“Girl I’m Tryna Kick It with Ya”: Tracing the Reception of the Embodiment of Girl/Bedroom Culture in “7/11”

Melissa Avdeeff

doi:10.2307/j.ctv1b742hs

“Girl I’m Tryna Kick It with Ya”: Tracing the Reception of the Embodiment of Girl/Bedroom Culture in “7/11”

Melissa Avdeeff

School of Media and Performing Arts

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Abstract

The initial release of Beyoncé’s “7/11” single and music video caused a minor flurry of activity online among audiences trying to “figure out” how to interpret the track—one that’s admittedly quite different from the artists’ previous aesthetics at the time. On November 22, 2014, SupDaily06 (Chris Thompson) posted the YouTube video “Beyoncé—‘7/11’—EXPLANATION.” While reflecting on Beyoncé, he admits he has “not really enjoyed her voice that much since ‘Dangerously in Love,’ but … [does] dig the new album.” Then he offers his interpretation of what the new “7/11” video “is really about”:

OK, so what I think...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Beyoncé: At Work, On Screen, and Online
Editors	Martin Iddon, Melanie Marshall
Publisher	Indiana University Press
Chapter	10
Pages	226-250
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-253-05283-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1b742hs
Publication status	Published - 2020

Publication series

Name	Beyoncé

Keywords

MUSIC
Social Media
Youth
Discourse Analysis
digital ethnography
digital methodologies

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“Girl I’m Tryna Kick It with Ya”: Tracing the Reception of the Embodiment of Girl/Bedroom Culture in “7/11”

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