The Cult of Beyoncé, Explained
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Is power a corrupting force? Or can it be wielded responsibly? The Queen Bey herself, Beyoncé's ascent to the throne of pop has generated tens of millions of fans. But Beyoncé fans aren't just fans. They're followers, zealots, worshipping the ground their Queen walks across. Known as the Beyhive, these fans view Beyoncé as their deity -- often posing the rhetorical question; "WWBD: what would Beyoncé do?" A reputation for violently swarming any voice that utters against Beyoncé, the Beyhive's "killer bees" raise serious concerns about the responsibilities of superstardom. The question: how did a little girl from Houston become the Queen of a global empire?
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Script and Edit: Daniel McMahon
Research: Mia Zimonjic
Sound Mix: Dan Pugsley
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Where I find stock footage: storyblocks.com/dodford
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0:00 - What would Beyoncé do?
1:10 - Little girl on stage
2:12 - First feeling of failure
3:45 - Dodford, behind the scenes
4:40 - Rehearsal bootcamp
5:31 - Destiny's Child
6:03 - Gone Wild
6:41 - Beyoncé: diva in the making?
7:28 - I love myself
8:11 - You can't escape Beyoncé
9:28 - Just a puppet?
10:36 - Beyoncé fires father
11:10 - Overwhelmed & overworked
11:47 - A year off
12:34 - Beyoncé is pregnant
13:39 - Super Bowl XLVII
14:21 - Formation
15:30 - Leader of generations
16:11 - A part of history
16:55 - Where's my Beyhive?
17:40 - Kid Rock is dead
18:11 - Fans have lost the plot
19:18 - What would Trump do?
20:56 - What would Beyoncé do?
21:41 - BeyGOOD
22:02 - Sacrificing privacy
22:45 - Living my dreams
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Remember that time Bey told the hive to stop bullying a woman and they told her to stay out of it 💀
This is like when mom tells you stop fighting
No lie they were hilarious for that.
@@kimberleywilliams7802 Nah fr 😂 or the time she told her mama she was annoying and they were on her neck
We never heard from her again
@@frankie7636we gotta keep her in check😭
Bruh the storytelling details are crazy. The "I am not God'' clip, the bee in that video of her when she was younger foreshadowing, the sound of bees in the background. Little details like this scratch my brain in the best ways
💯 dude that's just about the best brain massage I've ever had
I totally agree. & Queen Bey lives for the details 🐝✨
yes yes yes!
The end of this story is perfect. Her smiling and saying she’s lived the dream whilst a tear streams down her face. You never know if she’s happy, conflicted, guilty, grateful or all of the above. I love this channel
I love how this documentary doesn't dehumanize or villianize Beyonce and instead Humanizes her to a great degree. She is human, she is soooooo human. She has flaws and limits and has failed many times but she still gets back up. And now she's at a point in her career where she's comfortable enough to make music just for the love of it and not because she's trying to chase the charts or sell tickets. She just wants to enjoy her success and do what she loves, which is music.
Nah personally she ghost write red here voice is shit until she invoke lucifer then she improves sweet poor bet is a high priestess research it all g here for you rmtoclook before you start debaungvoate go shop get melba toast research and come bk I may even sharepate scraped of tongue laa
Keep looking jp coz their coming from jndeebneath rughtvfr your kids ok. No debate icwyud prefer right to be aware that’s all
Ikr
lol so human she sings about using the Bible as a tampon
You having her face as pfp says a lot about you and toxic fan culture and some ppl might think im reaching with this comment but i’m not.
without knowing a ton about beyoncé other than a few songs, i bought tickets to the renaissance tour this past september. i mainly went because i knew some songs from my childhood and wanted the bragging rights of “i’ve seen beyoncé live”, so i dove in for the experience of it. literally just within the first opening song, i knew the money i’d paid to be there was well worth it. the whole show was absolutely phenomenal from start to finish - she is truly a TITAN of a performer and a once in a generation type of talent. she sang some of her most vocally demanding songs completely live the entire time (even while dancing) and i kid you not, she did not go flat ONCE the entire night in the whole two or so hours she was onstage. all that being said, this is a really thought provoking angle to take on the beyhive and beyoncé as a person that i hadn’t fully considered before. beyoncé could be the most talented woman alive right now and that wouldn’t make her any more godly or any less human than any of us. it’s a simple concept, but the way you laid it all out was so intriguing. seriously great work on this one y’all, from the editing to the research to the way you crafted this open-ended narrative was just so well put together!
watching this made me realize how much of a fraud Jennifer Lopez is
Bullshit!
a lot of performers sing live while dancing it isn’t special
@@Justhppy2beherebe quiet. Name one artist who can do it better than Beyoncé while being in the right key and not running out of breath
@Justhppy2behere There are a lot...yes. There are others who are phenomenal. Beyonce is one of them. You have to go. I know this next concert is going to be a bloodbath to get tickets. It's a fun night out, sis, and worth it. If you go to the next concert, come back tell your experience. You never know❤
I will never understand how someone hates a person doesn't like them is ignorant of them but still continues to consume content about them
use your commas baby
She’s literally bombarded into our faces, can’t stand this demon. Satanists are so loud
So basically everyone's looking for God in human beings.
Celebrity culture 101
False Idols and Prophets
Jesus was the blueprint for celebrity culture
@@AugustCrossroads I agree. That's not my God.
@@AugustCrossroads The same thing happened to River Phoenix
8:01 but did yall catch those happy face lyrics “There’s plenty of people that don’t like me, but there’s 10 times more who love me and I love myself”! lol she was ready
Just realized. Love Happy Face 💟
DOPE!❤
I'm not a big fan but I appreciate how talented she is. I watched a video of Matt Walsh bashing the country album and he ended it saying she can't sing 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ I'm the person that thinks she might be possessed or a witch but I know she can sing and that's an indisputable fact. Matt Walsh with the frog voice talking about someone's singing is wild, maybe he didn't like her rendition of Joleen but he's just a sore loser and hater, just like those people who said she's disgusting with no reason behind it, called her a gyrating fool while supporting Trump😂😂😂😂 Trump the actual gyrator(may not be a fool though). You don't have to love someone to know and say the truth.
I personally don’t like to refer myself as "Fan" or "Stan" of someone besides God.
I’ve never supported a celebrity as much as Beyoncé, she represent so much for me, during my teenage years, she taught me how to be calm, elegant, patient, gracious, sexy, confident, think wider, classy, humble, hard working, quite and loud, learning how to think like a perfectionist… And mind you ! I haven’t even started to talk about her talent which is the MAIN reason of why I’m a supporter.
She’s EXTREMELY talented, I mean GOD GIVEN TALENTED + her humbleness made her work physically, mentally and intellectually and it made her a BEAST OF TALENT. She’s a classically trained Star Rated Vocalist (only a few vocalist are), she can dance better than any of her peers with style, she can write, produce short films, songs, vocals performances… rap, sing any genres. Wow.
And can I express how beautiful is she ? I mean lips, nose, eyes shape, eyes color, hair, her face card is INSANE. Her body is even MORE INSANE that there’s a +20 years old debate if it’s real or not ( It is factually ). Wow wow wow.
When you say classically trained what does that mean? Where did she go to learn this?
Classically trained means Classical Vocal Training commonly found in classical music, gospel music, Jazz, Blues,RnB and Soul music. From my research, Beyoncé has a vocal teacher if you search their name you can find it and from early on she was attending dance classes and soon after joined music classes in the same school@@sassybdiy7565
Come on ❤😂😂
00:58 "leave those Bees 🐝 alone Beyonce" she captured their hearts and they crowned her their Beehive Queen.
Now this is a movie on RUclips. This humanizes Beyonce in a way that I haven't been able to feel for her before, with all the power & perceived invincible light she's been put in my whole life of knowing about her. Well done Danny, Mia & Dan 👏
I genuinely think the barbs can be a lot more scary😭😭
these days the barbs are 100% worse 😂
Much of The Beyhive is older now and has calmed down a lot lol.
thank you like hive only does a lot when someone is attacking or coming for bey but them barbs be in any and everybodys business attacking everybody. esp other female rappers fans
Have you not heard of Taylor swift fans 😮💨
We absolutely are lol. And we’re actually funny
Its nice to see cool video on Beyonce rather than conspiracies/lies this is so cool. ''All of Beyonces life she's been hated on'' words never been so true
I know this is a shallow take, but she’s way prettier than I thought. Wow
Idk how that's a take but this reminded me of that time a bunch of researchers claimed she was scientifically the prettiest woman and everyone went insane
@@AugustCrossroadsI meant I’ve always thought she was pretty but I didn’t really look at her much until I watched this video. And I definitely see it. She’s beautiful
You should see her in person. She's somehow even more beautiful.
The Kevin On Stage clips lol he’s too funny
Also… I know we all know Dodford’s ad integrations are in themselves seamless but can we emphasize just how good they have to be, to the point where I won’t skip those sections/ and will purposely wait to watch them compared to literally any other RUclipsr?! The closest comp I could give them are Super Bowl ads lol. Would love Colin and Samir or anyone else to interview him on precisely how he ideates and approaches creating the sponsored sections to make them just as equally engaging/ their own story, compared to the rest of his videos🎉:)
I love Beyonce but to say that Matthew didn’t push her towards the front of the group is a damn boldface lie.
ok and if he did?? That’s his daughter. He definitely did the right thing to push his own daughter. Yall acting like it’s something wrong with that.
@@raheem3490 lol no one blaming him I would have done the same 😂 the thing is why are they lying
@@Thisway630 Lying about what??
These videos are a masterclass in story telling and editing. Please keep making these, Dodford!
This man's edits are so frickin inspiring dudeeee
I thought they would "Explain" the Beyonce Cult"..
No. Unfortunately, it sounds like a defense of the cult.
@@lulukazhila6309 exactly, the person who made it is only a cult member
Media Literacy is lost aparently. The docu is showing WHY Hive idolize Beyonce, and why she shouldn't be while also splicing in information about how they behave when she is disrespected. He literally showed the Hive mind of Trump Stans to show how Hive is a different side of that coin in a sense. My gosh, what happened to opening the schools????
I’ve had this in my Watch Later list for a little bit… finally getting into it. As someone whose first CD ever was “The Writings on the Wall,” I always feel like the Beyoncé conversation is so layered and people always miss the point because they’re used to the Beyonce of today. They don’t know the one that actually did do interviews ALL THE TIME. They don’t know Destiny’s Child, etc. looking forward to watching this.
one of the most deserving channels on the platform..
IKR!!!!
It's finally out after a month of waiting
Thank you for this Dodford! 🐝🐝🐝
this video was a lot more humanizing and sympathetic than the title led me to expect. It's so easy to punch up at Beyoncé because of her overwhelming success but if we're honest, every single accolade she has is well deserved. She's worked hard and innovated for much of her career. I'm proud to be a fan of hers and I hope through it all she's preserving her joy and peace.
your documentaries are always PEAK 🙆🏽♀️👌🏽
Wowzer mate! your color grading & editing is on point!
I rarely consider shadow banning as an excuse for a video not doing as well, but this video has SUCH a great edit and a huge star topic, confused why it hasn’t been seen more so commenting to boost🔥!
Thank you for this! 🐝🐝🐝
Your videos are top notch! I'm always looking forward to another one!
The thing about the Beyhive is we are RIGHT 100% right about her. She proves it everytime. Icon. Make sure to connect the Trump effect to Taylor Swift.
I think if your thumbnail was better this video would at least a million views. I almost didn’t click this video because i thought it was a hate video, but i love Beyonce too much not to at least see what was this and i’m so glad i clicked✨
Amazing content. For me, the fanbase also largely stems from her talents not just the way she navigates through life. Singing and songwriting have saved so many of us 🖤
its a good day when dodford uploads love your stuff bro
This was such a good watch! I knew all of this but it was a great refresher and great narration ❤️
As a fellow black girl I know that the world is stuff and her speaking out against police brutality and being an activist is really something that I admire about her but not speaking about Palestine is wild to me a lot of black activists throughout history half pointed out the connection between black people's rights in America and the Palestinian liberation, so it is definitely disappointed that she didn't say anything about that
This channel is a gem! 🙏
This too fire 🔥 storytelling at its finest
~ The details are what make your videos so great ~
Thank you for this
Wooooow!!!! I loved it thank you from the Beehive 👑🐝🐝🐝
WHAT did not see this drop coming, fuego!🔥😆
awesome video as always!
This is great journalism thank you 👏🏽👏🏽
Another great video
omg this video is so perfect 😭 thank you so much for doing this! you have the behive respect 🐝
When im stuck while editing a video i think, what would dodford do?
Dodford is on another level for sure!
me right now
I’m here because of your interview with Callum.
Your vision, your talent and your work is incredible!
I admire you and your dedication to your values, and your vision.
Much of what you said in your interview resonated with me so much. I have a lot of admiration for you to stay true to yourself and your work.
Keep going!
You are a true artist 🌟
The end of this documentary broke my heart. I dont even know why, but thank you for the experience, your videos are so human, and so well done, is stunning
I think you’re the best doing it right now! Details and visuals are immaculate with precise timing. No lags in the video you keep it entertaining with the right amount of mystery in your story telling. #PHD
this was really really good. I throughly enjoyed this
I’m a bit confused on how trump ties into beyonce. but overall it was really good! can’t wait for the next one
The reason for that is I believe he’s trying to say trump has a huge following that is willing to do as he says with horrible things, if you see twitter they go out there defending him and attacking anyone who thinks differently, like the beehive with Beyoncé, if something they don’t like they go after the person. Stuff like that is what he referred too
Two things: as a piece of historical context, because of the rising racial and other tensions which went along with her protest gestures that were mentioned earlier, and her involvement with and feelings about the Obama presidency; and to present Trump's cultlike following as a comparison and counterpoint to Beyonce's. I thought it worked very well, lots of food for thought.
this was incredible. wow. thank you!
"At one point the media blamed everything on me because they wanted me to be a diva because that's what sells MAGAZINES..."
-Beyonce
Wow! The days before social media when a simple magazine controlled the narrative 🧐🤔
Im convinced when the second time she did the superbowl performance, people started calling her overrated lol I think the beehive have relaxed nowadays, theyre used to the hate she gets now, plus she doesnt do interviews anymore and is more private then ever
As the owner of a 2005 Volvo I got so happy with the result of that magazine.
This video felt like clickbait to me. It has very little to say about the Beyhive. Only the last few minutes. Most of it was a biopic.
I just watched it and felt the same way :(
understood! but 1) it's easier to grasp the Beyhive when you know Beyonce's story and 2) I need to target a particular type of audience
Agreed. Also, I expected some clips of her mentioning Hive. I’m not certain there was a single clip where she herself uttered the words. No mention of her futile attempts to make Hive stand down, lol. They told that lady to mind her business more than once 😂. Not even the “they got me” quote from Act I. Her acknowledgment that a lot of the reason that she can take these risks is because of her fans. That would have been powerful. Still enjoyed it, just saying. ✌🏾❤️
Love your work bro
Oh you ate with that intro
U think her losing star search was Gods way of saving her from Hollywood?
I'm glad this video exists while she's here. She's paved the way for people beyond her lifetime and is nowhere near stopping. So many legends never got to see their rainbow/reward while they were still with us.
Etta James was still alive and that was her song. Obama should have asked Etta James first.
But he preferred Beyoncé... he can be a fan of both and do whatever he wants since it's his inauguration!
Came for the editing, stayed for the storytelling. Great video!
awsome. really good work. but the timeline is messy. formation came out in 2016 and then she sings at Obama inauguration 2013? I love lemonade, it's her best work to date, and would love to hear more critical work from her.
Have you listened to Cowboy Carter?
WOW THIS IS SUCH A WELL-MADE VIDEO
Well done! I learned a lot about her early years and other things I was unaware of. Not a lot of fluff or repetition. Bravo!
Well done . I need it to stretch an hour
I was expecting this video to be negative but it covered SO much ground, well done
20min is not enough, we need a 2 hours long documentary about her life !! This video is incredible my god 😍
THANK YOU FOR THIS
To attempt to imply parallels between The BeyHive and the racist fanbase of a racist in the age of Taylor Swift is a choice.
11:32 overworked and overwhelmed. 16 CARRIAGES!!!!
Fame is a sickness
WE STAN TALENT 👑🔥
this is amazinggg
You explained nothing.
This was so well produced man, Hats Off!
Alright BEYHIVE hook dodford up with the support.
He definitely a killer bee
The Joe Go's clip! I love that women
Why was the end of this so sad though!
I feel bad for her because it must be so confusing to be famous like the public really makes or breaks an artist and that must be pretty hard to be stuck in
Wonderful video, very well done and very interesting! That closing clip was heartbreaking, goddamn.
this video brought back so many memories that i attached to beyoncé’s music 🥺… and i can’t believe that i am only one year older than her music career 😳 this woman has been working for my entire life and deserves everything
I never thought I'd say something like this, but that Riverside ad was DOPE! LOL
banger
Love this
The hate she receives is so stupid most of the time no wonder the beyhive is gonna swarm
3:04 not Kris Jenner time traveling to interview Beyoncé 🤣
It still annoys me when people mispronounce “Bey” it’s not bay… it’s just the prefix of her name. Hence, “Bey (phonetically Bee) hive”.
I have watched all Beyoncé documentaries NOT a Beehive just love watching documentaries regarding pop culture .
This documentary is amazing.
Enjoyed watching this ❤️🥺, I'm falling in love her even more ❤️.
You did it again, Dodford. I'm curious, where do you find all the archival newspaper clippings? You have such a great way of weaving together all the elements of the video to create an engaging narrative. Even the still photos are edited in such an interesting way to keep the viewer engaged. You are taking RUclips editing/storytelling to a new level!
Thanks! I get all newspapers from newspapers(dot)com 👍
"Leave those bees alone, Beyonce" is a trippy foreshadow.
THIS IS CINEMA! IT GAVE ME CHILLS
YES THE SWARM REFERENCES🥹
I’ve seen her three times and I felt like I’ve seen her every step of the way through her amazing life and career ❤❤❤ and my only critique is that Andrew Schulz was featured near the end saying “what would Beyoncé do” when he clearly is not really a supporter of hers and was very opposed to her art in favor of Taylor swift and got on platform after platform saying Taylor swifts career greatly over shadowed Beyoncés…
“hear them swarming right? Bees is known to bite” don't mess with Beyoncé or the Beyhive, period.
Workin the girls like kpop artists
the last 3 minutes kinda got a tear out of me
The Queen of entertainment
No one complains about actors and “Cult Classic “ genre of movies and actors.
Bro worshipping and idolizing Beyoncé is stupid and whack.! 😂 this lady a normal human just like us she makes her own mistakes and whatnot so that’s that.
That was heartbreaking. That woman is so deeply unhappy it was hard to watch. Poor girl never even got a life and now she can’t get off the ride.
Didn’t you watch until the end? She literally said “I’m living my dreams”.