Beyonce’s last music video was a tweaked nightmare involving lots of lingerie, a really tacky wedding gown, and a bad lyrical storyline involving Beyonce whining about an ex-boyfriend on the day of her wedding. It was a hot mess. Anyway, Beyonce has a new non-single music video out for her song “1+1”. Her label says “1+1 is not an official single, but it’s the first song on the album and it’s the first of many videos which will be released to visually tell the story of 4.” Beyonce co-directed this with Laurent Briet and Ed Burke, and Beyonce has called this song her favorite on her album, 4. It was written by The Dream.
Random thoughts:
*Wow, Beyonce must be wearing the motherload of glittery Victoria’s Secret lotion on her face.
*I’m getting really tired of this ratty-looking blonde weave.
*Damn, her face is really messed up. Really, really messed up. She used to be so pretty.
*I feel like we’re just about to see Beynipple.
*Most of the production costs went for baby oil.
*Gross, the blonde weave being thrown around in slow motion. WTF, Bey?
*Leopard-print panties, bra and black garters? Why does every Beyonce video seem like a lingerie ad these days?
*The song is actually rather pretty.
*Green eyeliner?
*OK, this video is just ridiculous.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
She looks like here go hell come.
I kinda like the video but damn that song is crap….just like the rest of the album.
It’s like an advert for a porn channel, there should be a simple dance tune in the background like the ones for Playboy Tv and whatever
Greasy.
copying again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKZXQ-mJieo&feature=related
She’s beautiful!
LOL @ gee- You must be a member of ONTD 😀
There is gonna be some badass Youtube parodies of this video and I can’t wait. This is the video Drag queens have been waiting for honey!!!
I love Bey, but yes girlfriend did look greasy and shiny. Like she was having a Vaseline party or something. I liked the kaleidoscope action, though, around the end. In some parts her hair looked a mess and in some parts it looked great. I liked the green eyeliner look. Very pretty. The song is kinda meh. I still love Bey though.
before i watch the video i’ve got to say: you think she’s messing with her face? that makes me sad: my bf and i always took her as an example of gorgeous, not super-skinny or muscular, natural-face girl.
i was never a big fan of her music, but i like the video for run the world and i LOVE the song.
those of her “lalalala” slow songs never did it for me(as the cheesy videos-the gown in the last one was like something Kardashian would wear!!)
edit: OMG i don’t know what’s worse:the song or the video. i just…can’t. like a cheap parfum commercial. worse.
Ineffably silly.
I thought she was going to start yodelling.
I am at a loss for words – I cant get past the oily mess! Is that suppose to be sexy?
Ugh. Not gonna waste my time on the video but that still pic….wow…she looks like a different person.
Is she trying to get herself pregnant with Jay Z’s baby in this video…cause we know it ain’t happening right now.
This video is disgustingly horrible. Lack of everything else but the oil and glitter.
LATELY BEYONCE LOOKS LIKE KIM KARDASHIAN WITH A TAN.
WOW!!! Lmfao, who else thinks that she is morphing into Micheal Jackson? I guess that is why her husband compared the two lol
Another video on Celebitchy I just couldn’t make it through. I did better than the last Courtney Stodden post though, where I couldn’t even bring myself to push play.
It reminds me of Prince. Huge love for Prince – but the song and video just remind me of him for some reason. Bring on the baby oil Bey! Holy crap I feel like taking a shower after that one.
Now I have to wipe my screen. Oily mess.
That video IS ridiculous.
No, no, not sexy at all!
Bad song, bad video, bad look. Too much oil
TOOO MUCH OIL… Gross.. gross
Weird. Just weird. YOU!
That spastic “you!”
Weird.
However, visuals became prettier towards the middle and end..
Beyonce is perfection IMO. She’s beautiful,talented, has great work ethic and thick skin. I will say I’m not in love with the song….
So many artists reach a point where there’s a disconnect between them and what’s interesting/relevant, and it shows in their music. X-tina is there already. B needs to shake it up asap… and by shake I don’t mean her ass in a VS outfit.
She’s trying waaaaay too hard to be sexy and meaningful. When the video first started I was reminded of D’Angelo’s Untitleld (How Does It Feel) video–which is super simple and 100% sexy– but then it devolved into that usual Bey mess.
LOL at Celebitchy thinking Beyonce used to be pretty! She’s just a list a black women you use your site to bash. She has done nothing to her face and therefore since you only have negative things to report on this woman, why even bother. It’s your site but it’s bad enough African American women, when actually reported on, are thrown to the wolves. I’m done!
Like many on this site I’m sick of this overrated, overpaid egotist and her meaningliess pop drivel, she has the personality of a hairbrush and sings like a shrieking peocock; bouncy and her people are devoid of wit, charm, class, intelligence; this vid looks like a toni braxton vid mixed with a garnier shampoo ad; there are so many female singers – corinne bailey rae, sade, esperanza spalding – that deserve more attention than this vacant fameho.
i’m not going to watch the video – just not interested enough. but, damn! B has done some terrible things to her beautiful face! Whyyyyy?
Does anybody else think she looks like Shakira in the top pic? Like a tanned, oiled up version of Shakira! Who I think is very pretty in her own right, but not as pretty as Beyonce…was.
She messed with her lips – they are smaller now, along with her nose which is narrower than before. not a fan of her music but i was a fan of her old face.
I think she’s trying to look like Vicky Beckham. very strange…
I saw her new CD in Starbucks and thought it was Brittany with a tan. And can somebody roll her around in some flour or something…EW! She tries hard to copy Shakira and it bugs. The lyrics are stupid what happend to all the great lyricists?? “SUCKS TO BE YOU”?? Did her nephew write that dumb shit??
Is she trying to outclass Jermaine Jackson in greasiness?
beyonce’s acting will forever suck but i do like the video.
how can you NOT appreciate her?
whatevs.
Ajanni i agree…..i kinda feel the same way about it..bey hasn’t changed in the last years IF there have been surgerys they went down ages ago NOT lately…i bought her album cuz i love her and i don’t want her to quit ever…she is the last female perfomer with actual talent and stage presence.
i love her tha’s why i support her but i know the album isn’t one of her best..even tho i luv me some of the songs 1+1 included…u should all wait until she releases some of the other songs like ..start over…or schoolin life..their awesome.
I LUV BEY
I don’t know that she’s done anything to her face. Looks the same to me but the video for this song is AWFUL! The oily grease is not attractive and B has been trying way too hard it seems these days. Its like she is trying too hard to be over the top. Can’t say I’ve liked much since Single Ladies came out. I think she needs to have a break, have a baby and then give us what she’s got. Girl has an amazing voice but I’m tired of her ‘sexiness’ being thrown in my face everytime I see a video with her.
Has she just had sex on a sheet-less waterbed covered in baby oil? Because, other than the hair, that’s what it looks like afterwards. (Actually, no, now that I look at it, the hair’s pretty right on too.)
A greasy damn mess!
It sounds like something R Kelly would sing. The couple of “tears” that escape from her eyes while she stares frozen half way through are also ridiculous.
Gross. Tacky music, tacky clothing, tacky person.
“I don’t know much about alegebra, but I know 1+1 equals two?” Is she trying to rip off Sam Cooke?
In some show of black female solidarity that exists in my own head, I want Beyonce to do well. I remember when she came out. I was 14, she 19–and now we’re the same age.
But I digress.
I think she has one of the best voices out there, but she wastes it with the screeching and on ridiculous lyrics like:
Still love the way he talk/ still love the way I sing/
Still love the way he rock them black diamonds in that chain / Still all up on each other, ain’t a damn thing change / My girls can’t tell me nothing, I’m gone in the brain (from Countdown, the most insufferable song outside of, well, anything by Katy Perry)
Or, this gem from the song in the video: I don’t know much about algebra but I know that 1 + 1 equals 2.
You paid someone to write this s**t?
Dude, it sucks.
We know it.
And she knows it too.
How can I tell? Because if she were truly confident that she was singing about something meaningful, she wouldn’t have to take her clothes off to get the message across.
Beyonce’s been in this game for a long time and it’s time for her to start concerning herself with quality over quantity. She needs to stop rushing albums, take a break, and come back with songs–and videos–worthy of of her voice.
I’m in the minority, i enjoyed the video and love the song, she is talented and beautiful.
I’ve never understood the attraction of Bouncy.
Bland songs fronted by a woman with a bland personality, next to no musical talent and a chubby arse.
The pictures on this very post suggest she is nothing but a prolapsed vagina.
When did Swiss Mountain yodeling match up with greasy half dressed popstars?
If this is the new trend in music/fashion/whatever can I get a note from the teacher to be excused?
Totally an adult channel ad, or maybe one for a 900 number, remember those?
The oil stuff was just icky. Made me think of Jenna from 30 Rock and the salad dressing for her photoshoot! Wonder if Beyonce kept sliding all over the place like that.
I don’t know what exactly she’s done, but she does not look like herself anymore. Which is a shame, because I always thought she was quite beautiful.
The last photo is hilarious! She’s very obviously trying (and failing) at a Tina Turner thing… someone really needs to tell her “don’t bother.” There is only one Tina.
I started laughing at the “YOU!” part. It was random and weird. And I watched that french video, it does bear some striking similarities. She seems to be getting all her ‘inspirations’ from old french performances lately huh? In all, she has a crappy video.
That video was so boring. I didn’t even get halfway through it.
I think she’s gorgeous, but not in this. I love her voice, but not in this. The only good use of this video is as an ad for flavored lube….why else get that greasy? She is better than this.
@silken_floss: LOL!! Just an avid reader. I don’t have an LJ!
I don’t mean to be crude but Beyonce, in this video, looks like a b!tch in heat desperate for a f*ck.
Bored the crap outta me. Plus she’s so glossy. I like the videos where she’s dancing. I’m a dance fanatic and she’s one of the best dancers and a great performer. That’s the only time I can actually stomach her.
celine:she is the last female perfomer with actual talent and stage presence.
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Um you should watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlrMyDIww8s
Thats freaking talent. And she actually sings live (B pre record a “live” version)
And about the “hating cause shes black” thing, no. Alot of people dislike B but love Ciara, Missy, Tina etc.
Its about your own preference or however you say it.
Ick…I hate that song. Too corny and the way she sings “you” is irritating. I wish she would release “Countdown.” That song has been on repeat on my iPod since the album came out! Very catchy and the only good song off her album.
God this is the worst fucking video I have ever seen and the song is a goddamn train wreck! 🙂 Seriously! It is!
algeba….drops the r like she drops her clothes. She markets herself to male lust and females thinking if they smell, dress or dance like her they will be lusted after as well. Women trying to appeal to other women don’t do it by being overtly sex unless those women buy into the above “hope”. She is beautiful though, but ughh with the everytime you look at me I want you to think about sex
Greasy mud duck
The first minute of that felt like a mushroom trip.
beyonce,beyonce why?dis album is just wack nd am really nt feeling dis song nd the video is just meh beyonce should hv repeated what she did 4 who run d world dat song was also very stupid but great video but everything abt dis song nd d video is ugly.i actually really do lyk beyonce nd d music industry wont b d sae if bey continues lyk dis so beyonce if u r reading dis ur fans r not enjoying dis 1.
AWFUL all of it. the video, song, all the grease, everything. Yuck
Werty,
is she dancin’?
did she sell as many records?
did she have as many sold out tours?
i am asking if u can compare her to Bey?
i am asking how u dare write to me giving me this as an answer?
i am not only talking about voice i am talking about stage-personality, stage-presence, show. I give a F**** about her in real Life cuz that’s not what i am payin’ for.
i luv Pink i understand where u are coming from but don’t u dare compare her to Beyonce cuz she is NOT. Nobody is, Beyonce made it cuz she is hard-working, talented AND beautiful, she is a relevant Superstar. U won’t be able to wash that away because people like me will hold on. I am sick of singers (riri, xtina, katy perry even lady gaga sumtimes) thinking they could do half the work Bey does and still get away with it. i won’t pay for 40 or 60 %…i’ll pay for 100 or 1000% and feel good about it, cuz i know it’ll be woth it.
Beyonce is the last Diva i would pay a 100$ for, to see her puttin’ on a show.
Yes she’s greased up like a pig at a rodeo, but am I the only one who thought the light playing off all that grease was quite interesting? It was almost like rippling water. I think those shots were deliberately about the light reflections and less about greasing up a chick to make her sexy.
Also, Prince would KILL this song. He should have done it. Panties would be dropping everywhere.
She just sucks so much, I can’t even handle it… I can’t even hadle that so many people don’t see how enduringly and virgorously she sucks.
Are her videos directed by 14 year old girls? Because ony that level of maturity could produce this version of “sexy/beautiful”.
We all deserve better than this.
TACKY!!! I am so embarrassed for this woman in past yrs. Ever since she married she tries WAY to hard to be sexy. She is such a narcicist and her videos prove that. She just comes across as sleazy. Put it away – you are 30 for goodness sakes!
She’s morphing into Shakira. o.O
pretty but does resemble a KY Yours&Mine commercial
Tasteless and she’s so classless. There might be a decent song buried there despite the idiot lyrics but she completely ruined it. She does have a voice but she misuses it, and she is one of the most horrible dancers out of all entertainers.
What. The. F**k.
Gross
Looks as natural as Michael Jackson at the end.
Greasy, orange mess again? Hasn’t she been greasy and orange in a lot of videos? I couldn’t believe it was “new” when I first saw it. And dayum on the lyrics.
When this silly thing premiered and she started singing “I ain’t no good at algebra but I know that 1 and 1 equals 2” I got embarrassed for whoever wrote that and had to turn. I’m not going to explain the difference between addition and algebra to anyone who made it out of 8th grade. On the bright side at least now you can see how her dad got away with grifting some of her millions for so long.
Actually Sam Cook wrote that line. the lyrics seem to mirror a song he did called “Wonderful World”, though different song arrangements.
This song and video sucks major a$$. I personally think Beyonce has a beautiful voice but she very rarely displays that talent. She excessively whines and does weird $hit like the “you” in this song. I watched her perform live once and I was blown away by her voice. I never get to hear it in the songs that are released to radio.
She is beautiful but yes…she is very tacky. Especially in recent years. In this video she is not even beautiful. Just greasy as hell. She needs to take a break.
I’m sick of watching her fake hair go round n round every single time i see her, year after year.
This song is ridiculous. I like her voice but she sounds terribly angry singing and the video is just so cheap-looking.
UGH.
I guess she’s one of those artists that needs to be kept on a really short leash to produce anything that has some taste. Because she herself doesn’t have it.
I get “fierce” and I get “sexy” but this isn’t either of them.
I even like Lady Gaga’s latest stuff more than this. Too bad.
couldn’t get past :50…..there are no words. i don’t care for her to begin with – i don’t find her very talented and HIGHLY overrated.
blahblahblahblah…YOU!
blahblahblahblah…YOU!
blahblahblahblah…TWO!
weird song; creepy, weird video. she looks like a sweaty prostitute.
you people…are WAY too negative. she’s clearly beautiful and she has talent. she’s got soul and thats more than what most so called ‘artists’ have out there.
THis is the most stupid songs from beyonce, ridiculous rhythm, irritating and annoying. For the video, it’s so beyonce..
Nonsense saying that she’s being attacked here because she’s black.
The women who get ridiculed the most on Celebitchy are Leann Rimes, ‘Linnocent’, ‘Goop’ and Kate Bosworth, followed by X-tina lately. All of these people are not black.
“I remember when she came out. I was 14, she 19–and now we’re the same age. ”
LOL.
I find it very telling that bey’s defenders seem to be pulling the race card here.
Come on people.. bey isn’t all that great. She really thinks that offering herself as sexual object is somehow a sign of female empowerment.
That’s why i don’t like her. I don’t buy her stuff. Probably never will.
Just awful. I prefer Gaga’s new album to this nonsense. Boring, untalented and over-rated. Doesn’t anyone in her team have the balls to say “um bey that’s not a good idea?”. If sex still sells, I’m not buying this. Nor her perfume etc etc. She’s rich enough by now. Totally agree with #80 above.
All I can think about is Maya Rudolph parody-ing this on SNL. I don’t even know if Maya is still on SNL, but, it’s all I can visualize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKZXQ-mJieo&feature=related
just watched the video and i must say from the glitter, to the water scene to the blowing out smoke from her mouth to even the editing of the video it looks like beyonce or the person who made this video copied from this movie.. the similarities are too much to be coincidence
I find it very telling you people never notice how OBVIOUS you are.
VERY telling. 😀
Why does someone so gorgeous and talented have to stoop to this stripper-type stuff in her videos? She is a lady who has it all, and yes she is sexy, but she must have access to the most fabulous clothes in the world. She should wear them in her videos. That way people won’t start throwing around the words tacky, unclassy, and soft porn.(Her husband is awesome, I saw him in November).
Is it me or does she continue to morph into Shakira?
She looks greasier than that can of bacon grease my Southern Granny keeps in her kitchen.
“Shakin’ that thang on that man Lookin’ all stank and nasty Swore you look cute girl in them dukes Booty all out lookin’ trashy Sleazy put some clothes on, I told ya Don’t walk out ya heezy without clothes on, I told ya ”
From Destiny’s Child song, Nasty Girl. That song annoyed me somewhat back then because it sounded sanctimonious, but I didn’t think she would stoop to this level herself.
What the hell is Algebah? Anything like Algebra?.
Oily and overrated!