No, it’s nothing Beyonce didn’t already do herself, but when has likening children to a 28-year-old superstar become a warranted excuse for objectification? This isn’t something kids should be doing in front of their bedroom mirror, let alone for an audience full of video cameras. The performance, part of the World of Dance competition in Pomona, Calif., last month, features two minutes of hip thrusts, high kicks and sensual strutting around a stage.

While the objectification of young girls has been widely tolerated in the name of “the spotlight,” will this video of five children put on display in bedazzled bikinis finally key parents into the danger of Lolita-izing their daughters? Thanks to Beyoncé, women across the globe have been inspired to tap into their self-confidence, with a flick of the wrist and a shake of their hips.Follow sexy? Children performing Beyonce’s “All The Single Ladies” in barely-there outfits is nothing to cheer about. The beat-driven song highlights her attitudinal and sexy alter ego, with lyrics like “If you liked it, you should have put a ring on it” and “Up in the club, just broke up/I’m doing my own little thing.” The simple black and white music video for “Single Ladies” features Beyoncé and two backup dancers in high-cut leotards, shaking their hips and legs while performing the now iconic hand-twirl move.Įight years after her shout-out to single ladies, Beyoncé solidified herself as a powerful feminist voice with her 2016 album and film, “Lemonade.” In the album and corresponding HBO special, she explores her personal romantic struggles while also celebrating strong African American women. As she explained on her website, “Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I’m working and when I’m on the stage… she’s the party girl, she’s Bootylicious. In “I Am… Sasha Fierce,” Beyoncé introduced the world to her alter ego persona, Sasha Fierce.

The accompanying black and white music video featured Beyoncé’s now legendary, and often imitated, dance routine and won the Video of the Year award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. As the first single from Beyoncé’s third studio, “I Am… Sasha Fierce,” it won Beyoncé three Grammy Awards in 2010, including Song of the Year, and was 2009’s best-selling digital single with 6.1 million sold. On December 13, 2008, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” by Beyoncé hit No. 1ĭecember 13, 2008: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” by Beyoncé Hit No. Article Details: December 13, 2008: “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” by Beyoncé Hit No.

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