![]() It pours out of her and the feeling is visceral. The voice that comes out of her does so with zero straining regardless of how high she hits or how low she goes. Jay came back out, performed "Empire State of Mind" without Alicia Keys, and the show was over. ![]() She introduced the next song as "my favorite song to sing with my husband" - the crowd went wild knowing a Bey and Jay moment was coming - and started singing Justin Timberlake's part from "Holy Grail." Jay joined her and they put on an amazing performance of the song, complete with Beyoncé dropping to the ground and whipping her ponytail around like she was possessed (by Sasha Fierce, I assume) and a kiss between the couple at the end. ![]() She emerged moments later still in the pink leotard that was much more vibrant on the giant screen, but also with a long fur shawl wrapped around her. "Yeah, I saw Beyoncé once, but I really just watched her on a screen, so I might as well have stayed home watching her on YouTube."Īfter finishing up "Feeling Myself" with Nicki, Beyoncé left the stage. I tried to force myself to watch Tiny Beyoncé on the stage, because if I watched Giant Beyoncé, then I'd feel like I'd always have to qualify my words when I told someone I saw her live. I could barely even tell it was her, which meant I had to depend on the giant screen that showed a giant Beyoncé with a giant hot pink leotard and a giant flawless high ponytail. Still, I took, like, two more pictures on my crappy ass camera because it was Beyoncé and I was seeing her!!! Technically. I tried to take pictures and they came out like this: The 34-year-old started singing her "Feeling Myself" verse and the audience went wild. Nicki had been controlling the stage with her gang of backup dancers dressed in all black and suddenly a row of women all in pink appeared behind them. We were promised Beyoncé and the moment was finally upon us. The entire crowd knew Beyoncé was coming. After Nicki performed "Moment 4 Life" and jumped into "Feeling Myself," I knew Beyoncé was coming. To get back to Bey - because this is about Bey, not a sexy tale of drunken virginity losing nor a drawn-out complaint about the proper way a charity concert should be billed - seeing her brought some complex feelings out of me. Knowles-Carter herself, played only one or two songs. Instead, everyone involved, from "Tidal Rising Artists" to Ms. Having certain artists listed as though they're headliners, including Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Usher, implied to me that these musicians would be playing longer sets. While the concert was for charity (proceeds went to the New World Foundation), its website didn't hint at the "telethon" ( as the New York Times calls it) vibe that was to come. But, would I have felt the same way if I hadn't been there as media and had paid face value for my ticket? I'm not so sure. It made for a fun night, I got to hear from some new artists I'd never heard of, and I got to listen to a bunch of music I like live. To shimmy my way out of the sex talk now because we don't need to go there with the details, I'm glad I went to Tidal X: 1020. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Imagesīut just because you don't regret something, it doesn't mean that it's the optimal experience. I knew the dude through a friend, didn't regret it got the tickets through my job, didn't regret it. ![]() ![]() This lead me to the aforementioned one night stand situation, which I can now conveniently relate to seeing Beyoncé for the first time. I never planned on, ahem, doing the deed with someone with whom I wasn't in love, but also didn't have any strict rules on when or how this would happen. What began as a half-baked metaphor in my mind to convey how heavy seeing Beyoncé live weighed on me has a much clearer connection now that the words are typed out. I feel like I lost my Seeing Beyoncé Virginity on a one night stand that I barely remember, and now I want to see her up close in a full-length concert that I will truly understand and cherish. I say "for the first time," not only because of how momentous this occasion was, but because after seeing Beyoncé perform at Tidal X: 1020, I definitely need to see her again for two main reasons: One, I feel like I only "saw" her in that the sight of her technically crossed through my eyes and into my brain and two, what I did see was not nearly enough. On Monday night, I saw Beyoncé in person for the first time. ![]()
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