy


Music is also part of the culture. It´s a way to express how people feel. Through music we can learn about the other cultures. Sometimes maybe we disagree with some music videos or lyrics songs, but it´s culture for the singers and they sing and record videos according to their cultures. So we have to respect it even if it`s not ok for us!
"If I Were a Boy" is a pop song sung by American  singer Beyoncé Knowles . It was written by Toby Gad and BC Jean, and produced by Gad and Knowles for her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008). Alongside "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", the song was released as the album's lead single to U.S. radio on October 8, 2008.
The music video for "If I Were a Boy", directed by Jake Nava, was shot in black and white. Beyoncé said that the video is both compelling and reflective of the independent woman stance that she has exhibited throughout most of her career. It portrays a narrative about an ordinary day for a couple in a role reversal that is hinted at by the lyrics. This is visually revealed only at the end of the video where we get to realize that the husband is a cop and what the female character [Beyoncé] has been doing throughout the video is what the male character has had actually done to her all along. She wonders what women would do if they were men.

6 comments:

  1. well i think this song portrays, common situations that people are facing nowadays. sometimes guys think in a chauvinistic way. coz stereotypes have a big influence in society.women all the time are treat as a inferior. karlaleiva

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  2. actually we must learn to respect women and their position in the society
    women and men have the same rights and dutties
    they need of us as we need of them
    gabriel

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  3. Beyoncé sings very well, and I really like this song....!!! But something that I really wonder is what would women do if they were men.....!!!!??? Maybe they just could not do it....!!!
    Miguel Sequeira

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  4. Let me tell you something this song shows how women feel in the society and in my humble opinion is true. Maybe we have advanced about the roles and now women have more participation but it doesn't mean that some of them around the world continue being victims of Human Rights violations and abuses. Johan

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  5. A good song by Beyonce!... She`s triying to show the female´s role in the society, and what in the video happens is totally true. Personally I didn´t like the end of the video, cause the gay was acting in a bad way.
    Karol S.

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  6. if i were a boy i could make pipi in everywhere...wait a second im a boy jajajaja im going to do it...jona

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