'I've earned the right to be me': Beyoncé opens up about being vulnerable and stripping off for her sexy song Rocket
By HELEN ZHAO
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Beyoncé's been in show business almost her entire life – starting out at nine and putting out her first album as a part of Destiny’s Child at age 15.
She always felt she could not quite venture out on a limb and express the full breadth of her soul – so mindful of her audiences.
‘Now I'm in my 30s, and those children that grew up listening to me have grown up, and I always felt like it was my responsibility to be aware of kids and their parents and all these generations,’ the 32-year-old singer says in the fifth installment of her documentary, entitled Self-Titled Part 5. Honesty.
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The big reveal: Beyoncé just debuted the fifth installment of her documentary, entitled Selt-Titled Part 5. Honesty
‘And I felt like, in a sense, I could not express everything. I've done so many things in my life, in my career, that I feel like at this point I've earned the right to be me and to express any and every side of myself.’
Thus in her latest album, ‘The glue that ties this record together is honesty,’ the Crazy in Love singer, who wears a simple white T-shirt and denim shorts, states at the beginning of the video.
Her rawness and passion shine through in clips from her black and white video for Rocket, featuring a lingerie clad Beyoncé lying down, then standing tall at the edge of her bed, relaxing by a kitchen sink, and then lying atop a car, lighting up a cigarette.
Queen Bey: Another clip from Rocket shows the Crazy in Love singer standing tall by her bed
Journey: 'What I love about this song is, it takes you through this journey,' Beyoncé says of Rocket
Opening up: The 32-year-old singer says she is opening up in her new album in a way she was never able to before
What I love about this song is, it takes you through this journey,' she says, as clips of the racy video are shown. ‘You're flirting and you're talking all of your arrogant s***. Then you climax, and then you have your cigarette.’
But it’s got a deeper meaning for her.
‘This song actually is about singing from the heart, and harmonies and adlibs and arrangement,’ Beyoncé says.
The Houston native relished the collaborative process that her latest album entailed.
Back in the day: This clip from the fifth installment of her documentary shows Beyoncé performing at a young age
Rising star: Beyoncé shot to fame as a member of Destiny's Child, pictured here
In the beginning: Destiny's Child's first album came out when Beyoncé was only 15
‘How willing all these incredible artists were to write together,’ she says, as the featurette cuts to her working at the piano.
The Single Ladies singer’s vulnerability has definitely paid off – selling 1.3 million copies of her latest self-titled album in its first 17 days of release in the United States and remaining at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the third week in a row, according to Billboard.
Beyoncé is the first album by a woman to notch three weeks at number one since Taylor Swift’s Red claimed seven weeks at the top (non-consecutively) in late 2012 and early 2013.
Deeper meaning: 'This song actually is about singing from the heart, and harmonies and adlibs and arrangement,' Beyoncé says of Rocket
Not afraid to be vulnerable: The superstar strips off during the racy video
Bath time with Bey: The singer says she is showing a side to herself that most people have never seen
It is the first album since 2009 to sell more than 300,000 copies in each of its first three weeks.
‘I don't think I would've done it, you know, back then,' Beyoncé says of putting out such a personal project.
‘I don't think I would've been confident enough. I would've been too afraid of what other people thought, but I kinda dropped that fourth wall and I did it.
‘I feel like I'm having to tap into a lot of my life experiences to pull inspiration,' Jay Z's other half continues, ‘and I feel like I'm opening up a lot in these videos and showing a lot of sides to me that only a few people have ever seen.’
Lounging: The Baby Boy singer relaxes by a kitchen sink in her music video
Chilling: She lights a cigarette atop a car in another clip
In the works: Another clip from the documentary shows the R & B queen in the process of recording in the studio
She’s finally letting the world get a feel for the all the dimensions of who she is.
‘At the end of the day, I think all of us want happiness and joy and we want to be able to be ourselves and our best selves,’ Beyoncé says.
‘And sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. Sometimes you have to take the insecurities to get to the secure place. And all of those things I feel happy to express and share.'
Killing it: The Single Ladies singer's vulnerability has definitely paid off - selling 1.3 million copies of her latest self-titled album in its first 17 days of release in the United States
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